The Almost Transient Mysteries: The Hidden Secret Behind Tsumami-kui Performance

Thanks to Sehuny and I'm don with you kats (Nether) on the Taiko no Tatsujin Discord for setting off this little journey.

Being more than 5 years overdue certainly makes it transient for the longest time. The Tsumami-kui Performance (つまみ食い演奏) mode was first introduced in PSP2 and then revived for Wii4 and Wii5, after which it went on to inspire the Taiko Training (太鼓トレーニング) mode in PSVita1. Today we look at those later incarnations for a quaint little secret.

"It's just a training mode that lets you rewind songs. What's so hidden about that?" And THAT is what is so hidden about this.

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Ketteiban costume gallery

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Ketteiban has the largest set of costumes ever in any Taiko game; more than 100 of them. Each costume is given to players for passing each song in its songlist, and is a collection of new costumes plus old ones from all previous console Taiko games.

Costume rips courtesy of Zekira, click the image to view the costume full-size. * indicates that Don-chan has an alternate voice when this costume is equipped.

Taiko 3DS first week sales and Famitsu review score

Media Create figures for the week ending July 15th, 2012.

01./01. [NDS] Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 (Pokemon Co.) - 122.242 / 2.289.408 (-34%)
02./00. [3DS] Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb (Bandai Namco Games) - 65.462 / NEW
03./00. [3DS] Pocket Soccer League: Calciobit (Nintendo) - 26.449 / NEW
04./06. [3DS] Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland 3D (Square Enix) - 18.245 / 812.452 (-34%)
05./03. [3DS] Little Battlers eXperience: Explosive Boost (Level 5) - 18.152 / 72.507 (-67%)
06./04. [PSP] Toriko: Gourmet Survival! 2 (Bandai Namco Games) - 15.187 / 53.827 (-61%)
07./02. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey IV: Denshou no Kyojin (Atlus) - 14.639 / 110.145 (-85%)
08./00. [PSV] Time Travelers (Level 5) - 9.332 / NEW
09./11. [WII] Mario Party 9 (Nintendo) - 9.090 / 481.414 (-18%)
10./00. [3DS] Time Travelers (Level 5) - 9.054 / NEW

Taiko 3DS lands in an impressive 2nd place in the top ten for its opening week! In four days of sales too; the last time any Taiko game reached 2nd place in the weekly chart was last year (Taiko PSP DX). DX had more units sold on week one than 3DS though, this could be because the userbase for 3DS is still growing in Japan. The DS userbase who bought Dororon! Youkai Daikessen! and Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken are transitioning in nicely, Media Create reports.

Well it could have been first place, but it's up against the eternal sales juggernaut that is Pokemon, which just came out a month ago. Maybe next game.

For the record, all the 10th anniversary Taiko no Tatsujin console games are in the Top 50 this week! Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Ketteiban is in 25th place while the much older Taiko no Tatsujin Portable DX is still hanging on at 45th! Group photo everyone, nice work!

Launch week comparison:

Taiko 3DS: 65462 (4 days)
Taiko Wii 4: 32098 (5 days)
Taiko PSP DX: 80215 (5 days)
Taiko Wii 3: 29328 (4 days)
Taiko DS 3: 70000 (3 days)
Taiko Wii 2: 28282 (3 days)
Taiko DS 2: 55950 (4 days)

Average daily sales on launch week:

Taiko 3DS: 16366/day
Taiko Wii 4: 6420/day
Taiko PSP DX: 16043/day
Taiko Wii 3: 7332/day
Taiko DS 3: 23333/day
Taiko Wii 2: 9427/day
Taiko DS 2: 13988/day

Famitsu score for Taiko 3DS: 8/8/8/7 = 31/40 (same score as Wii 4)

Background glitch returns in Taiko Wii Ketteiban

If anyone remembers this small glitch from Taiko Wii 3, the background change lags slightly when you move from genre to genre, resulting sometimes in the Namco Original genre getting the rainbow-colored BG from the Random Song select pane. That has been fixed in Taiko Wii 4, but with the addition of the + and - buttons to quickly swap between genres, it inadvertently caused the bug to reappear; there are several times where the background lags sufficiently to show a different color on different genres (orange background for Game Music, green background for Anime etc) if you spam the +/- buttons fast enough.

