Taiko no Tatsujin (Mainland China 4th-gen) Autumn 2025 Submitted for Official Approval

 

Remember when we used to stalk arcade distributors for teasers about the latest firmware in the 3rd generation? Those days are behind us when the 4th generation features just one perpetual version... until now!

For those who don't know (like us 30 minutes ago), all video games are required to obtain official approval before public release in mainland China. Publishers in Guangdong province (like Wahlap Tech for the mainland-China Taiko no Tatsujin) will have to do this via the industry authority of Guangdong Entertainment & Game Industry Association (GEGIA). Submissions and approvals are periodically updated to a public database on the association's website.

Found via the Year 2025 Third Batch list of video game titles pending approval, it was discovered that Wahlap Tech has submitted a "Taiko no Tatsujin Autumn 2025" (No. 77 in the screenshot) through this pipeline. While we have no concrete info on the actual release at this moment, we should be able to expect further announcement from the publisher when the time comes.

Thanks to 田七不甜 from the Taiko no Tatsujin Discord for alerting us of this database and info about the new version!

[ACN China] - New Kikyoku Song Creation Development

Taiko Team has a status update for the new Kikyoku Series entry coming to Taiko no Tatsujin! Listen to a 40-second sample of ✨️Keigetsu including the bridge and half of the chorus. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/OA5mBepHZr... #taikonotatsujin #taiko765

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— Taiko Time (@taikotimeblog.bsky.social) 27 aprile 2025 alle ore 03:50

We're doing more today than testing out the embed code function of BlueSky on our own posts- we're also redirecting you to the latest China-fanbase-oriented story developments! The production of Keigetsu, the upcoming Kikyoku-series song, is going smoothly and a 40-seconds snippet of it was shared online after the poll for theciding the song's own name.

Now, another polling time is upon the Chinese playerbase! The Taiko Team reps are asking for the notecharting approach for the song between following the windpipes (=liuzi flute), following the drums or having a balanced approach between the two. If you want to join the poll, just follow the sourced link and use the QR code you'll find within!

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Taiko no Tatsujin Official Chinese Accout (Weixin)

Taiko no Tatsujin x Arknights Collaboration Announcement

The Taiko no Tatsujin franchise is about to get ready for some collaborative action, and for the first time since the fabled Puzzle&Dragons and Chain Chronicle years, it's for an ongoing gacha game!

During today's livestream for the 6th anniversary of Hypergryph's tower-defense game Arknights, the teaser image above these lines was shown to make people aware of some of its elements bounding into Bandai Namco's drumming rhythm game franchise in the near future, with both execution and affected time frame/platforms to be revealed later on.

Coming out of collaboration talk from the external party in question, Arknights collaborative efforts are usually something that only affects the external franchise at hand, which -in the case of music games- it's about its music and related cosmetics. This, at least, was the case for both of the former music gaming beneficiaries of past Arknights collaboration events: Cytus II and Muse Dash (the latter getting two rounds of it, at that!)... how will this event roll out?

Song of the Week! 26 April 2025

 

The Song of the Week is... the song of the day, once more! What has publicly joined the Taiko family today also got quite the novel commentary approach from its own creator, as you're about to see...

First Video Portal: April 2025

2025/04/26

	Title
	EXRiXiS Yomii 　　よみぃ	★5	★7	★8	★9 761

2025/04/23

	Title
	NEW KAWAII 　　FRUITS ZIPPER	★3	★5	★5	★8 452
	Bubbly Kakumei ~Bang Bang Bubble~ Juliana no Tatari バブリー革命 ～ばんばんバブル～／ジュリアナの祟り	★2	★3	★5	★7 555	★9 828
	Kimi to Idol PreCure♪ Light Up! キミとアイドルプリキュア♪ Light Up！	★1	★2	★3	★5 344
	Zattou, Bokura no Machi Girls Band Cry 雑踏、僕らの街／「ガールズバンドクライ」より	★3	★5	★6	★8 529	★9 586

2025/04/19

	Title
	Kutsu no Ko o Utsu 沓の子を打つ／風薙ぎ(kazenagh)	★5	★7	★8	★8 597	★10 819

2025/04/17

	Title
	Shinunoga E-Wa 死ぬのがいいわ	★3	★4	★6	★8 439
	Angel Dream PROJECT IM@S vα-liv/Cosmo Kamizuru エンジェル ドリーム／PROJECT IM@S vα-liv 上水流宇宙	★3	★6	★7	★8 765	★9 906 906 906

2025/04/12

	Title
	Extreme End 　　IKUTO feat. Aira	★5	★6	★8	★10 786

2025/04/10

	Title
	Friends フレンズ	★3	★4	★5	★7 406

2025/04/03

	Title
	Same Blue	★2	★4	★5	★7 282
	GAME CHANGER Aqua☆Magic/Shimane Susanoo Magic Support Song 　　アクア☆マジック 「島根スサノオマジック」応援ソング	★3	★4	★4	★7 603

2025/04/01

	Title
	Dark Ex Machina♡ Machina the DARK prod. Rihito Tsuboi (BNSI) ダーク・エクス・マキナ♡ 　　マキナ the DARK prod.坪井リヒト(BNSI)	★5	★7	★8	★10 1333 1270