Saturday, February 26, 2022

Song of the Week! 26 February 2022

 

Everything eventually must come to an end, including one song series project that was nurtured by Bandai Namco talents (and assorted associated) for a full straight year.

Here's the final stop of this journey!

Thursday, February 24, 2022

Namco Taiko Blog (February 24th, 2022) - Ambivalent Departure - Nijiiro ver. Farewell Tracks

For a Taiko game getting new songs today, here's a notice for another losing a couple of them, with one of the pair leaving every official playable venue altogether.

March 2020/Nijiiro ver. Farewell Tracks

Title
24/03/2022 07:00 (all locales)
Ambivalent
アンビバレント
  Also in: PS4⬇, NS1⬇, Plus
★2
★2 ★4 ★7
Healin'Good♥PreCure Touch!!
ヒーリングっど♥プリキュア Touch!!

  Nijiiro ver. Exclusive
★1
★2 ★3 ★6

Other removal details are as follows:
  • Usage of these songs in Donder Hiroba tournaments and challenges are terminating earlier, starting 06/03/2022 00:00
  • Crown totals will be adjusted with the removal as of 24/03/2022 02:00
  • Scores and rankings on Donder Hiroba will be closed off starting 24/03/2022 07:00
  • If you have set any of these songs as a favourite, the slot will be changed back to unspecified as of 24/03/2022 07:00
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[xBox/PC] - The Drum Master's First Additional Content Plan


A little over one month in, the Microsoft-friendly Taiko no Tatsujin debut game is ready to welcome additional tracks through a line of pack-grouped DLCs like former games before it, effectively starting from... today!

Following the Session de Dodon ga Don model, The Drum Master's additional songs can be either purchased as standalone packs or in bundles of consecutive DLCs via the Beat Pass (ビートパス), named as 'Taiko Beat Pass' for the non-JP release. Pricing for the song packs currently ranges from 440 JPY/3.99$/3.99€ for 3-song packs, 490 JPY/4.49$/4.49€ for 5-song packs and 2420 JPY/19.99$/19.99€ for a Beat Pass (all tax-included fees).

The picture below, taken from the Beat Pass DLC page on TDM's official website, further illustrates the rundown of a Beat Pass: each of these will hold 24 songs, getting released across three consecutive months on a monthly basis. This month's two packs are all arcade/console returning picks from both Bandai Namco games and Studio Ghibli's discography, with March and April's packs for the first Beat Pass still yet to be revealed.


Studio Ghibli Pack: 24/02/2022 (400 yen+tax)

Title
Tonari no Totoro
となりのトトロ
★2 ★3 ★1 ★5

Umi no Mieru Machi Kiki's Delivery Service
海の見える街
/「魔女の宅急便」より
★1 ★2 ★4 ★6
Jinsei no Merry-go-round Howl's Moving Castle
人生のメリーゴーランド
/「ハウルの動く城」より
★4 ★4 ★4 ★7
Key: red = series debutblue = console debut

Game Music Pack: 24/02/2022 (450 yen+tax)

Title
Heat Haze Shadow 2 Tekken 7
  
「鉄拳7」より
★4 ★6 ★7 ★9
No Way Back
  「GOD EATER」より
★4 ★6 ★7 ★8 ★9
IN THE ZONE
  「ACE COMBAT X2 JOINT ASSAULT」より
★4 ★6 ★8 ★9
EAT'EM UP!
  「R4 -RIDGE RACER TYPE4-」より
★3 ★5 ★6 ★8
Brave Sword, Braver Soul Soul Calibur II
  「ソウルキャリバーII」より
★3 ★5 ★5 ★7
★7
(2P)
Key: red = series debutblue = console debut

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Monday, February 21, 2022

Namco Taiko Blog (February 21st, 2022) - Taiko de Time Travel Finale - 2022



Exactly one year since the project's beginning, here we sit in front of the conclusion of the Taiko de Time Travel project made for Taiko no Tatsujin's 10th Anniversary, ending up with a public song release that happened shortly before the artist/charter interview from the Taiko Team on the official blog!

For streamlining's sake, we're posting all the sensible data about the final release in one post, with the Oni video footage right here and the interview after the jump, for one drummer-racoon-avatar-donning fella who had the honor of both starting and ending this project!



Title
GO ON ~Mirai e~
  Taiko de Time Travel 2022/steμ respecting Time Travelers
GO ON ~未来へ~ / 太鼓 de タイムトラベル2022 / steμ respecting タイムトラベラーズ
★2 ★3 ★5 8
(720)

Sunday, February 20, 2022

Livestream Recap: 20/02/2022 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Livestream



With the World Championship 2021 @ Gaiden online competition for Nijiiro players coming to an end, today's livestream was aired to reveal live the nicknames of the highest rankers out there. A bunch of other stuff happened that a passerby notification might not be enough for, and that's where we come into play!

As of the past few venues, Etou and 'No.11' Kimizu's livecasting antics of today are available on the same YouTube video address that was used for the live recording, the same one embedded above these lines. Meet us after the jump, however, for the trivia highlights of the show that have occurred before and after the online awarding ceremony!

Additional screenshot courtesy of user DragonRatTiger from the TnT Discord server.
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Saturday, February 19, 2022

Song of the Week! 19 February 2022

   
 
Another Pops feature to close out the week, the same tune that's going to make its console debut on the freshly-announced Nintendo Switch Taiko game! (unless STH steals its thunder beforehand, of course)

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

First Video: Strawberry☆Prince! and Cinderella




The second of the Strawberry Prince tracks of this starting year's ongoing campaign has just landed, alongside another DECO*27 Vocaloid track. No fear of its magic fading out after the Midnight has rung though, as it's geared with a note-plentiful Ura Oni from the getgo!


Title
Strawberry☆Planet! Strawberry Prince/NayutalieN
ストロベリー☆プラネット!
/すとぷり/ナユタン星人
★3 ★3 ★3 ★6
(464)
-
Cinderella DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku
シンデレラ
/DECO*27 feat. 初音ミク
★3 ★4 ★5 ★7
(661)
★9
(904)

[Plus/STH] Gakkyoku Tori Houdai New Songs (2022/03/01)

太鼓の達人プラス★新曲取り放題!

With a new Taiko no Tatsujin title boasting a subscription model on the horizon, Taiko no Tatsujin Plus may or may not have something to prove as the original "all-you-can-play subscription Taiko title". But hey, new tracks!

Addendum: Added The Future of the Taiko Drum (source).

Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds

Title
2022/02/21
The Future of the Taiko Drum Taiko de Time Travel 2765/Camellia
The Future of the 太鼓ドラム
  太鼓 de タイムトラベル2765/かめりあ
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10 ★10
2022/03/01
Shuuchishin
羞恥心
★4*
★4*
★4*
★7*

Bataille Décisive Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
  「ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序」より
★? ★? ★? ★?
IMITATION BLACK
  SCL Project(NatsuP) feat.VanaN'Ice
★3 ★5 ★5 ★7★9
Hakanaki wa Gensho ni Mau
儚姫は原初に舞う
/Se-U-Ra
★4 ★5 ★7 ★10 ★10
Phantom Rider Rio Hamamoto (BNSI)
  濱本理央(BNSI)
★4 ★6 ★7★8 ★9
8OROCHI
  REDALiCE
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10 ★10
Waraeru 2000
わら得る2000
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10
Key: red = series debutgreen = GTH debut
Difficulty ratings with * are from past 1st- or 2nd-generation games and may be subject to change

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