5 years is a long time in Taiko years. To put into perspective, the series at its...10th anniversary right? That means PSP has been out of the running for the greater second half, which brought to the table so many great songs and great series that would leave any console in the dust after just two years. And suddenly we're presented with this. Since then it's been a field day for all the Taiko fans especially those with PSPs. However, barring downloadable songs, there are way too many holes to plug in with just 70 songs on the list.
Because of PSP's long absence from the series, it is missing:
- The entire Angel Dream series (bar the unreleased 3rd one)
- The entire ac. series
- The entire SORA series
- The entire no Mai series
- Chikuzei ~GEAR UP~, Zeihen ~transformation~ and Shunyuu ~happy excursion~
- Tenjiku, EkiBEN, X-DAY and Hataraku 2000
- Kurofune Raikou, Hyakka Ryouran, Sengoku Sangen, Fuun Shishi, Hyakki Yakou
- The Carnivorous Carnival
- Samurai Rocket, Naked Glow
- Yumeiro Coaster and mint tears
- Metal Police, Total Eclipse 2035, Tokoyami no Mori
- Many wow bang!, Hello! Halloween, Yuugao no Kimi (though, the first two have fallen out of stardom long ago)
- Family Dondon and Okashi Deka no Uta
- Melt, World is Mine and Black Rock Shooter
- Kare Kano Kanon and Le Tombeau de Couperin
- Metal Hawk BGM 1
- And many other popular songs you can think of.
From the preliminary songlist, we already know 26 songs out of 70 (SMOKY THRILL and Angel Dream 3 being excluded since they're extra songs that don't make up part of the in-game list). Assuming the in-game list has as many J-Pop and Anime songs as PSP2 (probably a couple of extra Variety/Children songs too, give or take a bit), then that would be 11 songs more, bringing the total to 37.
That makes 33 unlockable songs not counting Ura Oni. Taking Taiko Wii as the general example of Namco Original-heavy songlists, which it looks like PSP DX is trying to have, the approximate ratio of secret Namco Originals to Game Music to Classic is 5:1:1 (remember, there have never been any in-game unlockable licensed songs. Ura Oni excluded from rule). So, following that line of thought we might have about 23 to 26 Namco Originals, and the remainder split evenly among Game Music and Classic.
Since Mulberry is on the songlist it's a safe bet that the newer Taiko songs should be unlockable, including the Taiko Wii 3 giants Black Rose Apostle, Doom Noiz and Joubutsu 2000, and those from Taiko 14, Taiko Time, probably Shunyuu, and Shimedore 2000. And probably a few other good ones thrown in (personally I'd really like to see someone mash the buttons on Ryougen no Mai XD). With the advent of download songs it might seem that in-game songlists lose their significance, but remember you still have a storage limit per memory stick.
Remember, this is all my speculation so it could go right as I expect, or completely the opposite. What do you think should be in PSP DX's in-game songlist? Would too many 10* Onis ruin the balance? Since Shimedore crosses the 999 barrier, do you expect PSP DX's new songs to cross that too? Do you expect to see new entries to current series (SORA-V? New Garyoutensei or no Mai song?)? Among the huge list of Namco Originals/Game Music/Classic songs not currently on PSP, which of them do you want or expect to be in the 23 to 26 slots in DX? Speculate away!
