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Tuesday, October 14, 2025

[SITE] - About the Recent Drop of Blog Updates

Hi there, a brief post about an ongoing personal issue that has been hindering me in everything as of late, extending of course to blogkeeping-related tasks.

Without boring you too much with estensive medical talk and such, I've got a severe lumbar hernia since the first half of September, making a challenge for me to stand or even sit for a while without massive backpains on my end. This is also reflected on my more recent post activity on the blog stopping at a round that date, only copy-pasting the few Song of the Week posts I've prepared in advance.

While this incovenient situation for me is still ongoing, I've found an alternate setup for me to go on with posts on the blog, starting by picking up the few news-worthy content already covered in our social media (namely, the Walhap eSports Championship and the upcoming Donderful/Rhythm Festival online tournament) and eventually going back with regular blog features and such. It's still too early on me to determine whether or not this will affect the chances of a December blog event in the spirit of the past years, but I'll keep you posted on the prospect either way. Still, my apologies on the prolonged time lapse since these issues started popping up.

See you soon.
-Lokamp

Thursday, July 31, 2025

Taiko Time 15th Anniversary Quiz!

It's been quite some time since we post right on time for the blog's anniversary, but...

Taiko Time turns 15 today! (2025/07/31)

Like many of our anniversaries in the past, we have prepared the Anniversary Quiz to test your knowledge on the Taiko no Tatsujin series, hosted exclusively on Google Forms this year:


The quiz contains 15 four-option multiple-choice questions. After submitting your answers, Google Forms will calculate your total score (out of 15). You can also check our explanation on the questions you got right, but not the ones you got wrong. You can try as many times as you want.

Feel free to share your scores with others, but for the sake of other participants, please do not share the exact answers with anyone else until after we release our answer key in late-November 2025.


Sunday, April 6, 2025

Taiko Time 14th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt Answers!

< Scavenger Hunt questions

Track Answer
Example 1 3 Q - 4 U - A C 0 0
Example 2 R L N E D Y
Example 3 C L A P O L P O L S K A
Track 1 V I X T O R Y
Track 2 A I W A K A T S U
Track 3 M O N O C H R O M E V O I C E
Track 4 M A T E R I A L G I R L
Track 5 R Y U S E I
Track 6 K A R Y U
Track 7 M Y S H A R O N A
Track 8 M A N B O 2
Track 9 I N T E G R A L
Track 10 V E R T E X
Track 11 K I M I N I T O U C H !
Track 12 P O X E I D O O N
Track 13 K A T T E N I S I N D B A D
Track 14 N A N I Y T

Final Track: Donder Time (has a Celtic arrangement in GO ON ~Mirai e~)

Thursday, August 8, 2024

Taiko Time 14th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt!

Taiko Time is FOURTEEN as of 2024/07/31! Thank you for making us your go-to source for English-language news about the Taiko no Tatsujin series these 14 years. Instead of the usual anniversary quiz, we are switching things up a bit this year with a Scavenger Hunt!

How to Play
  1. Figure out which track the clues are referring to.
  2. Each colored cell can have one letter, number or symbol (like stars, hearts and dashes). Ignore all spaces.
  3. For tracks with the
    SongID
    marker, answer with the SongID
  4. Use the letters in the yellow cells to construct the final clue and use it to figure out the Final Track.

Track Answer
Example 1 3 Q - 4 U - A C 0 0
Example 2 R L N E D Y
Example 3 C L A P O L P O L S K A
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
Track 7
Track 8
Track 9
Track 10
Track 11
Track 12
Track 13
Track 14

