Taiko no Tatsujin's PS4 debut is upon us! For this instance of new-Taiko-title coverage, we're trying out a new format to give out a more tidy visual overview of the newcoming tracks. If other note-worthy details deserve a mention (ie. new gameplay features/unlockable tracks, ...), these will be placed below the new songs's grid.
Last update: 26/10/2017
Oni/Ura Oni video footage: 14/14 + 3/3 (DLC)
No. of Updates: 4 (FINAL)
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Ratings / Max Combo (Hardest mode)
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Additional Notes
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3/5/6/8 (347)
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Kenshi Yonezu's latest playable track in Taiko, after his former console-exclusive Variety picks. It plays under a lot of backbeats a-la ANTI-HERO, no less!
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2/4/4/2 (397)
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Porno Graffiti's latest song on Taiko, as well as the lowest-rated Oni track of Taiko PS4's launch day. A cluster-less Oni challenge with a not-to-be-underestimated pace.
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8* Ura Oni (513)
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The "no-cluster" mantra is completely reversed for this higher-difficulty Oni challenge. Thread lightly!
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1/3/3/4 (200)
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The track inspired by Sanrio's popular kitten mascot, with both long clusters and 1/24 - 1/12 patterns to train newcomers to tempo changes in a mostly-accessible way.
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4/6/7/10 (611)
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If you put the recent Classic arrangements from Kazuro Tajima on a blender, its resulting notechart is what you would get for his latest track! While light on the note count, watch out for the song's ever-changing pace. Arrangement of Brahms' Hungarian Dance No.6, which makes the title punny now.
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3/5/6/8 (627)
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Street Fighter V's character theme for fighting games veteran Ryu. It's an almost-pure 1/16 cluster challenge, with several back-to-back consecutive note formations.
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4/6/7/9 (765)
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The latest playable song from the Tekken series, as well as the latest Nam-Combo Oni notechart. Watch out for the longer clusters' note formations!
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4/6/6/8 (675)
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The third playable medley with music from the 'Tales of' RPG series. It's also the most scrolling speed-happy of said trio, no less!
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3/4/6/8 (734)
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im@s Million Live! Theather Days's theme song, as well as one of our previous Song of the Week features (link). Another pure 1/16 cluster challenge is added to Session de Dodon ga Don's newcomer Oni lineup.
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3/4/6/8 (648)
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The third Taiko-playable song from the PS2 game Critical Velocity. While it holds the lowest-rated Oni among the other tracks from the same game, the expected blend between 1/16 and 1/24 is up and on check.
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3/4/6/8 (593)
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The Rayark-spawn contribution of the Taiko x Deemo collaboration. Enjoy yet another pure 1/16 note cluster challenge, on both the console and the arcade front!
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4/5/7/9 (776)
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Session de Dodon ga Don's theme song. Watch out for the upbeat speedy rhythm!
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5/6/6/9 (657)
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SaChi's 2nd Namco Original song, after Kimidori Version's Jikuuchou Sousa 2-ka. Mastering its frantic small clusters and irregular rhythms is the key leading to a Full Combo.
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4/7/8/9 (652)
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The new full-instrumental Namco Original of the launch window. Marvel as longer note clusters and 1/24 spikes become more frequent as the song progresses, but mind the Donkama-recalling portion as well!
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4/6/7/10 (1487)
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The two-parter song by unmo that launched the School Matters series, now combined as a single track! As a result, the charts from the original and the 2-ban version are merged, resulting into the new max note count champion of the series.
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5/7/8/10 (827)
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Harunaba and Chihiro Ishiguro's latest joint-forces effort, also available to play on Yellow Ver. arcades for a limited time. Its 10-star Oni recipe is a blend of both Ghost Mask's Oni patterns and Tabaneito's fast-scrolling attitude.
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4/5/6/8 (576)
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Go Takuro's new Namco Original. Originally announced for PS4's Vol.2 DLC pack, it's playable on Yellow Ver. arcades in advance for a limited time. Quite the champion of average 8-star Oni difficulty songs for the modern rating standard!
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UPDATE 1 (25/10/17) - Star ratings and Oni notecounts added for all the new default songs (minus Brand New Theather!), courtesy of an early furagetter who held a livestream of the game on Youtube (link).
UPDATE 2 (25/10/17) - The Japanese Midnight has come! With that have also arrived the first news concerning the first DLC tracks as well as Apollo (and its Ura counterpart).
UPDATE 3 (26/10/17) - The arcades are also open as the sun rises, and footage from Yellow ver. completes our initial collection of First Videos.
UPDATE 4 (26/10/17) - PS4 players that have purchased every single in-game unlockable have started surfacing on social media (like this one), all pointing out that, for the first time in Taiko console gaming in many years, there are no unlockable songs in the game: what we see is what we get.
With that, we're unpinning this post from tomorrow, unless we get some surprise reveals today. A link for this post will still be available on the side-left "New Song Schedule" sidebar portion for a while.
