Song of the Week! 29 May 2021

 

 

Going back in time a bit more with the Taiko Team, here's a Taiko-styled representation of what the 2000s' Vocaloid music sounded like!

First Video: Summer 2021 Don Medal Shop Debuts

	Title
	Amber Light BNSI (Junichi Nakatsuru) 　　BNSI(中鶴潤一)	★5	★7	★8	★9 (634)
	4+1 no Sorezore no Mirai 　　Taiko de Time Travel 00's/cosMo@BouSouP feat. Hatsune Miku 4+1のそれぞれの未来／太鼓 de タイムトラベル00's 　　cosMo＠暴走P feat.初音ミク	★5	★7	★8	★10 (876)

The second part of the May 2021 update to Nijiiro ver. features the return of Ranking Dojo and the season change for the Don Medal Shop. One day late on our part, here is our First Video look at the two newcomer.

Amber Light inherits jazz-infused vibes from predecessors Sports Digesdon and junction by the same hands, and bar-line avoidance principle similar to that in Comona (only 5 bar lines out of 63 has notes on it). While the music is of 126BPM, the in-game data have set double BPM with half scroll speed to accommodate the apparent 48th triples.

Full Combo Title (Oni): Intersecting Amber Lights (交差する琥珀色の光)

Swiftly used as the 3rd track for Tenth Dan (surprise, surprise), 4+1 no Sorezore no Mirai takes similar notes of the previous anniversary-celebrating Namco Original/Vocaloid song Hatsune Miku no Shoushitsu -Gekijouban- by the same creator. The boosted 255-BPM speed makes the notechart formidable without having to tap into 24th notes or higher. Notecharter steμ also slipped a little quote of Taiko Roll at the beginning.

Full Combo Title (Kantan): Walking Forward, Tapping on the Hand (手を叩きながら歩いていこう)

Full Combo Title (Futsuu): Walking Forward, Singing the Songs (歌いながら歩いていこう)

Full Combo Title (Muzukashii): Walking Forward, Supporting Each Other (支え合いながら歩いていこう)

Full Combo Title (Oni): Walking Forward, Encouraging Each Other (励まし合いながら歩いていこう)

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Outside of our newcomers, there are also Full Combo Titles for the other two non-debut shop tracks:

• Don-chan Ondo: Let's Dance to the Don-chan Ondo (どんちゃん音頭で踊ろうよ)
• Bokura no Mae ni Michi wa Aru: A Path to the Future Seized by Ourselves (自分でつかむ未来への道)

Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championship 2021 Music Open Call Winners Announced

Barely making their preview schedule of May, the results for the Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championship 2021 Music Open Call recruitment has been announced on the contest site.

The judge panel of Etou, Masubuchi and steμ plus other Taiko Team members has picked out 12 tracks that will be added to Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. and be used in the proceedings of the upcoming worldwide tournament circuit:

	Title
	Challengers Marulon 　　まるろん	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Aloft in the wind 　　Qutabire	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Hello, Worldooon!! 　　Capchii feat. Kuroa*	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Unlimited Games Ponchi♪ feat. Haxchi アンリミテッドゲームズ／Ponchi♪ feat.はぁち	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Moeyo Sapphire Niwashi 燃えよサファイア／庭師	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Ko Gainen 弧／概念	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Kasou-genjitsu no Telescope 仮想現実のテレスコープ／deli.	★?	★?	★?	★?
	punk bastards 　　Sobrem	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Emma 　　BlackY feat. Risa Yuzuki	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Hello, Mr.JOKER D-D-Dice 　　打打だいず	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Shinsei to Nue 晨星ト鵺／Silentroom	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Player's High 　　K.key	★?	★?	★?	★?

Outside of these, the results also include 20+ honorable mentions (with links to player) and 60+ semi-honorable mentions (no links).

Namco Taiko Blog (May 26th, 2021) - Taiko de Time Travel pt.3: 00's Vocaloid

The end of the month draws near, and with that it's time for another stop for the Taiko de Time Travel anniversary project. As you can see from the preview clip above this lines and on the related announcement tweet, it appears that even Traditional Chinese and Korean titles are on the spotlight, too!

Nijiiro ver. New Track: May 27th, 2021

	Title
/	4+1 no Sorezore no Mirai 　　Taiko de Time Travel 00's/cosMo@BouSouP feat. Hatsune Miku 4+1のそれぞれの未来／太鼓 de タイムトラベル00's 　　cosMo＠暴走P feat.初音ミク	★?	★?	★?	★?

Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

First Video: Nijiiro Ver. v14.06's New Songs

 

The latest Nijiiro Version update is now live, starring a brand new licensed song quartet that will also grace oversea cabinets from tomorrow alongside the worldwide-synchronized Ranking Dojo renewal for the 4th-generation Taiko models.

My boy, do we have some popular picks on this update! Donning a pure 1/16 charting job on its Oni mode, this piece among the latest GUMI-powered hits is what all true Vocaloid fans strive for. See you after the jump for the rest!

	Title
	Hadaka no Kokoro 　　TBS Series Tuesday Drama "My Housekeeper Nagisa-san" Theme Song 裸の心／TBS系 火曜ドラマ「私の家政夫ナギサさん」主題歌	★1	★2	★5	★7 (187)
/	Viva! Spark! Tropical-Rouge! PreCure Viva! Spark!トロピカル～ジュ！プリキュア	★1	★2	★3	★4 (205)	★7 (298)
	Zenryoku Zenkai! Zenkaiger Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger 全力全開！ゼンカイジャー／「機界戦隊ゼンカイジャー」より	★2	★2	★4	★6 (249)
	KING 　　Kanaria feat.GUMI	★2	★5	★6	★8 (781)

Song of the Week! 22 May 2021

 

 

The week before this one, a brand-new official game in the Touhou Project series was released, giving us the prime time occasion to talk about another of the Taiko-transplanted arrangements based on its overall score.

Who would have thought that a song about the last custom-dancer character from Touhou lore we have yet to talk about would have ended up being the bearer of what currently is the hardest playable Touhou arrange to date?!

Namco Taiko Blog (2021/05/20): Winning at the Even Starting Line: Nijiiro May 2021 Update

Another version update for the 4th-generation Taiko no Tatsujin arcade is going public... but why is there two release dates?

If you haven't been keeping up with our coverage for the last two months, let us remind you that the Nijiiro ver. firmware has been in service outside of Japan (only in select locales) since early April 2021. Subsequent version updates in Japan has also seen corresponding updates overseas usually within the week (minus some licensed picks). This is already the case for the previous April 21 update in Japan and the April 22 update in other locales, and will again be true for this update (2021/05/26 in Japan, 2021/05/27 overseas). It is the first time that the official Namco Taiko Blog acknowledged the overseas update schedule, so that's a welcoming start.

With that primer out of the way, let's get to the meat of the update after the jump!

First Video: Into the Unknown

	Title
	Into the Unknown Frozen 2 　　「アナと雪の女王２」より	★1	★2	★5	★7 (230)

Following the success of the two tracks for the first Frozen movie comes the keynote song from the sequel, but the Taiko no Tatsujin inclusion took the jazzy Panic! At The Disco version instead of the sentimental movie version sung by Elsa. The majority of Oni notechart is filled with clusters and streams mixing 12th and 24th separations not unlike Maow and Sanpo (Ura), but the signature long notes of "into the unknown" are occupied by long large yellow drumrolls.

In minor news, Todoroke! Taiko no Tatsujin has got the "Taiko de Time Travel 20's" part added back to its subtitle like with Nijiiro ver.