Thursday, September 24, 2026

Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat Version 2.0.0 Update

After 5 years of operation on Apple Arcade, Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat is celebrating the series' 25th Anniversary with the Version 2.0.0 update today (2026/09/24), bringing in these big changes in addition to the usual track updates:

Playlist Functionality
  • Create your own playlists to whatever theme or purpose you want
  • Share your playlists with others using QR Code
  • Check out curated playlists including newest additions and recommended picks
Medley Modes
  • Play all tracks of a playlist in rapid succession, like in PSPDX but heavily expanded
  • Short Medley Mode will use only short excerpts from each track (example)
  • Full Medley Mode will use the full tracks of each
  • Fun new count-stops! (99,999 combo, 99,999,999 points, combo voices up to 10,000)
Performance Game Updates
  • New background designs added
  • Time gauge added
  • 120FPS framerate toggle added (if your device supports it)
  • ...and more!
Customization Options
  • Nameplates, mini characters and titles added
  • Haptic vibration added (iOS only)
  • English Don-chan voices option added

If you have multiple Apple devices, please note that accounts that have been used on Version 2.0.0 can no longer be used on earlier versions of PTB because it will crash the app. You are advised to update to the latest version on each device before playing.

Pop Tap Beat Track Additions

 Title
2026/09/24: Version 2.0.0
Ojamajo Carnival!! Ojamajo Doremi
おジャ魔女カーニバル!!／「おジャ魔女どれみ」より		 ★2 ★4 ★5 ★7 ★9
Mickey
　　ORIGINAL: Toni Basil		 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★8
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro
虹色・夢色・太鼓色		 ★3 ★5 ★4 ★6 ★8
Hibike! Taiko no Tatsujin Ichirou Mizuki, Mitsuko Horie, Hironobu Kageyama
　　Taiko no Tatsujin Tobikkiri! Anime Special Theme Song
響け！太鼓の達人／水木一郎・堀江美都子・影山ヒロノブ
　「太鼓の達人 とびっきり！アニメスペシャル」テーマソング		 ★4 ★4 ★6 ★8
Kumo Made Todoke! Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 Theme Song
くもまでとどけ！
　　「太鼓の達人 ぽ～たぶる２」テーマソング		 ★3 ★5 ★7 ★8
Bouken-biyori
　　Taiko no Tatsujin Doka! to Oomori Nanadaime Theme Song
冒険日和
　　「太鼓の達人 ドカッ！と大盛り七代目」テーマソング		 ★4 ★5 ★6 ★8
Kimi ni Touch! Taiko no Tatsujin DS Touch de Dokodon! Theme Song
キミにタッチ！
　　「太鼓の達人DS タッチでドコドン！」テーマソング		 ★3 ★2 ★6 ★7
Dokidoki☆Don-chan Sawagi
　　Taiko no Tatsujin Chou-goukaban Theme Song
どきどき☆どんちゃん騒ぎ
　　「太鼓の達人Wii 超ごうか版」テーマソング		 ★3 ★4 ★6 ★7
Choujikuu Adventure
　　Taiko no Tatsujin Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken Theme Song
超時空アドベンチャー
　　「太鼓の達人 どんとかつの時空大冒険」テーマソング		 ★4 ★5 ★5 ★6
Furifuri♪Norinori♪
　　Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo Switch Version! Theme Song
フリフリ♪ノリノリ♪
　　「太鼓の達人 Nintendo Switchば～じょん！」テーマソング		 ★3 ★4 ★6 ★7 ★9
2026/07/23: Version 1.32.0
God knows... The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
　　「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」より		 ★3 ★4 ★4 ★7 ★9
Battle Without Honor or Humanity
　　New Battles Without Honor and Humanity Theme/Kill Bill
　　新・仁義なき戦いのテーマ 「キル・ビル」より		 ★2 ★3 ★4 ★6
Shanimuni Hanabi PinocchioP feat. Hatsune Miku
シャニムニ花火／ピノキオピー feat. 初音ミク		 ★2 ★3 ★5 ★8
夏竜 ～Karyu～ Azu♪
　　あず♪		 ★4 ★6 ★7 ★8 ★9
Kimi no Planet
君のプラネット		 ★3 ★5 ★6 ★8
Pan vs Gohan! Daikessen!
　　Yuuya Kobayashi (IOSYS) feat. miko & Momiji Yamamoto
パン vs ごはん！ 大決戦！
　　コバヤシユウヤ(IOSYS) feat.miko ＆ 山本椛		 ★5 ★7 ★7 ★10 ★10
Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut
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Saturday, September 19, 2026