This is shown in the first few seconds of the video until....what. A pink background (Children/Folk genre)? That's not even in the game! Looks like the background is stuck between two different hues and froze in the middle!

The Tale of Fuuga and Mirai's Taiko Classroom

The story mode in Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Ketteiban resembles what is seen in the first two Wii Taiko games, in that the progression of the story is non-interactive and scenes are unlocked just based on how much time the player spends in regular Play mode. This article is a simple digest of everything that goes on in the scenes of the Play mode.

Spoiler alert, read at your own risk!

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Ketteiban unboxing video

The best way to get excited for any game? Record yourself unwrapping it, bit by bit!

Taiko Team Third UStream: Taiko Wii Ketteiban and other details!

Hi guys, Zekira G. Drake here. Again we'll be covering the recent Taiko Team Ustream. There'll be some details here that are very essential, so I suggest you read up! Alternatively (and I highly suggest more than just reading this), you can rewatch the stream in a link given on the jump. (I seriously recommend it because there are a lot of things that pictures just don't capture)

Namco Taiko Blog (24 November 2011)- Taiko Wii4 and other stuff

It's not just the launching of Taiko Wii: Ketteiban that's driving everyone crazy. The team have a lot to say.

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Ketteiban unlock guide

Oni difficulty- Clear 10 songs on Muzukashii (Hard)

Game Modifiers
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Reverse notes (Abekobe あべこべ)
-Clear 20 songs on Kantan (Easy)
Invisible (Doron ドロン)
-Clear 20 songs on Futsuu (Normal)
Quadruple speed (Yonbai よんばい)
-Clear 20 songs on Muzukashii (Hard)
Sudden Death (Kanpeki かんぺき)
-Clear 20 songs on Oni


Costumes
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Each song you clear will yield a new costume, no matter what difficulty you play it on. For pictures of the costumes, click here.

J-Pop

Girl: Kaze wa Fuiteiru
Flower Bouquet: Arigatou
Cake: Everyday, Katyusha
Wedding Dress: Love Letter
Apple: Joyful
Donut: Polyrhythm
Sparkly Jewel: Karon
Headband: Egao ni Kanpai!
Shisa: I Wish For You
Swimming Gear: Natsu Matsuri

Anime

Fortune Cat: Best Wishes!
Headphones: Pokemon Ieru Kana? BW
Mouse: Hamtaro Tottokou Uta
Toaster: Anpanman Taisou
Baby Don: Tonari no Totoro
Princess: La La La Sweet Precure
Ninja: Yuuki 100%
Pirate: Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
Strawberry: Monologue
Shower Cap: We Are!
Meat Bun: Guts Guts!!
Ambulance: Tougenkyou Alien
Shortcake: Lovers
Grade School Don: Yume o Kanae te Doraemon
Kindergarten Don: Odoru Ponpokorin

Variety

Chibi Don: Maru Maru Mori Mori
Miku: World is Mine
Classic Composer: Shounetsu Tairiku
Puffer fish: MISTER
Syringe: Usavich Medley ~Taiko no Jikan~
Kappa: Oklahoma Mixer
Fried Prawn: Russian Folk Medley
Santa Claus: Jingle Bells 765 Version

Classic

Gentleman: Rhapsody in Blue
Bee: Swan Lake ~still a duckling~
Dice: William Tell Overture
Eagle: Underneath the Double-Headed Eagle
Frog: Stars and Stripes Forever
Fire Truck: Concerto No.3 in F Major
T-Rex: Pomp and Circumstance
Green Tank: Etude Op.10-4
Yam: Jupiter
Skeleton: Le Tombeau de Couperin
Tuna: Turkish March
Cow: Funiculi Funicula

Game Music

Pencil: New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Steam Train: Ridge Racer
Heavy Metal: Venomous
Tonosama: KAGEKIYO
Knight: Tales of the Abyss
Felyne: Monster Hunter Medley
King: Mujihi na Ou
Idolm@ster: SMOKY THRILL
Don Coaster: GO MY WAY!!
Yokozuna: Kinniku no You na Bokura

