Lots of callbacks and timely updates to upcoming content are brewing! The first stepping stone for those is next week's Nijiiro update, coming out on July 29th.
Nijiro Ver. New Songs: July 29th, 2020
| Title |  |  |  |  |  | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP | Machigai Sagashi Masaki Suda まちがいさがし／菅田将暉 | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
| PP | Byoushin o Kamu Zutto Mayonaka de Inoni. 秒針を噛む／ずっと真夜中でいいのに。 | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
| PP | Ao to Natsu 青と夏 | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
| PP | Hachigatsu no Saka Ndaho & Peketan from Fischer's 8月の坂／んだほ＆ぺけたん from Fischer's | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
| PP | AV-A-MI AVNTIS アバみ／アバンティーズ | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? | |
| PP | God Song Band Ja Naimon! MAXX NAKAYOSHI ゴッドソング／バンドじゃないもん！ MAXX NAKAYOSHI | ★3 | ★5 | ★6 | ★8 | ★10 |
| VC | Inochi ni Kirawareteiru. Iori Kanzaki feat. Hatsune Miku 命に嫌われている。／カンザキイオリ feat.初音ミク | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? |
Nijiro Ver. New Songs: August 8th, 2020
| Title | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GV | JOIN THE PAC -Taiko no Tatsujin Ver.- Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Official Theme Music JOIN THE PAC -太鼓の達人 Ver.- パックマン40周年公式テーマ楽曲 | ★? | ★? | ★? | ★? |
This 8-fold licensed serving of tracks puts an heavy focus on the Pops genre and series newcomers overall, all the while some room is made to let the drumming series celebrate with Pac-Man for his 40th birthday, with a custom version of its anniversary song. How much will it diverge from the original cut?
-) New Ura Oni Notecharts: Mekadesu. and Taiko Drum Monster
Remember when the two Namco Originals had some erroneous Ura Oni notations on Nijiiro Version's official website, back to its launch day window? Now the deal is about to get real, when the two songs will have their extra difficulty layer available from tomorrow (Mekadesu.) and July 25th (Taiko Drum Monster) respectively.
We already have confirmation of how Mekadesu's Ura Oni is going to be a 10* challenge from the official Twitter account (link), so it's safe to assume how the top-star-rating Tenkaichi Otogesai debutant will most likely follow suit. Get ready!
-) New Titles for Toshinsai 2020 High-Rankers
Unfortunately for tourney goers, the Toshinsai 2020 competition had to be canceled right after the preliminary phase's final rounds, but the Taiko Team wants to make sure their top competitors' efforts wouldn't completely go to waste!
All the preliminary winners from both divisions, in fact, will be able to set up a custom title for their feat in the abruptly-ended event, in two flavors according to the tourney divisdion attended: Toshinsai 2020 Elementary School and Under (闘神祭2020小学生以下ファイナリスト) and Toshinsai 2020 Junior High School and Above (闘神祭2020中学生以上ファイナリスト)
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Also due to the still ongoing pandemic, the recurring Doyo no Ushi time-limited song delivery won't be held for 2020. That, however, didn't stop No.11 from reposting the luster-old celebratory picture for the occasion... and neither won't stop us!
In loving memory...
-) A Thank-You Message from the Faith Creation Contest Judges
Following the update bullettin, Etou stepped in with steμ and Masubuchi to give out their latest impressions as judges for the recently-concluded Taiko no Tatsujin song contest on Faith Creation, one whose 18 winners will be adopted in the Taiko family from this upcoming Autumn season.
The key points from the paragraph include the deep appreation for the high number of entries that have been collected for the contest (over 700!), as well as the main evaluation points upon which the heart of the judgement came by:
- On the musical originality side, whether the songs had an 'uniqueness factor' to it (no doubt that is found among the winners for sure, with almost half of them being bloody denpa/pop songs like many others before them...)
- On the gameplay side, whether they are fun to play on Taiko or not
Just like for select contest winners from the CreoFUGA winners, it's also possible for some of the winning candidates to get slightly altered from their originally-submitted form for their grand Taiko no Tatsujin debut, so look forward to that!
One last tweak that is getting added with the July 29th update is a Game Over screen renewal, in order to spread some personal safety awareness is such tiring and ill-weary times. Wash your hands people, and do it often!
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