Thursday, February 27, 2020

[PS4] Taiko Ranked Match Event Session de Dodon ga Don Festival, and Donder Pack Vol.30 Unveiled

Double news abound for PS4 Taiko no Tatsujin Session de Dodon ga Don, and both are name-dropping the subtitle of the PS4 installment one way or another. (All of these name-drops are making me wonder if Don-chan and Kat-chan will jump up sitcom-style and go to a freeze-frame credits roll...)

Session de Dodon ga Don Festival (セッションでドドンがドン祭り) will be the longest a Taiko Ranked Match Event has run for so far. Play in Taiko Ranked Match between March 3 and April 7 2020 (start/ends at 18:00 JPT) to gather Fest Points for brand-new and returning rewards.

Also today we are finally informed of the two question-marked entries for Donder Pack Vol.30 (ドンだーパックVol.30), featuring more console and series debut and the latest entry to the 2000 Series. Still no info on whether the other three songs will receive new notecharts and/or long versions, so we will have to see on the day of release.




Title
Dokidoki☆Don-chan Sawagi
どきどき☆どんちゃん騒ぎ
★3★4★6★7
Dodon ga Do~n
ドドンガド~ン
★4★5★7★8★10


TitleFest Points
Greeting: Everybody Dodon ga Don!
みんなでドドンがドン!
1
Greeting: Self-proclaimed Taiko Master
自称 太鼓の達人
15
Head+Body: Unicorn
ユニコーン
30
Dokidoki☆Don-chan Sawagi
どきどき☆どんちゃん騒ぎ
50
Head+Body: Stuffed Toy
ぬいぐるみ
70
Full-body: Castle
おしろ
90
Greeting: I am the Best in Drumming
僕が一番上手くたたけるのに
110
Dodon ga Do~n
ドドンガド~ン
130
Full-body: Katsudon
カツ丼
150
Title: I'll Be The Taiko!
俺が太鼓だ!
200
Greeting: Let's Play Again-don
もう一回、遊べるドン
400
Title: Taiko Endearer
太鼓に愛されし者
600
Greeting: Our Battles Only Just Begun
俺たちの戦いはこれからだ
765
Head+Body: Mount Fuji
富士山
876
Title: Drum Session Master
セッションでドドンがドンの達人
999
Don Koban ×3
ドン小判 3枚
Every 10
★ If you already received the returning reward(s) in past events, 10 Fest Points are given instead.

★   ★   ★

Donder Pack Vol.30: March 26 2020

Title
Calamity Fortune Touhou Project Arrange/LeaF
        東方Projectアレンジ LeaF
★4★6★7★10★10
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
Zoku Shimedore 2000
続・〆ドレー2000
★?★?★?★?
Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut; grey = unconfirmed bonus
Difficulty ratings with * are from past Generation 1 or 2 games so may subject to change


[UPDATE] - Shortly after this post's publication, a tweet from the official Taiko no Tatsujin Twitter feed warns us that the newcoming Shimedore 2000 sequel will also be available on the next-gen Taiko arcade build in the same day as the 30th Donder Pack's release, March 26th.