Namco Original

Silver Drum & Golden Drum: Momoiro Taiko Paradise (silver for Normal Clear, gold for FC)
Stag Beetle: Danba Danba Din Dan
Hamburger: Allnight de Indenai
Cat: Wanya World
Castle: Ego Ego Atakushi
Ice Armor: Tsukikage SASURAI
Fire Armor: Fuun! Bachi o Sensei
Hearts: Taiko Love!
Demon Wings: Dadakko Monster
Drill: dance storm
Lightning God: Lightning Passion
6-handed Drum: Blue Rose Ruin
Dog: Scroll Mika
Dragon: Garyoutensei
Kabuki: Kurofune Raikou
Ladybug: Hyakka Ryouran
Red Cow: Hyakki Yakou
Sheep: Hello! Don-chan
Castella (Japanese sponge cake): Go Go Kitchen
Mt. Fuji: My mine
Soda Can: Yuugao no Kimi
Ribbon with Jewel: Mulberry
Angel: Angel Dream
Tiger: Itoshi no Miru-sama
White Tiger: Heisei Taiko Kaidou ~Bachi no Onna~
Black Drum: Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro
Kotatsu: Kikyoku ~Seasons of Asia~
Panda: Kaze no Naka ni Su o Kufu Kotori
Punk: DON'T CUT
Thief: Numujika ac.10
Carnival: The Carnivorous Carnival
Astronaut: Taiko Time
Festival Boss: Densetsu no Matsuri
Silver Wings and Gold Wings: Hikari no Kanata e (silver for Normal Clear, gold for FC)
Prince (Katamari Damacy): Rotter Tarmination
Snake: Ryougen no Mai
Lobster: Senpuu no Mai
Treasure Chest: Tenyou no Mai
Boar: Yozakura Shanikusai
Death Metal: Mekadesu.
Gangster: Saitama 2000
Gang Leader: Haya Saitama 2000 
Gothic Dress: Koibumi 2000
Koi flag: Kita Saitama 2000
Train: EkiBEN 2000
Elephant: Hataraku 2000
Mappy: Mata Saitama 2000
Silver Shachihoko and Gold Shachihoko: Shimedore 2000 (silver for Normal Clear, gold for FC)
Desert Tank: Joubutsu 2000

Clear 100 different songs and you get a congratulations message.

Taiko Sounds
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Wada-Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 7777
Baby Don-chan
-Get Taiko hit counter to 12500
Tales (of the Abyss)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 22500
Heavy Metal Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 32500
Gangster Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 42500
Armor Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 52500
Yokozuna Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 65000
Princess Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 75000
T-Rex Don
-Get Taiko hit counter to 80000
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Fire Taiko
-Get 100 crowns
Oiroke (sexual love)
-Get 200 crowns
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Wind Taiko
-Play one song in each genre
Lightning Taiko
-Play ten songs in each genre
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Gorgeous Taiko
-Play J-Pop 10 times
Fuuga
-Play J-Pop 20 times
Footsteps
-Play Anime 10 times
Mirai
-Play Anime 20 times
Super Fart
-Play Variety 10 times
Kodama
-Play Variety 20 times
Shuriken
-Play Classic 10 times
Knife
-Play Classic 20 times
8-bit Taiko
-Play Game Music 10 times
Pac-Man
-Play Game Music 20 times
Cannon
-Play Namco Originals 10 times
Arashi
-Play Namco Originals 20 times

