Wednesday, June 30, 2021

[NS1] East West Time Travel: Nintendo Switch Version's July 2021 DLC



This month in Taiko no Tatsujin Nintendo Switch Version DLC features five individually sold tracks and the fifth instalment of the Touhou Project Arrange Pack (東方Projectアレンジパック).

Late Night Anime Pack Vol.5: 2021/07/08 (400 yen+tax)

Title
Cirno's Perfect Math Class
  Touhou Project Arrange/ARM+Yoshimi Yuuno (IOSYS) feat. miko
チルノのパーフェクトさんすう教室
  東方Projectアレンジ ARM+夕野ヨシミ(IOSYS) feat.miko
★4 ★5 ★7 ★8 ★10
Kanbu de Tomatte Sugu Tokeru ~ Kyouki no Udongein
  Touhou Project Arrange/ARM(IOSYS) feat. miko
患部で止まってすぐ溶ける ~ 狂気の優曇華院
  東方Projectアレンジ ARM (IOSYS) feat.miko
★2 ★4 ★7 ★9
Eikyoku/Gyouan Touhou Project×NAMCO SOUNDS/LindaAI-CUE
郢曲/暁闇/東方Project×NAMCO SOUNDS LindaAI-CUE
★3 ★5 ★8 ★10
Key: red = series debutblue = console debut

Individual DLC Tracks: 2021/07/08 (150 yen+tax each)

Title
Saraba, Itoshiki Kanashimi-tachi Yo -ZZ ver.- Momoiro Clover Z
サラバ、愛しき悲しみたちよ -ZZ ver.-/ももいろクローバーZ
★? ★? ★? ★?
I Want You Back ★? ★? ★? ★?
God knows... The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
  「涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱」より
★3 ★4 ★4 ★7 ★9
Realize Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World
  「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活」より
★3 ★5 ★6 ★7
Hold me tight Taiko de Time Travel 90's/Tatsh & musica with Parc Manther
  太鼓 de タイムトラベル90's/Tatsh&musica with パークマンサー
★4 ★6 ★6 ★8
Key: red = series debutblue = console debut

Saturday, June 26, 2021

Song of the Week! 26 June 2021

 
At the start of the year's hottest season... here's a feature from a rain-centric anime for today!

Friday, June 25, 2021

Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat Version 1.1.0 Update

Released today (2021/06/25) is a version update for the Apple Arcade-exclusive title Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat. Besides the long-awaited bump to the total track count (by 10), the game now also features a Ranking Window showing the worldwide leaderboards for each track and the ability to keep up to three separate player profiles.


Title
Tonari no Totoro
となりのトトロ
★2 ★3 ★1 ★5
Flight of the Bumblebee Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
熊蜂の飛行/リムスキー=コルサコフ
★3 ★4 ★7 ★9
Classical Medley (Rock ver.)
クラシックメドレー(ロック編)
★4 ★5 ★8 ★8
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
★3 ★3 ★6 ★9
IN THE ZONE
  「ACE COMBAT X2 JOINT ASSAULT」より
★4 ★6 ★8 ★9
Todoroke! Taiko no Tatsujin Taiko de Time Travel 20's
  steμ×Masubuchi×Sasaoka feat. Takayoshi Tanimoto&Chiaki Takahashi
轟け!太鼓の達人/太鼓 de タイムトラベル20's
  steμ×マスブチ×ササオカ feat. 谷本貴義&たかはし智秋
★2 ★5 ★7 ★8
The Carnivorous Carnival★4 ★6 ★7 ★9
Garyoutensei
画竜点睛
★5 ★6 ★7 ★8

SORA-I Earthrise
SORA-I アースライズ
★3 ★5 ★7 ★8
Kechadon 2000
ケチャドン2000
★5 ★6 ★8 ★9

Key: red = series debutblue = console debut

Thursday, June 24, 2021

Namco Taiko Blog (2021/06/24): Track List Stratified Once Again: Nijiiro June 2021 Update


Taiko no Tatsujin (March 2020/Nijiiro ver.) gets another version update on 2021/06/30 (no info on greater Asia), just one month after the previous. Outside of your normal slew of new track additions, it also brings back one beloved mechanic for the classic Performance Game mode.
Addendum (2021/06/30): Equivalent update for greater Asia confirmed for 2021/07/01, net of the three track additions but includes Select by Difficulty function (official Facebook).

But first, clear your schedules for Taiko no Tatsujin 20th Anniversary Commemoration! Announcing Long-awaited Info on Official MyBachi with a Bam!! Livestream (太鼓の達人20周年記念!気になる公式マイバチ情報をドーンと大発表!!生放送), tentatively airing 2021/07/10 18:30~19:30. That's all the info you are gonna get for it right now though, but stay tuned on that.

Now back to your normally scheduled update notes...

Saturday, June 19, 2021

Song of the Week! 19 June 2021

 
If you were just wondering what Lokamp's up to... well...

Friday, June 18, 2021

Twitter Snippets (2021/06/18): Memento Mori's Synchronized Drifting, the Sixth

Six years on this very day was the release date of the now-discontinued Synchronica line, Bandai Namco's arcade-... yes, we have used this opening befor-... yes, it is apparently an annual thing now.

Like Synchronica Airlines last year, the official Synchronica Twitter handle (@Synchronica_prj) called beyond the grave of the game's online service to let us know that more of its original compositions are being ported into the Taiko no Tatsujin repertoire. In fact, Mifumei's Yurame (preview) is already available on Nijiiro ver. today (2021/06/18) in all locales, while SueP's Kakenukete-yuku (preview) will join at a later date.


Title
Yurame Mifumei/Synchronica
ゆらめ/ミフメイ 「シンクロニカ」より
★5 ★7 ★8 ★9
(614)

Kakenukete-yuku SueP/Synchronica
駆け抜けてゆく/すえP 「シンクロニカ」より
★? ★? ★? ★?
Key: red = series debutblue = arcade debut

Saturday, June 12, 2021

Song of the Week! 12 June 2021

 
With this just-starting month, the ongoing Nintendo Switch Taiko game now features more than a song per day between the base song list, the monthly mission unlock tunes and the ever-growing DLC catalog!

It's a cause for SotW celebration with one of its many debut tracks from there, wouldn't you agree?

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

First Video: Nintendo Switch Version's June 2021 DLC Newcomers

 
A lot of standalone first-timers loom around the Nintendo Switch's ever-growing DLC catalog, starting with this peppy return from YOASOBI with its chained-up cluster sections that offer some leeway for brief handswitching frag

But of course, I wager you're more eager to see what Western-flavored shade of Taiko gameplay lies after the jump the most...


Title
Kaibutsu YOASOBI/Kaibutsu/Yasashii Suisei
怪物/YOASOBI 「怪物/優しい彗星」より
★3 ★5 ★6 ★7
(466)

He's a Pirate Pirates of the Caribbean
  「パイレーツ・オブ・カリビアン」より
★4 ★5 ★7★7
(307)

Indiana Jones Theme
インディ・ジョーンズのテーマ
★3 ★4 ★5 ★6
(491)

Star Wars: Main Title Star Wars
  「スター・ウォーズ」より
★3 ★4 ★6 ★8
(293)