Song of the Week! 19 September 2026


For an extra bit of flair in this year's Tatsujin Ranking Dojo, each of the concealed tunes is preceeded by a unique fullscreen animation, denoting their fierce natural force before the title reveal.

The free-associative-thinker in me is then brought to ask myself: can I find three (surely easier) tunes to match the ones/themes of these unique segways? Here are my two cents on the matter.
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Friday, September 18, 2026

Chirping Crumbles (September 14th/16th/18th, 2026) - Ranking Dojo 2026's Tatsujin Contenders Unmasked!



All throughout this week, the same artist-comments treatment was suplied for the three surprise debuts from Nijiiro Version's final Ranking Dojo main trial for this year, each also seeing their song uploaded in the official Bandai Namco YT channel to boot!

Starting thing up, we've got Nivalis*Anima, the surprise debutant from the nicknamed CHUBAY (already in Ranking Dojo with his Vixtory) and the MisoilePunch♪ duo consisting of Ponchi♪ and MisoMyl, already fresh of Tatsujin waters with their vs.VIGVANGS from last year (look forward to the official MV!). To better reresent the two facets of the cold's beauty, the MisoilePunch duo inked the base with CHYBAY's input steering in the direction of expressing the fear of "swallowing up everything". MisoMyl in particular further inches on the concept of something as delicate as snow being the biggest of physical hurdles in nature, specifically on how the slow rise of a snowstorm can not only deprive mounaineers of their physical prowess, but also their sight!



Next in line is Mayoidzuki ('Night Moon' in English), the labor of love of former Tatsujin-tune-crafting musicians: former band members Azu♪ and Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki, joined by the INSPION guitar player who first managed to have a Tatsujin course seat twice... with the same song!

Azu♪ was given the task of a draft piece with the Moon as the theme, ought by the Taiko Team to tackled it in a trick way to give out the moon's phase transitions (he mentioned the Waxing and Waning ones, in particular). Godspeed focused on giving the base an 'orderly appearance', pushed by his own internal inquiry to what could he add to the song as a musical instrument performer while still leaving a catchy stay. The balance between the two views was molded by Daisuke Kurosawa by chasing the idea of 'Tomorrow' in many a facet: a brand new day, a brand new way to express himself and top-tier challenges by shooting for a more complex rhythm that his first submitted draft, fond by the "metamorphosis" crafted by Godspeed for the final portion of the song. You can tell he's very earnest about it, with choice terms for his impression slide like 'kinky' and 'HenTai' as a portmanteau for Azu♪ and the Taiko Team at the end!




The final of the trio goes by the flowery title of Gin no Reimei Ka, Kuro no Akira Ka Ka. (The Dawn of Silver, or the Crystalline Flower of Black.), brought us by Camellia and t+pazolite.

Both artists were asked to make "a bad song to serve as a threat" and a buncha other menacing terms, all turning mush to t+pazolite's ears as non-appropriate for his part on song-making, as a testament to reflect the Taiko no Tatsujin series' uniqueness. Camellia, on the other hand, interpreted the tall order as something that "has to be destroyed at all costs", something that would make people not only see its end, but also the seeping light dawning beyond it.

