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Saturday, October 3, 2015

TaikOp-ed: Dude Rocks Out on Taiko no Tatsujin



One of the most discussed piece of recent Taiko no Tatsujin media among the general (especially western) public is this person exhibiting bizarre levels of body movement as he plays Saitama 2000 Muzukashii. He did not get a Full Combo, but the moves sure wowed a lot of commenters and social-network goers. A sequel video has the same person playing equally flashy moves with Angel Dream Muzukashii.

Now this might not struck some as impressive, especially to core players: Saitama 2000 and Angel Dream hasn't been in league with the hardest of songs for some 10 years, plus it is the Muzukashii notechart (both 7★) we are talking about, pailing to nothing when coming to, say, the first Murasaki ver. Gold Tatsujin ranker. It can also be said that these performances just caters to a completely different set of audience for entertainment and it's cool that he does him and people like him for that.

Let's hear what your take on this is. And where do you want to see him next? Progressing to Oni? Play crazier songs like Yuugen no Ran? Work on actually Full Combo while pulling the stunts? Tell us down below.