Thursday, December 7, 2023

Namco Taiko Blog (December 7th, 2023) - December's 13th Drum Struggle



For the last time in 2023, we've got an eventful Wednesday for anyone versed on Nijiiro-related content, as the upcoming December 13th update is bringing a hefty serving of content, both for Japan and General Asia cabs!

-) March 2020/Nijiiro ver. New Songs

Title
2023/12/13 (Japan only for some of the songs; unspecified as of now)
Yuusha Soso no Frieren
勇者
/「葬送のフリーレン」より
★? ★? ★? ★?
Ao no Sumika TV Anime "Jujutsu kaisen KaigyokuGyokusetsu" Opening Theme
青のすみか / TVアニメ『呪術廻戦 懐玉・玉折』オープニングテーマ
★? ★? ★? ★?
Hitorigotsu~Live Ver.~ Hachiware / From "Chiikawa"
ひとりごつ~バンドVer.~
/ ハチワレ 「ちいかわ」より
★? ★? ★? ★?
CHEMY×STORY Kamen Rider Gatchard
      
「仮面ライダーガッチャード」より
★? ★? ★? ★?
Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

In addition to the four fairly-recent licensed debutants above these lines, a couple of Sou-Uchi charts will be given to arcade classics Kurenai and Many wow bang! to let daring donders' two-pronged-drum inner demons to be unleashed once more.

Again, this paragraph is ended with a small blurb in the original blog entry saying that "Some of these songs may be featured in certain countries or regions" with no further specification, so for now we have to live with the information at face-value for the debuting content and hear furagetters across the globe to hear which ones are available in which areas outside Japan.

Now, for something that everyone gets to enjoy on update day, we've got the release of a new custom folder -the Recommended Winter Songs Special Feature (冬のオススメソング特集)- to have a selection of the best Winter-y songs to try out in these cold, cold times! Of course, this is only getting half the story, on such season-changing grounds...



-) Nijiiro ver. Seasonal Rewards Shop Update - Winter 2023/2024



Why of course- a new season means a new lick of paint to the seasonal Rewards Shop! This time around, the limited-rewards lineup will be updated one day after the Nijiiro update day (December 14th, 2023), bringing a selection of unlocks to every Nijiiro player with Banapassport/Donder Hiroba access!

The headliners for this iteration are returning Namco Originals Megamina Sekai I (now with credited artists mention!) and -de series classic Desert de Yanikuniku (Sahara-hen), joined by newcoming Original piece Monochrome Utopia (モノクロームユートピア) by Shogo Nomura. With another Namco Original of his released just today on Nintendo Switch shores, this has to be one of the shortest gaps between songs from the same contributor (if not ever)!



Just like LOVE Ikusa!! from the last month, we're also getting a Gaiden-debuting Ura Oni song as the final Rewards Shop unlockable for this Winter rotation, belonging to Metameta☆Universe!. With this season rotation, the same song will also become available by default on Nijiiro cabs across the globe, joined by another trio of +1-year-Rewards-Shop-Unlockables tenure in the same day (Love You☆Don-chan, Tongachin and Kissa Rain).

-) Taiko no Tatsujin Official Livestream December '23 Coming Soon!



Closing the blog entry is a fun reminder to something happening in a few days from now! As you can tell by the thumbnail above these lines, Etou and Kimizu's main topic for 2023's final Taiko livestream is a greater-lengths talk about the upcoming Donder Championship 2024 tournament, from its general structure rundown to rulesets for joining/competing.

Catch this upcoming broadcast at this link, when the time is right!

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