Track Clues
Example 1
  • Namco Original genre
  • Oni ★7 with 539 notes
  • How we are feeling for Taiko Time 14th Anniversary
Example 2
SongID
  • Vocaloid genre
  • Oni ★9 with 765 notes
  • Does not have actual lyrics
Example 3
  • Oni ★10
  • Yeah Charlie, Candy Mountain!
Track 1
  • Namco Original genre
  • Ura Oni ★10 with 1240 notes
  • Music Recruitment winner
Track 2
  • Pops genre
  • Oni ★7 with 392 notes
  • Playable in RHYTHM CONNECT
  • Has scroll speed increase at the end
Track 3
  • Vocaloid genre
  • Regular Oni has 961 notes, Ura Oni is ★10
  • The hardest track in the Vocaloid genre according to two metrics
  • Has an official music video but not used in RHYTHM CONNECT
Track 4
  • Muzukashii and Oni both have 357 notes
  • Playable in Taiko Drum Master (both Japan and US)
  • Playable in a different commercial rhythm game on the DS
  • No one knows why the SongID is what it is; we'll not talk about this
Track 5
SongID
  • Pops genre
  • Oni ★8 with 371 notes
  • Has another track with a title that sounds the same
  • Playable in Wii U3
Track 6
SongID
  • Namco Original genre
  • Oni ★8 with 673 notes
Track 7
  • Muzukashii ★5 with 234 notes
  • Has a two-player notechart
  • Male vocal said the exact title 3 times in the Taiko no Tatsujin cut
Track 8
SongID
  • Namco Original genre
  • One difficulty has diverge notes
  • Has the most unbreakable balloon note
Track 9
  • Futsuu ★6 with 330 notes
  • Uses the same jacket art as My Mine in RHYTHM CONNECT
Track 10
  • Game Music genre
  • Kantan ★5 with 224 notes
  • Song title is the same as SongID
Track 11
  • Series debut in DS1 but not AC10
  • Never an unlockable track
  • Playable in RHYTHM CONNECT
Track 12
  • Used in Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championship 2024 Final Tournament
  • Used in Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championship 2024 Final Tournament
  • Used in Taiko no Tatsujin Donder! World Championship 2024 Final Tournament
Track 13
  • Shares the same SongID as another track
  • Does not have an "Oni" difficulty
Track 14
SongID
  • Arcade exclusive
  • Kiwami Score in Oni is 1,000,250
  • Longest stream length in Oni is 7
  • Artist has full combo-ed the track
Final Track
  • Namco Original genre
  • Has an official
    INSERT FINAL CLUE

Sunday, September 3, 2023

Taiko Time 13th Anniversary Quiz: Better Late than Never!

Between two new Taiko no Tatsujin titles (RHYTHM CONNECT and mainland China 4th-gen. arcade) and real-life commitments, our celebration for the blog's 13th Anniversary (2023/07/31) has been postponed for one month. But hey, better late than never!

Here is the schedule of how the quiz will be held this year:
  • 2023/09/03 onwards - Polls for each individual question posted on X (previously Twitter) @taikotimeblog on Sundays and Wednesdays. The first poll has been embedded at the end of this post.
  • mid-September 2023 - Full quiz on Google Forms for you to check your score
  • late-November 2023 - Quiz answers on the blog
Even when Taiko no Tatsujin is going global faster than ever, here's to many more years of us continuing to bring Taiko no Tatsujin information to the world!

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Taiko no Tatsujin Track of the Year 2022 Results

The second of our song popularity polls for the year that was gone has ended, and with that we're bringing in the winners as elected by our readers around the world!

We thank you once again for your input, looking forward to that's waiting us around the corner!


