First Video: Prism Melody and TEMPLATE

Our eager followers on our Twitter account may already have caught the news, earier in the day: indeed, it appears that Taiko no Tatsujin is ready to double-dip on the Vtuber world once more! This time around, it's all pertaining the Japanese multi-talent agency Hololive, both with the unit-made Prism Melody joining the paid subscription plans and with Suisei Hoshimachi's TEMPLATE, getting introduced as a freely playable song a little bit ahead of its public debut!

While the former's charting is more akin to tracks coming from the Idolm@ster series' related Anime shows, the latter is a little bit more daring with different scrolling changes and unique cluster hybrids that the J-Pop/Pops genre is not that used to get for its members' Oni gauntlets.

	Title
	Prism Melody 　　Hololive IDOL PROJECT	★2	★4	★4	★7 (385)	-
	TEMPLATE Suisei Hoshimachi 　　星街すいせい	★3	★5	★6	★8 (535)	-

Song of the Week! 26 March 2022

 

Another recent console debut at our weekend doors, coming up!

First Video: Let's Not Be Friends Anymore and Sugar

The second song delivery round of the latest Nijiiro Version version is ready to make both Japanese and General Asia mainlanders party like it's 2009, with both Taiwanese and English licensed tracks making their debut at once!

Both Eric Chou's single and the Maroon 5 sensation are charted with the vocal leads as their guiding star too, further pursuing that Taiko gen2 vibes.

	Title
	以後別做朋友 The Distance of Love	★2	★2	★4	★6 (275)	-
	Sugar	★1	★3	★4	★7 (412)	-

Song of the Week! 19 March 2022

To warm our way to Spring, here's one of the surprise newcoming licenses from yesterday's update to the Apple family's Pop Tap Beat!

Namco Taiko Blog (2022/03/18): Cheaters Repel for Donder! World Championship 2021 Gaiden

While it should be evident from the title, this will NOT be a fun blog post from the Taiko Team.

Among the fanfare for the Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championships 2021 Gaiden online tournament, there has been vocal suspicion in the comments of the interim rankings that a certain high-ranking player has been using a proxy to participate (asking and sometimes paying for other people to play for you to get higher scores).

With it being in direct violation of the tournament rules, the Taiko Team has been independently investigating the accusations. The Team has also been requesting a response from the offending player but no feedback came back. In view of all the findings, the Taiko Team has decided to disqualify the offending player to maintain fairness with measures such as:

• Withholding the prize for the offending player
• Cancelling the relevant tournament scores from the offending player's profile in Donder Hiroba
• Move up the rankings of the participants below the offending player (the new rankings will be shown in the Donder Hiroba later)
• The special-prize titles (including 765th, 876th, 2021st and the randomly-drawn Lucky Prize) will be granted both based on rankings both before and after the move

It should bear a reminder that this online tournament is an unfortunate compromise against the prevalent global crisis, temporarily in place when the real-life Donder! World Championships 2021 tournament is postponed to no end in sight. The online format makes it hard to guarantee that players are participating in person, but the Taiko Team is motivated to at least give something to Donders to satiate the competitive flames in their hearts. We suggest you also read the original post for more of Kimizu and Etou's heartfelt feelings about the situation.

Despite all this, the Team is also asking the greater Donder community to not step down and engage in slander or abuse of the offending player.

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[Xbox/WinPC] Now You Download It, Now You Don't: The Case of the Phantom DLCs

Donders playing Taiko no Tatsujin The Drum Master (Xbox Series X/S and Windows PC) in the morning of 2022/03/17 have been overjoyed to see eight "DLC tracks" slipping into the track list:

So, I wanted to go get my 3 bonus tracks in Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master done and it seems that new DLC just came out. 3 VOCALOID songs and 5 Classical songs. @taikotimeblog #taiko765 #taikonotatsujin pic.twitter.com/uA2TFaquzG

— WACCA Lizard (djdmöb) (@djdmob) March 16, 2022

Taiko no Tatsujin The Drum Master "DLC"?

