Taiko no Tatsujin Portable was released on August 2005 alongside Tobikkiri! Anime Special. It is the first handheld Taiko, and the first console Taiko to be released outside of PS2. As the PSP has the exact same button setup as the Dual Shock, Taiko games can easily be made for PSP. The downside is that no simulated drum-style controller can be connected to it, unlike the Tatacon for PS2 and Wii and the touch-screen for DS.
Portable makes up for it by having a large, expansive song list consisting of many popular songs and Namco Originals and is also the only platform that supports downloading extra songs online, which are stored as .don and .kat files on the PSP's memory stick (which changed to the usage of .edat files for PSP DX). Support for Portable 1's downloadable songs stopped as soon as its successor, Portable 2, was released, but you can still download the existing songs to this day. To give a comparison of the average size of one song, you can store a maximum of 19 songs in an empty 32MB memory stick. (source)
The PSP Taiko games are also the only ones to have the Bell note, which makes use of the analog stick below the PSP's D-Pad. Two PSPs can play together in competitive multiplayer, and if you only have one, you and your partner can share the PSP too! D-Pad and L button for 1P, and ○△×□ and R button for 2P! Imagine all the trembling and laughing that ought to cause.
How to download songs
~ Opening song ~
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro (虹色・夢色・太鼓色)
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro (虹色・夢色・太鼓色)
| No. of songs | 38 (total 60) |
 No. of secret songs | 4 |
 No. of downloadable songs | 22 |
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