Title
1st (25 points)
SUPERNOVA
  USAO
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10 ★10
2nd (13 points)
Shinryu Azu♪ & Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki
神竜 ~Shinryu~
/あず♪ & Masahiro "Godspeed" Aoki
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10 ★10
3rd (12 points)
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
4th (9 points)
Mainichi ga Donderful Taiko no Tatsujin Donderfulò Festival Theme Song
まいにちがドンダフル/「太鼓の達人 ドンダフルフェスティバル」テーマソング
★2 ★4 ★5 ★8
tied 5th (8 points)
Little White Witch Yuichiro Tsukagoshi (NanosizeMir) & GIW feat. Kaori Aihara
リトルホワイトウィッチ
/塚越雄一朗(NanosizeMir) & 祇羽 feat. 愛原圭織
★4 ★5 ★6 ★9
Scarlet Police on Ghetto Patrol 24PM Touhou Project Arrange/Lettuce Shichijou Group
スカーレット警察のゲットーパトロール24時
/東方Projectアレンジ 七条レタスグループ
★2 ★2 ★5 ★8 ★9
Plastic Love
プラスティック・ラブ
★2 ★4 ★5 ★7
tied 8th (7 points)
Villain flower/Teniwoha
ヴィラン
flower・てにをは
★2 ★3 ★5 ★7 ★8
Animal DECO*27 feat. Hatsune Miku
アニマル
/DECO*27 feat.初音ミク
★3 ★4 ★4 ★7
tied 10th (6 points)
Ashura-chan
阿修羅ちゃん
/Ado
★2 ★3 ★4 ★7
Feel Special
★2 ★4 ★5 ★7
Fuuma Module 6768 Hisui
風魔モジュール6768
/翡翠
★4 ★6 ★6 ★7 ★9
Kyourandotou
狂瀾怒濤
/xi
★4 ★7 ★8 ★9 ★10
Aleph-0
  LeaF
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10

Honorable mentions for this round go to a quintet of songs that have missed the tied-10th-place by a single point: Soshite Yuusha wa Nemuri ni Tsuku, Kill My Fortune, Phony, Life Will Change and Mixed Nuts.

Sunday, October 30, 2022

[Site] - Song Series Showcase Updates, NS2 Unlock Page Status, and...

Hi there! It's been a while since one of these, isn't it? For 2022's end, there's something more brewing from our end, which I'm disclosing with this brief post here, in no particular order:
  • In the upcoming weeks, we'll be phasing out the old grid formats in the Song Series Showcase pages, while also updating those with new songs in the meantime. We're projecting one Showcase update per week (usually live on Sundays) with priority to the ones with new song entries to be covered, and we'll be announcing the updated pages over the Discord channel as those go live.
  • Updates to other current stuff are also being worked on, most prominently the Taiko Nijiiro songlist and the Dokodon/Rhythm Festival pages. With little to no online markdown of the latest game's unlockables, the unlock page is taking up a lot (and I mean, a LOT) of time to complete, but it's coming up the same, albeit in a transitionary 'Work-in-Progress' status. I might explain further why is that here, but perhaps what the next point leads to might be handy on that...
  • After years of watching assorted English reviews of Taiko media and my fellow blog contributors experiencing varying shades of... let's just say disgruntlement, I've decided to throw my hat in and give it a chance! The Taiko Experiment will be a new post format I'll be trying on the side, in which I'll have the tricky task of deciding whether or not a Taiko game (from past or present times) deserves to be played or not, in line with the other semi-contemporary releases of the time. These more tongue-and-cheek pieces don't aim to be your average super-cereal reviews, but instead a more insightful glance at what a Taiko game offers on launch and if it's got a considerable replay value overall. The first one should be mid-November, and about the really recent Rhythm Festival, too!
Oh, and before I forget, you may want to keep an eye on our Discord's Announcements channel next Sunday- the year's almost over, after all...

-Lokamp

Thursday, March 10, 2022

Taiko no Tatsujin Track of the Year 2021 Results

Thank you for voting in our Taiko no Tatsujin Track of the Year 2021 poll!

68 of you have cast your votes on your favourites within the 126 newcomers of the going year, and 76 tracks have had someone rooting for them! We are listing the top ten in our full track-list format, and then the other voted ones in a simpler list below:


