Second Taiko no Tatsujin game for the Nintendo DS, released in April 24 2008. The game is packaged with two 'bachi-pen' like in the first game, and a sticker sheet. The sticker sheet is filled with round stickers that apparently are used to replace the pictures on the top of the bachi-pen for decoration. Since they're one-use only, collectors will probably not see it as a great idea, but at least it's an extra.
The main adventure mode involves Don-chan challenging dojos through seven different islands, and all the stages involve clearing certain objectives (such as achieve a certain score on a certain song, etc.), replacing the need for issuing challenges through letters which are pretty easy to miss. Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS is the first Taiko console game to feature boss fights, obstacles that cover the scroll bar, and bomb notes to trip up the player, which along with costumes and in-game letters have become regular additions to console Taiko. When the Taiko sounds are changed, the Taiko on the lower screen will change to a different picture, unlike the first DS Taiko. This is carried over to Taiko DS3. The song list, at the time of release, was only second to Taiko Portable 2 in terms of total number, and exceeds the final PS2 game by 2 songs.
The adventure mode here is the first of its kind on any Taiko game, which has never had a proper story mode before this. Through this game, Namco Original songs were made specially for the villains of the story, a trend that would continue to later games. The villains introduced here, the Dokon-Dan, gained immense popularity and have become staple characters and make appearances, both major and minor, in nearly every subsequent console Taiko game.
List of boss battles
~ Theme song ~
Nanairo Harmony (七色ハーモニー)
Nanairo Harmony (七色ハーモニー)
| No. of songs | 50 |
 No. of secret songs | 14 |
J-Pop (8 songs)
| Title |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEACH Ai Otsuka | x3 | x3 | x4 | x6 (video) |
| Ai Uta (愛唄) GReeeeN | x2 | x2 | x2 | x3 (video) |
| Age Age Every Knight (アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士) DJ OZMA | x3 | x4 | x6 | x8 (video) |
| Lifetime Respect -Onna Hen- (Lifetime Respect -女編-) RSP | x3 | x3 | x4 | x7 (video) |
| Ikenai Taiyou (イケナイ太陽) Orange Range | x4 | x4 | x5 | x8 (video) |
| Tentai Kansoku (天体観測) BUMP OF CHICKEN | x3 | x3 | x4 | x6 (video) |
| Love so sweet arashi | x3 | x3 | x4 | x6 (video) |
| Linda Linda (リンダ リンダ) The Blue Hearts | x4 | x6 | x5 | x5 (video) |
Anime (11 songs)
| Title | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anpanman Taisou (アンパンマンたいそう) | x1 | x2 | x3 | x2 (video) |
| Oshiri Kajiri Mushi (おしりかじり虫) | x1 | x1 | x3 | x2 (video) |
| Yume o Kanae te Doraemon (夢をかなえてドラえもん) | x1 | x1 | x2 | x4 (video) |
| Engine Sentai Go Onger (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー) | x2 | x2 | x4 | x4 (video) |
| Precure 5, Full Throttle GO GO! (プリキュア5、フル・スロットル GO GO!) | x2 | x2 | x6 | x7 (video) |
| Gegege no Kitarou (ゲゲゲの鬼太郎) | x2 | x3 | x5 | x6 (video) |
| Fukou no Kuni no Ohime-sama (フコウの国のお姫さま) | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 (video) |
| Sousei no Aquarion (創聖のアクエリオン) | x3 | x4 | x5 | x7 (video) |
| A Cruel Angel's Thesis (残酷な天使のテーゼ) Neon Genesis Evangelion | x3 | x4 | x6 | x7 (video) |
| CHA-LA HEAD-CHA-LA Dragon Ball Z | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 (video) |
| DAYBREAK'S BELL Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | x3 | x3 | x7 | x8 (video) |
Children/Folk (2 songs)
| Title | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Song (ABCの歌) | x1 | x1 | x1 | x8 (video) |
| Alps Ichiman Shaku (アルプス一万尺) | x1 | x2 | x1 | x2 (video) |
Classic (11 songs)
| Title | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolero (ボレロ) Ravel | x2 | x5 | x4 | x7 (video) |
| Rhapsody in Blue (ラプソディ・イン・ブルー) Gershwin | x3 | x4 | x6 | x8 (video) |
| Carmen Prelude (カルメン 組曲一番終曲) Bizet | x3 | x5 | x5 | x7 (video) |
| La Campanella (ラ・カンパネラ) Franz Liszt | x4 | x6 | x7 | x6 (video) |
| Kare Kano Kanon (カレ・カノ・カノン) | x4 | x5 | x5 | x9 (video) |
| March from The Nutcracker (行進曲「くるみ割り人形」から) Tchaikovsky | x3 | x5 | x6 | x7 (video) |
| Symphony No. 5 "Fate" (交響曲第五番「運命」) Beethoven | x4 | x5 | x6 | x6 (video) |
| From the New World (新世界より) Dvorak | x4 | x5 | x6 | x6 (video) |
| Entertainer (エンターテイナー) Joplin | x4 | x5 | x7 | x8 (video) |
| Classic Medley (クラシックメドレー) Rock ver. （ロック編） | x4 | x5 | x8 | x10 (video) |
| March of the Toy Soldiers (おもちゃの兵隊の行進) Leon Jessel | x3 | x3 | x5 | x8 (video) |
Game Music (8 songs)
| Title | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shiny smile THE iDOLM@STER Live For You! | x4 | x4 | x5 | x8 (video) |
| Agent Yoru o Yuku (エージェント夜を往く) THE iDOLM@STER | x4 | x6 | x6 | x8 (video) |
| Bambini (バンビーニ) Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan | x4 | x4 | x7 | x9 (video) |
| Koi wa Mizuiro (恋はみずいろ) Mizuiro Blood | x4 | x5 | x5 | x8 (video) |
| Spleunker (スペランカー) | x4 | x5 | x7 | x8 (video) |
| Ridge Racer | x4 | x6 | x8 | x10 (video) |
| Soul Calibur II (ソウルキャリバーⅡ) ~Brave Sword, Braver Soul~ | x3 | x5 | x5 | x7 (video) |
| Dragon Spirit Medley (ドラゴンスピリットメドレー) | x4 | x7 | x8 | x7 (video) |
Namco Original (10 songs)
| Title | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanairo Harmony (七色ハーモニー) | x3 | x3 | x5 | x7 (video) |
| Taiko-zamurai (太鼓侍) | x5 | x6 | x8 | x7 (video) |
| Wasure Na Gusa (わすれなぐさ) | x4 | x6 | x6 | x9 (video) |
| Go Go Kitchen (ゴーゴー・キッチン) | x5 | x5 | x7 | x7 (video) |
| Numujika ac.10 (ヌムジカac.10) | x3 | x5 | x7 | x9 (video) |
| Hyakka Ryouran (百花繚乱) | x3 | x4 | x4 | x9 (video) |
| Warera Muteki no Dokon Dan (われら無敵のドコン団) | x4 | x5 | x6 | x8 (video) |
| Yami no Tamashii (闇の魂) | x5 | x7 | x8 | x10 (video) |
| Saitama 2000 (さいたま2000) | x5 | x7 | x7 | x9 (video) |
| EkiBEN 2000 | x5 | x7 | x8 | x10 (video) |
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