Thursday, February 14, 2019

Namco Taiko Blog (14 February 2019) - The Road to Green Version


Green Version's (up-until-now) mystery release day is drawing closer, asking the aid of a new official blog entry to tell people what will and will not be carried out in the next arcade firmware release.

Starting from the merrier stuff, Taiko no Tatsujin Green Version's release date has been scheduled on March 14th this year, exactly one month from today! More public details about the JAEPO-preview features will be expanded upon at a later date.

Enjoy the new arcade firmware's cutout design! (until the picture gets deleted from the official blog again)

Among the newcoming content to be featured since Day 1 is a new seasonal Rewards Shop update! Its contents, however, will be made public another time.


Now that the good stuff has been sorted out, it's time for a new cold shower. This time around, we have 16 licensed picks that will not make the cut to the firmware transition, being deleted on Green Version's launch day in all the previous-firmware arcade cabinets as well:

Green ver. Launch Song Removal: March 14th, 2019

Title
Geki-rare-san Special Medley Geki-rare-san o Tsuretekita.
激レアさんスペシャルメドレー/激レアさんを連れてきた。
  AC0 exclusive
★4★5★6★7
Umi no Koe au Santaro Series CM song
海の声/au「三太郎シリーズ」CMソング
  Also found: 3DS3 DLC / PS4 / Plus/STH
★2★3★5★6


Dance My Generation Golden Bomber
  ゴールデンボンバー
  AC0 exclusive
★2★3★6★7
★7

KISS KISS BANG BANG Asahi 16 Beverage CM
  「アサヒ飲料十六茶CM」より
  Also found: 3DS3 / PSPDX DLC (discontinued) Plus/STH
★4★4★5★5

UZA
  Also found: Plus/STH
★3★5★5★6

Sayonara Crawl Papiko CM Song
さよならクロール/「パピコ」CMソング
  Also found: WiiU1 / Plus/STH
★3★4★5★6

Manatsu no Sounds good!
真夏のSounds good!
  Also found: Wii5 / Plus/STH
★3★3★3★5

Mottai Night Land
もったいないとらんど
  Also found: 3DS2 / Plus/STH
★3★5★6★7

Highschool♡love
  Also found: 3DS2 DLC / Plus/STH
★3★4★5★6

SHINE!! Kirakira☆PreCure a la Mode
SHINE!! キラキラ☆プリキュアアラモード
  AC0 exclusive
★2
★3★4★6

Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
動物戦隊ジュウオウジャー
  Also found: 3DS3 DLC / Plus/STH
★2
★2★3★5

GO Granblue Fantasy The Animation theme
  「グランブルーファンタジー ジ・アニメーション」主題歌
  AC0 exclusive
★2★4★5★7

Blood Circulator Naruto Shippuden
ブラッドサーキュレーター/「NARUTO‐ナルト‐疾風伝」より
  Also found: 3DS3 DLC / Plus/STH
★2
★4★5★7

Atatakai'n Dakara♪
あったかいんだからぁ♪
  Also found: PsVita DLC / WiiU3 / Plus/STH
★3★5★4★7

Katte Rock Gurt! CM
買ってロック/「グルト!」CMソング
  Also found: 3DS3 / Plus/STH (discontinued)
★3★3★5★7

Heart Slump Futari-bocchi Detective! Knight Scoop
ハートスランプ二人ぼっち/「探偵!ナイトスクープ」のテーマ
  AC0 exclusive
★3★4★5★7


As usual, each round of arcade song deletion is paired with some recurring disclaimers:
  • The collab titles and outfits from the deleted songs: (this time around: the Instinct Awakening! title and the Zyuoh Eagle outfit obtainable from Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger) cannot be newly obtained, but those already got them can still use them;
  • Usage of these songs in Donder Hiroba tournaments and challenges are terminating earlier, starting February 22nd, 00:00;
  • Scores and rankings on Donder Hiroba will be closed off starting March 14th, 07:00;
  • If you have set any of these songs as a favourite, the slot will be change back to unspecified as of March 14th, 07:00;
  • Crown totals will be adjusted with the deletion of the achieved clears on the deleted songs on April 7th, 07:00.
As usual, we also get the firmware-change disclaimers about carried-over data in general:
  • All takeover data from the Banapassport accounts are referring to all the data recorded up until Blue Version's last official operating day (Mar 13th);
  • All the data concerning the Taiko Avatar (appearance), played songs (crowns, performance details for each not-removed songs) and unlocked rewards will be carried over, as well as most of the Donder Plaza's user profiles and related settings and the amount of Katsu Medals earned (Don Medals will be emptied with the new seasonal Rewards Shop's coming);
  • Everything about the removed songs from previous deletion rounds (and the related crowns), Donder Plaza's Challenge/My News History log (Kigurumi outfit, ranking history, removed songs as favorite tracks) and Yellow Version's Dojo Ranking mode won't be carried over on Green Version's launch day. See above for details about today's song removal notice.
On top of those notices, we got an extra discontinuation notice for the soon-ending Blue Version: the Performance Battle (演奏バトル) mode will be terminated on the firmware-change day. If you want to earn the unlockable songs and the Amitie-themed Kigurumi outfit part, you have one month left to rush through the mode!


It's also worth noting that General Asia Blue Version arcades are still scheduled to receive the mode's final update to the final world, slated to release by the end of this month.

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