Title
1st (25 points)
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
tied 2nd (24 points)
Chimimouryou
魑魅魍魎
/Laur
★4 ★6 ★7 ★10
4+1 no Sorezore no Mirai
  Taiko de Time Travel 00's/cosMo@BousouP feat. Hatsune Miku
4+1のそれぞれの未来
/太鼓 de タイムトラベル00's
  cosMo@暴走P feat.初音ミク
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10
4th (18 points)
Donder Time
  Taiko de Time Travel 80's/Masako Ogami feat. Kotoko from Danchinomiya
  太鼓 de タイムトラベル80's/おおがみまさこ feat.団地ノ宮琴子
★4 ★6 ★6 ★8
5th (13 points)
Todoroke! Taiko no Tatsujin Taiko de Time Travel 20's
  steμ×Masubuchi×Sasaoka feat. Takayoshi Tanimoto & Chiaki Takahashi
轟け!太鼓の達人/太鼓 de タイムトラベル20's
  steμ×マスブチ×ササオカ feat. 谷本貴義&たかはし智秋
★2 ★5 ★7 ★8
tied 6th (12 points)
Usseewa
うっせぇわ
/Ado
★2 ★2 ★3 ★8
Ka
/LeaF
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10
tied 8th (11 points)
Zou'o to Shuu'aku no Hanataba
憎悪と醜悪の花束/t+pazolite
★5 ★7 ★8 ★10 ★10
Baby Shark(ベイビー・シャーク) ★1 ★1 ★3 ★4
bad guy ★3 ★5 ★6 ★7
Seigaitten D-D-Dice
星河一天/打打だいず
★4 ★6 ★8 ★10
Kaibutsu YOASOBI/Kaibutsu/Yasashii Suisei
怪物/YOASOBI「怪物/優しい彗星」より
★3 ★5 ★6 ★7

Points Tracks
9  Odo
8
 YONA YONA DANCE
 ベノム Venom
 Agent Hustle & Dr. Hassle
 Welcome to the Taiko Stadium!
7 My Little Pony Theme Song
6
 I Want You Back
 夏祭り/ジッタリン・ジン Natsu Matsuri (JITTERIN'JINN)
 BATTLE NO.1
 1・2・さんしのでドンドカッカッ! 1-2-San-Shi no de Dondokaka!
 仮想現実のテレスコープ Kasou-genjitsu no Telescope
 恋はドント・ダウト Koi wa Don't Doubt
 燃えよサファイア Moeyo Sapphire
5
 廻廻奇譚 Kaikai Kitan
 テオ Teo
 Hyper Bass (feat. Yunomi)
 いただきバベル (Prod. ケンモチヒデフミ) Itadaki Babel (Prod. Hidefumi Kenmochi)
 ウサテイ Usatei
 平等院鳳凰ドン vs 鳥獣戯カッ Byoudouin Houou-don vs Choujuugi-kat
 大好きな太鼓の音 Daisuki na Taiko no Ne
 Diving Drive
 一世風靡 Isseifuubi
4
 Hold me tight
 刻竜 ~Kokuryu~
 Spectral Rider
3
 群青 Gunjou
 YES or YES
 Realize
 マツヨイナイトバグ Matsuyoi Night Bug
 駆け抜けてゆく Kakenuketeyuku
 赤と白薔薇の魔女 Aka to Shiro Bara no Majo
 Aloft in the wind
 PONPOKO RHYTHM
 Wavy Baby
2
 Original Color Girls!!!!
 津軽海峡・冬景色 Tsugaru Kaikyou Fuyugeshiki
 Walking with you
 僕の戦争 Boku no Sensou
 Cry Baby
 Let It Go (English version)
 グッバイ宣言 Goodbye Sengen
 He's a Pirate
 Shining Lights (feat. PSYQUI)
 Amber Light
 Central Dogma Pt.2
 鼓舞曲「閻魔」 Kobukyoku "Enma"
 LECIEL GLISSANDO
 punk bastards
1
 春を告げる Haru o Tsugeru
 シル・ヴ・プレジデント S'il Vous President
  Homura
 Into the Unknown
 KING
 ヴァンパイア Vampire
 Star Wars: Main Title
 †バチ!ムチ!?マッスルキングダム† †Bachi! Muchi!? Muscle Kingdom†
 Emma
 ラパスの虹 La Paz no Niji
 テルミービート Tell Me Beat
 音符のうた -English Version- Onpu no Uta -English Version-
 パラレルロリポップ Parallel Lollipop
 ぺた・PETA!?パンプキン Peta-PETA!? Pumpkin
 VIVIVIVID
 YOAKE