Today we have this peculiar specimen of a Taiko AC0 arcade cabinet that at least two Twitter users have got the pleasure (?) of experience and the mobile data to share with the world.
The cabinet in question, dubbed the Dummy Version (ダミーバージョン) by commenters, was found by Twitter user @mn16Gyan as early as October 21 in an undisclosed location. It is confirmed to still be present on the 22nd by the same person, and also (likely separately) by another @taso_maaya. This quote-unquote "version" is ridden with missing data, mostly song titles, and just unsightly replaced by a red rectangular placeholder with white Dummy Data (ダミーデータ) on it.
Ah yes, that god-song poopy-notechart pick from Taiko no Tatsujin Dummy ver.
(Source: [left] Twitter @mn16Gyan [right] Twitter @taso_maaya)
While that's all nice and dandy (?), that is not the only thing wrong with this "version". Moving on to the Ranking Dojo, where in addition to more Dummy Data running loose, sometimes rouge song titles would be shown in the final results, even to wrong genre-colored plates.
The only ★10 I know from Koi was the copyright strikes
(Source: Twitter @taso_maaya)
After going through the things that at least still work, now we get to the things that doesn't work. By that we mean the Namco Original folder is just in total mess. Scarlet Lance, Kyokuken and MANKAI☆Kaika Sengen is now mixed in here for some reason, and Tsunagare! Hirogare! Uchi-agare! is available way before the official release slated next Thursday. Videos by our sources indicate that the wrongly-timed Tsunagare! Hirogare! Uchi-agare! and wrongly-placed Kyokuken would just crash the game if you choose them. (mind you, it seems that a 10-star Ura Oni is allegedly tacked on Taiko PS4's theme song...)
And the most meaty discovery of all: there is now a song by the name of Taiko Drum Monster with the subtitle of "steμ feat. siroa" that is apparently already textured into such unknown build. The artist/vocalist duo in the subtitle is notable for having contributed Libera Ray (sequel to God Ray in a "Ray Series") to Synchronica, with steμ being a kouhai to composer Taku Inoue. Them having ties to Namco adds some strand of truth to the discovery.
(Source: Twitter @taso_maaya)
So... I don't have anything else concrete to say about this other than there are such evidence. What do you think? Especially what do you think of the Taiko Drum Monster song title?
