HORI's Taiko Controller Pro: More Info and Now Accepts Pre-order

A report from Famitsu gives us more info on the newest model of Taiko Controller, manufactured by HORI. The controller set, officially named Taiko no Tatsujin Exclusive Controller Pro., is expected to be put up for sale this summer at 29,800 yen (tax included), and is open for pre-order at HORI's web store now.

Interested? See below for more info before you decide!

HORI's new Tatacon model for Taiko Wii/Wii U games

Before our usual Saturday feature, there's a small update from gaming website 4Gamer.net that needs a mention. The image above shows a brand new custom Tatacon model that will be released this summer by HORI, the same console accessory company that released years ago the custom Memory Stick PRO Duo cards for the third Taiko PSP game's release. 

This Tatacon is compatible with all the Taiko games being released on the current home Nintendo consoles, and pre-orders are already available on the manufacturer's online store.

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii costume gallery

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii's costumes are very straightforward and easy to obtain as all you have to do is play normally in Play mode and level up Don-chan to advance the story. They are not 'costumes' per se since there is no formal costume selection menu in Taiko Wii, however you can still switch between the seven forms listed below in addition to normal Don-chan after the story mode ends. Just view the story chapter where the transformation takes place!

Costume rips courtesy of Zekira. Click on the pictures to view them full-size.* indicates that Don-chan gets a different voice when this form is equipped.

Mekadon is not Don-chan but replaces him in Story Mode in his absence.

Baby Don*	Kindergarten Don*	Student Don	Gangster Don*
Mekadon*	Black Don	Golden Don

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Taiko no Tatsujin Wii unlock guide

Oni difficulty- Clear 20 songs on Muzukashii (Hard)

Game Modifiers
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Reverse notes (Abekobe あべこべ)
-Clear 50 songs on Kantan (Easy)
Invisible (Doron ドロン)
-Clear 50 songs on Futsuu (Normal)
Quadruple speed (Yonbai よんばい)
-Clear 50 songs on Muzukashii (Hard)
Sudden Death (Kanpeki かんぺき)
-Clear 50 songs on Oni

Note for Story mode: Each phase of Don-chan's forms have five levels each, and Don-chan changes form after the fifth level is completed (i.e. Tamashii gauge filled Don-chan to full five times). The game begins at Don-chan being in Baby form, level 1. Rewards are unlocked at level 2, 3, etc. The order is: Baby -> Kindergarten -> Student -> Gangster -> Mekadon -> Black -> Mekadon -> Normal Don-chan -> Gold

Costumes
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Unlocked automatically after playing in Play Mode and leveling up Don-chan a certain number of times (listed below).

To see pictures of the costumes, click here.

Taiko Sounds
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Taiko (太鼓): Available by default
Drum (ドラム): Available by default
Wooden Fish (もくぎょ): Available by default Wada-Don (わだどん): Baby Don level 2
Fart (おなら): Baby Don level 3
Tambourine (タンバリン): Baby Don level 4
Robot (ロボット): Baby Don level 5
Donko (どん子): Kindergarten Don level 2
Fireworks (はなび): Kindergarten Don level 3
Thunder Taiko (カミナリ太鼓): Kindergarten Don level 4
Monster (かいじゅう): Kindergarten Don level 5
Laughter (おわらい): Student Don level 2
Feeling Good (きもちイイ): Student Don level 5
Metal Taiko (メタル太鼓): Gangster Don level 1
Gangster Don (ツッパリどん): Gangster Don level 3
Gorgeous Taiko (ゴージャス太鼓): Black Don level 2
Daisuki (だいすき): Black Don level 4
Kodama (こだま): Clear Story Mode
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Bachi o Sensei (バチお先生): Get Taiko hit counter to 10000
Cheer Squad (おうえん): Get Taiko hit counter to 30000
Synthesizer Drum (シンセドラム): Get Taiko hit counter to 40000
Dog/Cat (いぬねこ): Get Taiko hit counter to 60000
Soiya (ソイヤ): Get Taiko hit counter to 70000
Hero (ヒーロー): Get Taiko hit counter to 80000
Explosion (爆発): Get Taiko hit counter to 90000
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Sexy (おいろけ): Get 200 gold crowns
Super Fart (超おなら): Get to 'Taiko God' rank by completing Everyday Challenge Dojo stages

