Monday, July 29, 2013

Taiko arcade Tournament 2013 website

太鼓の達人 ドンだー!日本一決定戦2013

As of today, the upcoming arcade Taiko tournament has its own website, with everything in schedule for the event listed in detail. This means that the full schedule for the first two phases of the tourney has been revealed, at last!
  • The Qualifying Rounds will be held in the single arcade stores which will support this national competitive event. Only the first 20 players with Banapassport for each store can join this event, so book your seat before it's too late! This phase will last from August 10th to September 16th
  • The Area Elimination phase will see the best two players of the Qualifying Rounds (for each arcade) drumming against each other in order to be the best player of their Area and gain the access to the Finals. This one will last from September 28th to October 14th.
  • Planned for October 26th, this tournament's Finals will be held at Namco's Future Lab, right in NBGI's headquarters! Like the previous phases, the contest songs are CreoFuga songs played using Shin-uchi scoring rule.
For each phase, participation prizes and a Namco Bandai diploma are awarded to every player in the tournament! For a list of the arcades involved in this huge Taiko event, you can check the Tourney 2013 website's Shop Location section.