Song of the Week! 30 April 2022

 

We're ending the month of April with a blast, coasting aside a couple of Nijiiro-exclusive Original tunes that were brought together by a returning musical project...

Sonority Scouts - The Penguin and the Coaster Clans

For once, the Sonority Scout brand is out of April Fools territory like in the past and onto current Taiko-related fresh music gaming news! Following up the crossover with Ongeki, last week it was the turn of CHUNITHM to take a hold of REDALiCE's 8OROCHI, as also announced via official Twitter notice.

If you think that goroawase shenanigans were only a Namco-pursued habit, just take a gander at that max note count (in the Miss corner, given the video) to spot aquabluu/pikaby's patented 'handsome number', in reference to the song's name!!

One more fresh Taiko-related finding for the ending week, however, has to be searched away from Sega properties, with the latest DLC pack for the Groove Coaster series' Switch installment. Sure, the big talk of the day was the unheard-of collaboration notice with The World Ends With You, but longtime BanNam fans had fun not only with returning Taiko-playable medleys, but also with the debut of the iconic KAGEKIYO to boot, custom storyboard BG and all!

It's also nice how the hardest difficulty setting's note count (not the Max Chain, mind you) directly references the Nam-Combo value that is also shared by its Oni mode on Taiko, isn't it?

Namco Taiko Blog (April 21st, 2022) - Killed Queen

We've just given our welcome to a new international track, but soon enough it'll be the time to say goodbye (again) to another foreign license, leaving Nijiiro Version soil next month.

March 2020/Nijiiro ver. Farewell Tracks

	Title
21/05/2022 07:00 (all locales)
	WE WILL ROCK YOU    Written by Brian May © Queen Music Ltd 　　Also in: TDM, PSP1	★2	★2	★3	★5
	WE WILL ROCK YOU (Sou-Uchi notechart set)    Written by Brian May © Queen Music Ltd 　　Also in: TDM, PSP1 (as 2-Player charts)	★2	★3	★4	★6

Other removal details are as follows:

• Usage of the song in Donder Hiroba tournaments and challenges is terminating earlier, starting 03/05/2022 00:00
• Crown totals will be adjusted with the removal as of 21/05/2022 02:00
• Scores and rankings on Donder Hiroba will be closed off starting 21/05/2022 07:00
• If you have set the song as a favourite, the slot will be changed back to unspecified as of 21/05/2022 07:00

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Song of the Week! 23 April 2022

 

Alongside last Wednesday's arcade update, there was an extra licensed song debut that made its debut the day after. A few days later and it sits here, as our latest SotW candidate!

Time for us to drift, UP AND...

First Video: Challengers

As also advertised on the Taiko no Tatsujin series' Twitter handle yesterday (link), the 2nd Nijiiro-era song contest's circle comes to a close, with the last one of its winners getting its public debut earlier today.

Challengers of the challenging challenge in Challengers (try saying that three times fast) will soon find themselves in quite a picle of many tempo-signatures charting, signing off another KFMO max-difficulty set. Even without the arcade tournament framing scenario, this one is sure to break out some sweat!

	Title
	Challengers Marulon         まるろん	★5	★7	★8	★10 (753)	-

First Video: Nijiiro Version V24.08's New Songs

On to today's new song, now! Starting out, here we are with two different staples for the 7* Oni challenge range offered by the Pops genre's attenders, with this istance's cluster-heavy stamina endurer and the slow ballade roles being filled in respectively by Ado's latest Taiko song transplant and songwriter Yuuri (優里)'s first dip into the drumming series.

	Title
	Ashura-chan 阿修羅ちゃん／Ado	★2	★3	★4	★7 (461)	-
	Dry Flower ドライフラワー	★1	★3	★5	★7 (243)	-
	Animal DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku アニマル／DECO*27 feat.初音ミク	★3	★4	★4	★7 (824)	-
	Lunar Maria Kamigami no Asobi 　　「神々の悪戯」より	★3	★4	★5	★6 (290)	★8 (577)

Namco Taiko Blog (April 20th, 2022) - Nijiiro's Early-Year-3 Ranking Dojo Comebacks

 

It's another day for new songs at the game centers but before that, here's a Taiko Team blog entry talking about the return of a fan-favorite set of trials of the Ranking Dojo mode, alongside other news pertaining the ongoing set of main courses' fate.

[Plus/STH] Gakkyoku Tori Houdai New Songs (2022/04/28)

Early May is the home of the Golden Week holidays, and your monthly update to Taiko no Tatsujin Plus Gakkyoku Tori Houdai will have to make way for that, so let's make is quick.

Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds

	Title
2022/04/28
	Mikan no Uta みかんのうた	★3*	★3*	★6*	★7*
	Maka-fushigi Adventure! Dragon Ball 魔訶不思議アドベンチャー！／「ドラゴンボール」 より	★3	★5	★6	★7
	Hatsune Miku no Gekishou Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA 2nd- 初音ミクの激唱／「初音ミク -Project DIVA- 2nd」より	★4	★6	★6	★10	★10
	Zetsubou e no Toccata 絶望へのトッカータ	★4	★6	★7	★9
	Chiriyuku Ran no Tsuzuru Uta 散りゆく蘭の綴る詩	★4	★6	★6	★9
	Mappy Ondo マッピー音頭	★3*	★6*	★5*	★6*
	Rurou no Kohaku Hime 流浪の琥珀姫	★3	★4	★5	★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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Song of the Week! 16 April 2022

 

We're right back on schedule for our weekly Saturday song-covering action, real-life workload be damned... and it's for a brand-new track to boot, no less!

Namco Taiko Blog (April 14th, 2022) - A Golden Nijiiro Spring of Pops and Musicians

 

Japan's Golden Week is drawing closer once more, but this time it's not coming without a quick update from the Taiko Team on Taiko stuff! Expect a trove of new playable licensed content coming to your nearest (Japanese) Nijiiro Arcade, starting April 20th.

Song of the Week! 10 April 2022

 

It's another delayed SotW piece! This one in particular is for you calligraphy fanatics out there...

First Video: Ko

Just a little bit before the next day's GMT Midnight, but we're back with the next Namco Original contender! After Ka troubling even the more seasoned players for an Ura Oni DFC clear for more than a day in what feels ages, here's a Ko which plays it more old-school difficult instead. No cheap visual shots in sight- it's just you and the barrage of notes!

Once again, however, we have to postpone the Song of the Week piece to a Sunday...

	Title
	Ko Gainen 弧 / 概念	★5	★7	★8	★10 (1138)	-

Twitter Snippets (April 8th, 2022) - A Mono-Lettered FaiCre Debuttant

【お知らせ】
2022/4/9（土）から、太鼓の達人でナムコオリジナル「弧　/　概念」が遊べるドーン♪おたのしみに！https://t.co/M6gjfN8U55#taiko765 pic.twitter.com/y64KY3BUST

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 ゲームセンター版 (@taiko_team) April 8, 2022

If you're nmot letting you distracted by the Bandai Namco company logo change appearing in a new-Taiko-song video featurette for the first time, you'll notice how we're back covering the last round of Faith Creation contest winners! Expect this song dropping as a playable tune tomorrow.

March 2020/Nijiiro ver. New Track: April 9th, 2022

	Title
	Ko Gainen 弧 / 概念	★?	★?	★?	★?	-