If anyone still remembers, there was a grand Taiko competition last year organized by NBGI and it was met with roaring success. The competition took place across all the major cities of Japan at certain dates using pre-determined songs, then an area challenge, and then the grand finals on top of a stage.
And it's returning for a second round this year, using Taiko 14 instead of Taiko 13! The Taiko no Tatsujin Donder Japan Number One Decisive Battle 2011 (太鼓の達人ドンだー！日本一決定戦２０１１) ! Based on this poster here it looks like the rulesets remain the same, just score as highly as possible on the songs shown to make it to the next round. Schedules should be up on the tourney website by tomorrow when it opens officially (the URL to the site is at the bottom of the poster, but for easy linking, here you go~)
The five songs for the first leg of the competition are Shunyuu~happy excursion~ on Shinta Mode, Uchuu Samurai, LOVE Sen!!, NECOLOGY and DON'T CUT regular.
....Hold on, LOVE Sen? That's not in Taiko 14, it's supposed to be launched on Taiko Portable DX! Don't tell me it's yet another hidden song in the machine no one ever knew about, or probably Namco are using this competition as a front to launch the speculated Taiko 14 Zoryoban. This is exciting...We'll see what information the blog can provide us with by tomorrow then.
Image found by crystalsuicune. Thanks!
