As suggested by crystalsuicune past weeks, this time it's the turn of an Ura song! Let's see what is it...
Black Rose Apostle| Version |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiko 14+, all consoles | x5 (150) | x7 (207) | x8 (370) | x10 (822) |
| Taiko 0, Taiko Wii 5 | x5 (150) | x6 (207) | x8 (370) | x10 (822) |
Taiko 14 +, Taiko 0, Taiko Wii 3, 5, Taiko PSP DX, CD Full Combo
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castleBlack Rose Apostle is one of the new 10* songs introduced with the 3rd Wii Taiko game. It was first shown on a test build screenshot of the then nearly complete game, showing staff scores,where a "tle" shows up among the other songs which were not revealed.
Black Rose Apostle comes from the hands of Zeami, the mysterious father of the 'No Mai' songs. His wish to create a gothic-styled song was granted thanks to the worthy collaboration with Eto, the leader of the Taiko Team staff (Zeami composed the song, Eto made the notes). Zeami made the song to have very high difficulty, pictured in his comment on the official Taiko Team blog.
"Dance like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee!" (蝶のように舞い、蜂のように刺すが如く)
The sheer difficulty of Black Rose Apostle truly embodies the spirit of the famous boxing quote. Black Rose Apostle's fast BPM provides a frenzied play between slower/faster scrolling speeds (beware the final 2 notes), continous 3, 5-hit clusters and a bit of past Taiko history. Many note patterns resemble the notes in the Go-Go Time of Punishment (whose notes are also made by Eto...see the connection there?), the only 10* Oni J-Pop song so far for Taiko games.
Black Rose Apostle| Version | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taiko PSP DX, Taiko Wii 3 | x5 (209) | x7 (314) | x8 (563) | x10 (915) |
| All arcades, Taiko Wii 5 | x10 (915) |
Taiko 14+, Taiko 0, Taiko PSP DX, Taiko Wii 3, 5 204 none excastWhile the regular version's note patterns belong to Eto, the composer itself - Zeami - has taken care of the Ura notechart. Featuring more notes, no faster scrolling unlike in regular Oni, and many more tiring streams at the end, this is slightly harder, but not by much.
At the beginning, people have tried to push Black Rose Apostle Ura into the level of the four Taiko god songs, but ultimately it fell short because it was just a bit too easy for that, though it is still a huge challenge in its own right.
