
Marie is taken back by Napoleon's troops and Jean-François removes the true Dragon Crown from Phantom R. However, Jean-François prevents their escape from the tower by firing upon Phantom R with a handgun. Phantom R gives Napoleon a fake sabotaged Dragon Crown which releases gas obscuring Napoleon's view, and runs off with Marie. On the platform on the tower, Phantom R meets with Napoleon and Marie. Phantom R accepts the deal, and visits the Eiffel Tower along with help from his nemesis' daughter, Charlie. Napoleon offers to exchange Marie for the Dragon Crown. Marie is invited to perform in the orchestra during an event in Versailles, and Phantom R takes the chance to investigate. His father, Isaac, was a forger and Phantom R was returning the true paintings hidden in his apartment. Phantom R narrowly dodges arrest and takes Marie back to his flat where he reveals the true reason behind his acts of theft. However, Elisabeth promptly denies this, and Marie runs off crying. Marie also visits the opera, as Jean-François believes that Elisabeth is her mother. In order to further find clues about his father, and Napoleon, Phantom R visits the Paris Opera, and steals the 'Queen's Pendant' from Duchess Elisabeth. Phantom R visits Napoleon's underground hideout where he learns of someone working for Napoleon referred to as 'Graf' who Phantom R believes is his father. Phantom R also meets Jean-François, who serves as Marie's guardian at her convent. However, she is being chased by a man claiming to be Napoleon, who demands an item known as the 'Dragon Crown.' Phantom R saves Marie and they visit Notre Dame where they recover the Dragon Crown for themselves. Phantom R steals works of art, and returns them a few days later for reasons unknown to the public.Īfter stealing a bracelet from the Louvre that bears the same symbol as a coin left behind by his father, Raphael encounters a girl named Marie who possesses a violin bearing the same symbol.

Three years later, in present day, an 18-year-old boy named Raphael is leading a double life as an art thief named Phantom R, searching for the whereabouts of his father who disappeared around the same time Napoleon's casket was stolen.

In the game's prologue, the casket of former French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is mysteriously stolen from Les Invalides in the city of Paris, and as a result, Napoleon is resurrected. An abridged port for iOS devices, titled Rhythm Thief & the Paris Caper, was released in Japan in October 2013 and worldwide in January 2014. Rhythm Thief & the Emperor's Treasure is a rhythm- puzzle video game developed by Sega and Xeen and published by Sega for the Nintendo 3DS.
