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Sunday, December 30, 2012

Mini Taiko arcade model... really works?!

These few shots were taken from a gaming convention, which had a whole booth dedicated to Taiko no Tatsujin.

The main attraction in it was obviously the chance to playtest Taiko Wii 5, and the person setting up the booth brought along his Taiko paraphernalia to show off as well. But before I link you to the post and show pictures of that, I'll bring your attention to the main point of the post.

Remember that Taiko no Tatsujin arcade cabinet scale model? The one released as part of the Taiko 10th anniversary gifts?


The booth had one of it set up, and guess what it was doing?


Is....is that a real Taiko no Tatsujin game playing on that tiny screen...? Can you really use tiny sticks to hit the drum and play it?


Well....yes and no. The screen thing is legit, but sound and controls are handled externally. This is a copy of PS2 Nanadaime being played. I can smell that eyestrain lawsuit coming from a mile away!



Here's a few other things on display at the booth; full sets of all Happy Meal toys released for Taiko! You can check out more pictures from the original forum post here (it's in Chinese, just stick to the first post and open the pictures by clicking on the blue links)