Thursday, October 31, 2019

Namco Taiko Blog (31 October 2019) - A Word on Blue Version's Ranking Dojo Video Removal


The banner for a formerly-active arcade firmware version is up, as today's official Taiko blog entry is related to Blue Version's Ranking Dojo; more specifically, it's about its official final-results video reel... and why it was pulled out from the Bandai Namco channel, on Youtube.

For the listing of high-ranking players during each of the video reel's separate sections by ranks, all names are used to be displayed in a pure alphabetical order... one factoid that has been exploited by a group of malicious players who doxed another person's sensible data by carefully group-ranking at a certain stage and lining their player names on the video in such a way that the 8-digit serieal number of the victim could be easily and sequencially readable.

After the incident's identification, the ranking video was removed on October 10th earlier this month, only coming out today with the No.11 intern as the writer for today's blog entry. While the release of congratulatory video reels for Ranking Dojo Taiko players was started from the development team as an entertaining side activity for the fans made with no intention to harm anyone, this episode will be taken in high consideration for the future, meaning that there are good chances Blue Version's Ranking Dojo final results video may as well be the last one of its kind... or perhaps will see its structuring revised for similar future avenues.

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Saturday, October 26, 2019

Song of the Week! 26 October 2019


This week's Namco Original on our spotlight has seen the release of its extended version on this very day! See you after the jump to find out which tune is it.

First Video: Nyanyanya




Title
Nyanyanya Rish feat. Choko
にゃーにゃーにゃー/立秋 feat.ちょこ
★4★6★7★10
(859)


Arguably a propaganda piece for the cat people of the world, the new addition spots a 12th-focused base at the high speed of 222 BPM (lel very funny) as the main challenge. 24th are mixed in but not too abundant.

Friday, October 25, 2019

Twitter Snippets (October 25 2019): Why Did It Have To Be Cats?


The pair behind Marukute Hayakute Susamajii Rhythm returns in weekend warrior fashion with a pick feeling a tad too feline. Coming to AC0 tomorrow (October 26).


Title
Nyanyanya Rish feat. Choko
にゃーにゃーにゃー/立秋 feat.ちょこ
★?★?★?★?
Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

First Video: Undying Legend



Title
Undying Legend
  「SOULCALIBUR Ⅵ」より
★4★4★6★8
(706)


Avid Taiko no Tatsujin players should remember there has been one song inclusion for every Soul Calibur game since II (not counting that Legend of Zelda Theme from Soul Calibur II). The latest in these inclusion averts the weird tradition to have the game name as the song title and the actual music title as the subtitle. This is also the hardest Soul Calibur song in Taiko so far with long streams and sprinkled 24th four-hits mixed with 16ths.

Named "Undying Legend", the tune aptly quotes phrases from New Legend from Soul Calibur III. While that song is also in Taiko no Tatsujin (last seen 3DS3), the Oni notechart did not quote the prior song's.

Thursday, October 24, 2019

[PS4] Donder Packs Vol.27~30 Detailed... Mostly


The Taiko Team pulled this four times already, so you should know what to expect from that title alone: the contents for Donder Packs Vol. 27~30 are mostly revealed, with some question-marks on 29 and 30.

Donder Pack Vol.27: December 17 2019

Title
Charles Balloon feat. flower
シャルル/バルーン feat.flower
★4★5★6★8
La Morena Kumonai
ラ・モレーナ・クモナイ
★5*★6*★7*★9*
Alexander no Theme
アレキサンダーのテーマ
★4★5★8★8
Koi-kurenai Daisuke Kurosawa × Kanako Kotera
濃紅/黒沢ダイスケ × 小寺可南子
★4★6★7★10
1/2 ~inside me Mizuki Shinohara feat. Kaori Aihara
  篠原瑞希 feat. 愛原圭織
★?★?★?★?

Donder Pack Vol.28: January 23 2020

Title
Inferno Fire Force
インフェルノ/「炎炎ノ消防隊」より
★?★?★?★?
Requiem from Dies Irae Giuseppe Verdi
レクイエム 怒りの日より/ヴェルディ
★4★4★6★6
ARMAGEΔDON
  BlackY
★5★7★8★10
Nightmare Survivor
ナイトメア・サバイバー
★4★6★7★8★10
Ryuumyaku no Ou
龍脈の王
★5★7★8★9

Donder Pack Vol.29: February 27 2020

Title
Onegai Muscle How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
お願いマッスル/「ダンベル何キロ持てる?」より
★?★?★?★?
Pixel Galaxy
  Snail's House
★4★5★6★9
Kinniku no You na Bokura ~Muscle Love Theme~
  Muscle March
筋肉のような僕ら ~マッスル愛のテーマ~
  「マッスル行進曲」より
★4★5★6★8
Seiten no Reimei
青天の黎明/steμ feat.siroa
★3★6★7★10
????? Seifuumeigetsu (Drop x Yura Hatsuki)
  清風明月(Drop×葉月ゆら)
★?★?★?★?

Donder Pack Vol.30: March 26 2020

Title
???????★?★?★?★?
Taiko no Tatsujin Ai no Theme
太鼓の達人・愛のテーマ
★3*★4*★6*★6*
Taiko Session
  ~Live Version~
★?★5*★6*★8*
Fuun! Bachio Sensei
風雲!バチお先生
★3★5★6★7
Fuun! Bachio Sensei Long Version
風雲!バチお先生 ロングバージョン
★4★5★7★8
?????2???★?★?★?★?
Key: red = series debutblue = console debut; grey = unconfirmed bonus
Difficulty ratings with * are from past Generation 1 or 2 games so may subject to change

We also don't know whether Fuun! Bachio Sensei will have its Ura/Long Version attached, similar to its last appearance in 3DS3 and the other long-version DLC songs in PS4. For now, we'll just put that row in in grey just in case.