	Title
	Happy Synthesizer ハッピーシンセサイザ／EasyPop	★2	★3	★5	★7
	Melt Original Song: supercell メルト／原曲：supercell	★3	★3	★5	★8
	Dance Robot Dance NayutalieN/#C.O.M.P.A.S.S. ダンスロボットダンス／ナユタン星人 　　「戦闘摂理解析システム#コンパス」より	★3	★4	★4	★9
	William Tell Overture Gioachino Rossini ウィリアム・テル序曲／ロッシーニ	★3	★5	★7	★7
	Symphony No. 5 "Fate" Ludwig van Beethoven 交響曲第五番「運命」／ベートーヴェン	★4	★5	★5	★6
	Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart アイネクライネナハトムジーク／モーツァルト	★4	★4	★6	★7
	O Sole Mio オー・ソレ・ミオ	★3	★3	★7	★8
	Sonata, Gekkou 其方、激昂	★5	★6	★8	★10

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

Before you recharge your credit card to go on a shopping spree on the Xbox Store though, you might want to be informed that this batch was not supposed to be out for purchase right now. The Taiko Team is investigating the cause of the error and will advise in due course.

「太鼓の達人 The Drum Master!」に関して⁰現在、ストアで販売していないDLCパックをプレイできる状況を確認しております。⁰原因は調査中となります。
今後の対応につきましては公式Twitterおよび公式サイトにてご案内させていただきます。ご迷惑をおかけしており大変申し訳ございません。

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 家庭用シリーズ (@taiko_kateiyou) March 18, 2022

That's (at least) the third thing wrong with this title, by the way. Attaboy.

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[Plus/STH] Gakkyoku Tori Houdai New Songs (2022/04/01)

April 1st is often a tricky time to add legitimate new content for games, as everyone is on defensive mode against tricks and jokes. Here's an early heads-up beforehand so you don't discredit this pretty substantial addition to Taiko no Tatsujin Plus's Gakkyoky Tori Houdai subscription:

Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds

	Title
2022/04/01
	LOVE 2000	★3	★4	★5	★6
	Inferno Fire Force インフェルノ／「炎炎ノ消防隊」より	★3	★5	★5	★8
	Gekkouka Black Jack 月光花／「ブラック・ジャック」より	★3*	★3*	★2*	★5*
	Xa 　　Tatsh	★5	★6	★7	★9	★10
	Seigaitten D-D-Dice 星河一天／打打だいず	★4	★6	★8	★10
	≠MM	★5	★7	★8	★10
	Tell Me Beat kinoshita feat. Kagamine Rin テルミービート／キノシタ feat. 鏡音リン	★3	★5	★6	★8

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription debut

Difficulty ratings with * are from past 1st- or 2nd-generation games and may be subject to change

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Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat Version 1.6.0 Update

📢Apple Arcade 太鼓の達人Pop Tap Beat Ver.UP&楽曲追加

ののちゃんが歌う「Baby Shark」がPTB限定曲として登場です！

【その他追加曲】
You've Got a Friend in Me
SHINY
ラプソディ・イン・ブルー
たいこの2000
The Future of the 太鼓ドラム

📲ダウンロードはこちらhttps://t.co/V3lthKlBn5 pic.twitter.com/CV1SAB2rw3

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 スマートフォン (@taikosp) March 17, 2022

For the third month of the year, treat yourself with three series-debut tracks brought to you by large-scale media conglomerates, suspiciously similarly named songs and a very young songstress.

	Title
	You've Got a Friend in Me Toy Story 　　「トイ・ストーリー」より	★2	★3	★4	★7 (371)
	SHINY Moana 　　「モアナと伝説の海」より	★1	★2	★4	★5 (325)
	Baby Shark Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat feat. Nono-chan 　　太鼓の達人Pop Tap Beat　feat.ののちゃん	★1	★1	★3	★4 (260)
	Rhapsody in Blue George Gershwin ラプソディ・イン・ブルー／ガーシュウィン	★3	★4	★6	★8
	Taiko no 2000 Taiko de Time Travel BCE/Linda AI-CUE たいこの2000／太鼓 de タイムトラベル紀元前／LindaAI-CUE	★5	★7	★8	★10
	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

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription debut

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