Songs
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Sengoku Sangen (戦国三弦)
-Kindergarten Don level 1
Yozakura Shanikusai (夜桜謝肉祭)
-Student Don level 1
Donko's First Date (どん子のファーストデート)
-Student Don level 3
STAGE 0. ac11
-Student Don level 4
Warera Muteki no Dokon Dan (われら無敵のドコン団)
-Gangster Don level 2
Hole in the wall
-Gangster Don level 4
Mekadesu. (メカデス。)
-Gangster Don level 5, Don-chan gets sent flying by Donko and replaced with Mekadon
Happy de Rippa! (ハッピーでリッパ！)
-Play 10 songs as Mekadon, Don-chan returns and transforms to Black Don level 1.
Menkui Miracle (メンクイミラクル)
-Black Don level 3
Kaze no Fantasy (風のファンタジー)
-Black Don level 5, taken away by Kodama, replaced by Mekadon again (10 more songs to staff credits)
The Carnivorous Carnival
Densetsu no Matsuri (伝説の祭り)
-Transform Don-chan to Golden Don (play 10 songs after Taiko counter reaches 99999 or after staff credits, whichever comes last)
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Rotter Tarmination
-Get 100 golden crowns
Toccata and Fugue and Rock (トッカータとフーガとロック)
-Clear 100 songs
Kare Kano Kanon (カレ・カノ・カノン)
-Clear 200 songs
O Sole Mio (オーソレ・ミオ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 20000
Republic Praise (リパブリック産科)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 50000
Taiko March (太鼓のマーチ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 76500
Saitama 2000 (さいたま2000)
Kechadon 2000 (ケチャドン2000)
Koibumi 2000 (恋文2000)
Yokuderu 2000 (よくでる2000)
Taberuna 2000 (タベルナ2000)
Kita Saitama 2000 (きたさいたま2000)
Soroban 2000 (十露盤2000)
Tenjiku 2000 (てんぢく2000)
EkiBEN 2000
X-DAY 2000
-Get Taiko hit counter to 99999

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Taiko no Tatsujin Wii song list

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii was released in December 2008, and is the culmination of two versions (DS1 and 2) experimenting with the casual gaming crowd and the appeal of Taiko no Tatsujin to them. Who could resist buying a Wii game with family-friendly fun, likeable songs, and cute graphics? The Wii versions of Taiko get their own version of the plastic Tatacon accessory, connected to the back of the Wiimote and operated wirelessly. PS2 tatacons are not compatible on Wii, and vice versa.

In terms of song choice, Namco didn't just please the casual crowd, it bowled series' fans completely over by having the largest total number of songs in a single console game, save PSP2 and later PSP DX, counting downloads. It is the first console version to shift the songlist focus way more heavily towards Namco Originals, which constitutes a whopping 3/7th of the total number. As if that wasn't enough, all ten songs in the infamously difficult 2000 series at the time (up to X-DAY 2000) were in here, along with many modern favorites in Namco Original. It truly was the compilation to have.

The story mode was integrated into play mode by filling up the Tamashii gauge and leveling a baby Don up to make him grow. As he grows up and matures, you're rewarded with songs, sounds and costumes. You even get to play as Mekadon! In a way, it's similar to the Don Point system from the PS2 games, only presented differently. Two-way multiplayer is supported, and each player can mind their own business and play on whichever difficulty they please, though players can't compete with each other if the difficulty isn't the same (they play together, but there is no winner/loser). A Challenge Dojo is here and is different to the one on DS in that you can challenge it as many times as you want with many different stages to go through, though of course there's a new one unlocked every day for 15 days. There are no minigames here either.

Features in Taiko Wii which are currently exclusive to all Taiko games on Wii are song lyrics for all songs with vocals, including all anime and J-Pop songs, and Miis showing up on the bottom of the screen as dancers.



Full costume list

~  Theme song ~  
Happy de Rippa! (ハッピーでリッパ！)