Song of the Week! 29 August 2026

Not every bloodsucking creature in folklore bears Romanian connections, just as today's remixed Namco Original can attest on arcades! It's from a country with quite the strong connection for originals in this series for quite a while.

Chirping Crumbles (August 28th, 2026) - Weekend Remixed Warriors, 2/3

【お知らせ】
明日、2026/8/29(土)から、『#太鼓の達人 (ゲームセンター版)』で、ナムコオリジナル『Vrykolakas / 「Nosferatu」 Remixed by Laur』が遊べるドーン♪

試聴動画はこちらhttps://t.co/xx8GS8Kziy#リミックス を担当されたLaurさんからメッセージが届いていますよ～✨… pic.twitter.com/oJWoo6ugn0

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 ゲームセンター版 (@taiko_team) August 28, 2026

Right on cue, yestrday it was the turn of the second Ranking Dojo 2026's remixed contender to get the full-reveal+impressions treatment, this time by the hands of HARDCORE TANO°C-affiliated composer Laur. Indeed, the man behind GIGALODOON among many was up to the task of remixing Seifuumeigetsu's Nosferatu!

In the most straightforward way possible, Laur wanted to express his own style via this remix, hence the choice to walk the full-instrumental route on the newly-released Vrykolakas. If you happen to have a game center at arm's reach, be like Laur and secure your launch-day FC bragging rights!

Song of the Week! 22 August 2026

Indeed, this happened at long last. With yesterday's tweet on the just-released Weekend Warrior, the official Taiko Team crew is hogging a bit of the familiar Song of the Week spotlight, not only with a Saturday song release on arcade grounds, but with an accompaning written trivia piece on the song's whereabouts (from its remixing author, no less)! 

It's not going to be an easy feat to match the effort, so how about this: I'll try coming up with a "sister feature" of sorts to link the just-released, just-analized song to something even-slightly-tangentially-related things about either the original, the remix or both (I mean this is not the first or the 12th time I've done something like this at the 11th hour before), so let's get this ball rolling!

Chirping Crumbles (August 21st, 2026) - Weekend Remixed Warriors, 1/3

【お知らせ】
明日、2026/8/22(土)から、『#太鼓の達人 (ゲームセンター版)』で、ナムコオリジナル『HYPERNOVA / 「SUPERNOVA」 Remixed by モリモリあつし』が遊べるドーン♪

試聴動画はこちらhttps://t.co/GA5ol1pwuN#リミックス… pic.twitter.com/NeGCR96lGg

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 ゲームセンター版 (@taiko_team) August 21, 2026

After last Saturday's reveal, the foreshadowed Ranking Dojo original remixes are getting an early debut as Weekend Warriors each, with an accompaning slide with the remixing author's thoughts like we've seen in past like broadcasts from the Taiko Team. It also appears we're back at having music remixes with their own unique title on toe!

Tackling USAO's recently-extended SUPERNOVA is Morimori Atsushi, already author of the Chojin-course-darling CUT! into the FUTURE. It's also interesting to see the inner-working on music implementation, since Morimori novers to be told for the longest time that due to scheduling convenience in the latest years, there were periods of time in which no new music submissions were accepted. That is, until the project of Namco Original remixes is brought on the table for this year's Ranking Dojo, which got the Seiga Kaku enthusiast welcomed back with open arms as one of the featured artists!

This goes without saying, but expect the resulting HYPERNOVA to drop on Nijiiro cabs tomorrow!

Song of the Week! 15 August 2025

In the middle of August, the heated debut of one tenacious composer is about to be brought up on these shores... 

[ACN] - The YouTube Ranking Dojo '26 Teaser Extravaganza

Yesterday, the video above your eyes was posted on Bandai Namco's channel, offering a taste of the Kurouto-to-Chojin main trial sets for 2026's Ranking Dojo. We've also got a livestream data reveal via official blog entry, so we're gonna talk about it in the same post!

Song of the Week! 8 August 2026

Earlier in this ending week, this year's edition of the Taiko no Tatsujin music recruitment contest has seen the public reveal of all the eligible contest entries! I sure might have something suitable for the same orbit, for today...