Song of the Week! 29 July 2023

Today on Song of the Week, we're trying (not really) to unravel one of Namco/Bandai Namco's greatest mysteries since its inception... which is to say,

Why did it take so long for them to make a theme song for their most-known videogame series???

[NS2] Early Headstart to the Fiery Month: August 2023 Taiko Music Pass Update

The heat must be making our upcoming tracks so restless that the monthly Taiko Music Pass update is coming early, only three weeks from the last.

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks

	Title
2023/08/03
	Kawaikute Gomen 可愛くてごめん	★?	★?	★?	★?
	1 2 3 ~Koi ga Hajimaru~ Calpis Water CM Song 1 2 3 ～恋がはじまる～／「カルピスウォーター」CMソング	★3	★4	★4	★6
	Apollo アポロ	★2	★4	★4	★2	★8
	Untaka Dance 　　Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 Special Support Song ウンタカダンス 　　「映画ドラえもん 新・のび太の日本誕生」スペシャル応援ソング	★2	★2	★4	★6
	Jamboree Mickey! ジャンボリミッキー！	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Opening Theme 世界ふしぎ発見！オープニングテーマ	★3	★4	★4	★7
	Minna no Kakigoori 　　Bonjour Suzuki feat. Yuichiro Tsukagoshi (NanosizeMir) & GIW ミンナノカキゴオリ 　　ボンジュール鈴木 feat. 塚越雄一朗(NanosizeMir) ＆ 祇羽	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Chimimouryou 魑魅魍魎／Laur	★4	★6	★7	★10
	Houjou Yayoi 豊穣弥生	★4	★6	★7	★8

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription debut

Taiko no Tatsujin (Mainland China 4th-gen)'s end-July developments

Another rapid-fire round of updates to the upcoming mainland-China port of the 4th-generation Taiko no Tatsujin arcade cabinet happened this week:

• An online press conference event will be held through the official Bilibili channel and WeChat official account at 2023/07/27 19:00 (UTC+8) (source). You can check out a short trailer of the program uploaded just today. There are also official streaming partners on Douyin (not TikTok) and Kwaishou if you need more alternatives on how to watch.
  
  
• Wahlap Tech will showcase the game at the ChinaJoy expo in Shanghai between 2023/07/28-31 (source). Visitors can try out the ported cabinets with a prototype player ID (data will be wiped before the official launch) and snatch Taiko swag.
  
  
• A preliminary song list of the mainland China port has been released as a new service on the WeChat official account (source). Select "Info" (资讯) then "Song List" (歌曲清单) from the account's toolbar, or use the link we copied from the application: https://tak-wls-prod.wahlap.net/file/dist/#/songs
  Currently, we have 愛你 and 兩隻老虎 being exclusive to the mainland China song list but not in the Japanese and international ones. This list also lets you sort by difficulty within one genre, so you can easily pick out all the Ura Oni ★10s to torture your hands.

More information may be expected to surface after the press conference event and the appearance at ChinaJoy. Stay tuned to when we recap on the blog.

First Video Portal: July 2023

2023/07/26

	Title
	Dokimeki Diary Pokémon Horizons: The Series ドキメキダイアリー／「ポケットモンスター(2023)」より	★1	★3	★4	★6 (457)
	Idol Oshi no Ko アイドル／「【推しの子】」より	★3	★4	★4	★7 (479)

2023/07/15

	Title
	Kill My Fortune Alice Schach and the Magic Orchestra 　　アリスシャッハと魔法の楽団	★4	★5	★5	★7	★10 (1107)

2023/07/14

	Title
	Sesame Street Theme セサミストリートのテーマ	★2	★3	★4	★6 (281)
	Enter the Dragon Theme 燃えよドラゴンのテーマ	★3	★5	★6	★7 (314)

2023/07/13

	Title
	Scar スカー	★3	★5	★5	★8 (443)
	SOUVENIR BUMP OF CHICKEN 　　TV Anime『SPY×FAMILY』2nd Cour Opening Theme Song 　　TVアニメ『SPY×FAMILY』第2クールオープニング主題歌	★3	★4	★5	★6 (410)

2023/07/01

	Title
	Nagoya-bayashi 名古屋ばやし	★2	★2	★4	★7 (558)
	AtoZ,I leave toZ Dr.Laintrigger Demo:MonA"/Synchronica 　　Dr.Laintrigger Demo:MonA" 「シンクロニカ」より	★3	★4	★6	★9 (759)