...while we're at it, if you forgot from the last livestream, we're having a couple of returning Weekend Warriors tomorrow! You can even hear the official audio rips for them on YouTube...
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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Song of the Week! 12 September 2026


It's Ranking Dojo update day and while we're cooking up the First Fideo Portal with today's fiends, here's what lied at the end of this year's 10-Dan course. Can't talk about one of those without the other, after all!
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Livestream Recap: 2026/09/11 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Livestream



The latest livestream antics of Etou and Kimizu have dropped a bit earlier than the usual weekend gateaway window, but nevertheless we got your back on the recap action! See you after the jump for the image-based recap, with the full stream on toe above these lines.
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Taiko no Tatsujin Music Recruitment 2026 - A Small Musical Primer

太鼓の達人　楽曲募集だドン！2026

A customary habit for us (although a little bit later on my part, this time around...), let's have a listen to a small selection of contest entries from the latest Columbia Makes music primer, between newcomers and familiar names. It's quite a way for us to prime ourselves for today's Taiko Team livestream, isn't it?
  • UP(lift × set × grade), the latest attempt for Mihile to jump back at the music contests' winning chariot after his Overblaze from 2024, which -while not winning- was still worth to be one of the most-voted songs by online users. It's been backed by someone else this time, too- the comedian Paamataisa (パーマ大佐)!
  • Chroma no Sora Shite, Shukufuku (クロマの空にて、祝福) by Ammobie, delivering a chiptune/drum'n'bass after a lucky music selection for an upcoming release on Dynamix Universe, C4Cat's first rhythm game sequel to a game of theirs.
  • METEOR RiDER, by Shiena. Don't let that not-capitalized 'i' ut you in a ruse, there's no YOFUKASHi Sound Team around for this one's making!
  • Yoi no Xiao Akari (宵の硝灯), coming from the hands of another not-winning General Public Voting composer from the 2024 edition who still made it to the top-voted picks, with their EUPHORiC ENERZY -XD-. Much like with Mihile, Reku Mochizuki didn't come alone this time, with extra guitar backing from Sho Yoshida (吉田翔).
  • Takiyasha-hime (滝夜叉姫), by the nicknamed G4zan. Worth noting, the composer's online presence via personal YouTube channel is distinguished in rhythm gaming talk with a series of videos devoted to break down beatmania IIDX songs to locate each voice samples inside them, with music editor on toe. Is this skills translatable to judge-worthy music submission, too?
  • Say Zay GunBullet!!!, from MYUKKE. The OCCHOCO-REST-LESS artist with many a prized original tune made for Muse Dash is giving it all once more, for another of the Nijiiro-era contests' more steady appliers. Not to mention he was another General User Voting finalist, two years back!
  • NEXUS, a track posted in the last submission days by a DJ and rhythm games streamer on Twitch. It's all fine and dandy, but I gotta say- with an art name like 'DJ Enter', these past few years of me being exposed to Project Moon brainrot on all sorts sure aren't helping in picturing nothing but the flashy stand of a one-winged fixer...
  • END IN TRAGEDY, a way for us to end in a bang instead of tragedy! What we have, in fact, is a (one of two) contest track from Yasuhiro 'TAG' Taguchi (田口康裕), famously a former in-house bemani composer for a whopping fifteen years of tenure, between DanceDanceRevolution charting and original music creation. Ever since he has went freelancer in 2021, his works have appeared in more than a dozen other external music game series (not to mention SOUND VOLTEX 's GERBERA, who got into Taiko arcades thanks to the Tenkaichi Otogesai tournaments). Are we going to witness the first original debut on his, with this contest?
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Thursday, September 10, 2026

Namco Taiko Blog (2026/09/03): Nijiiro ver. September Update and Ranking Dojo 2026 Finale Dated


hi we almost forgot this blog post again :3

After the August update only implementing the font change, Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. is back with actual new playable content with the September update (2026/09/09 in Japan, 2026/09/10 worldwide except mainland China).

Also revealed is the date of introduction of the Ranking Dojo 2026 finale being 2026/09/12. We will let your speculative mind run wild on that front before the 2026/09/11 official livestream.

Official Links
Nijiiro ver. Track Updates

 Title
2026/09/09 (Japan), 2026/09/10 (worldwide except mainland China)
Yoru no Odoriko
夜の踊り子		 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★7 ▼
Ebi Chili, Hajimemashita Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku
えびチリ、はじめました／私立恵比寿中学		 ★3 ★4 ★5 ★6
ルミナス-Luminous One Piece
　　「ワンピース」より		 ★2 ★4 ★4 ★6
Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 6RR PLUS Medley Vol.2
湾岸ミッドナイト マキシマムチューン6RR PLUSメドレー Vol.2		 ★3 ★5 ★5 ★8
Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut
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