Songs
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Dadakko Monster (駄々っ子モンスター)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 1000
Taiko Love! (太鼓ラブ！)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 1500
Russian Folk Medley (ロシア民謡メドレー)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 2000
Taiko Time (タイコタイム)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 2500
All Night de Indenai (オールナイト de インデナイ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 3000
Jupiter (木星)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 3500
DON'T CUT
-Get Taiko hit counter to 4000
Stars and Stripes Forever (星条旗よ永遠なれ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 4500
Go Go Kicchin (ゴーゴー・キッチン)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 5000
Funiculi Funicula (フニクリ・フニクラ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 6000
Ego Ego Atakushi (エゴエゴアタクシ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 7000
Underneath the Double-Headed Eagle (双頭の鷲の下に)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 8000
Hikari no Kanata e (ヒカリノカナタヘ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 9000
dance storm
-Get Taiko hit counter to 10000
Le Tombeau de Couperin (クープランの墓)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 15000
Itoshi no Miru-sama (いとしのミルさま)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 20000
Concerto No.3 in F Major (ヘ調の協奏曲　第3楽章)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 25000
Lightning Passion (らいとにんぐ ぱっしょん)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 30000
Rotter Tarmination
-Get Taiko hit counter to 35000
Mulberry
-Get Taiko hit counter to 40000
Kikyoku ~Seasons of Asia~ (季曲 ～Seasons of Asia～)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 45000
Densetsu no Matsuri (伝説の祭り)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 50000
Kaze no Naka ni Su o Kufu Kotori (風のなかに巣をくふ小鳥)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 55000
Yuugao no Kimi (ユウガオノキミ)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 60000
My mine
-Get Taiko hit counter to 70000
Numujika ac.10 (ヌムジカ ac.10)
Mekadesu. (メカデス。)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 76500
Fuun! Bachi o Sensei (風雲！バチお先生)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 80000
Yozakura Shanikusai (夜桜謝肉祭)
Kita Saitama 2000 (きたさいたま2000)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 87600
Tenyou no Mai (天妖ノ舞)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 90000
Mata Saitama 2000 (またさいたま2000)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 95000
Swan Lake (白鳥の湖)
Etude Op.10-4 (練習曲Op.10-4)
Ridge Racer
KAGEKIYO
Angel Dream (エンジェル　ドリーム)
DON'T CUT
Fuun! Bachi o Sensei (風雲！バチお先生)
dance storm
Lightning Passion (らいとにんぐ ぱっしょん)
Taiko Time (タイコタイム)
Hikari no Kanata e (ヒカリノカナタヘ)
Yozakura Shanikusai (夜桜謝肉祭) 
Rotter Tarmination   
Kikyoku ~Seasons of Asia~ (季曲 ～Seasons of Asia～)
Senpuu no Mai (旋風ノ舞)
Kita Saitama 200 (きたさいたま200)
-Get Taiko hit counter to 99999
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Garyoutensei (画竜点睛)
-Play 30 times in Play mode
Kurofune Raikou (黒船来航)
-Play 40 times in Play mode
Hyakki Yakou (百鬼夜行)
-Play 50 times in Play mode
Ryougen no Mai (燎原ノ舞)
-Play 60 times in Play mode
Koibumi 2000 (恋文2000)
-Play 70 times in Play mode
EkiBEN 2000
-Play 80 times in Play mode
Hataraku 2000 (はたラク2000)
-Play 90 times in Play mode
Haya Saitama 2000 (はやさいたま2000)
-Play 100 times in Play mode
Momoiro ♪ Taiko Paradise (ももいろ♪太鼓パラダイス) / Staff Credits
-Play 150 times in Play mode
Joubutsu 2000 (万戈イム一一ノ十)
-Play 200 times in Play mode
Blue Rose Ruin
-Play 250 times in Play mode
Shimedore 2000 (〆ドレー2000)
-Play 300 times in Play mode

Back to Taiko Wii 4 song list

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii Ketteiban update post

Glaroid Room begins the Wii 4 updates two days before release! We'll be covering this all the way past release day where hopefully we can get some good footage of new songs and such. Spoiler alert!

40 updates. Taiko 0's update post is right below and still running in case we get anything more!

Namco Taiko Blog (17 November 2011) - Taiko 10th anniversary 9th big news!

Hint: Look two posts down. No seriously, everything Namco wants to say about the 9th big news is already there.

Taiko Wii 4 TV commercial

Videogame commercial, or made just so 5 out of the bajillion members of AKB48 get to show their faces? You decide.

Song used is Kaze o Fuiteiru.

First look on Taiko Wii's Guide mode

Namco Bandai's Youtube account published a short clip showcasing Taiko Wii Kettei-ban's Guide mode! The song used is one of the two new Pokémon themes. Note the fast-forward and rewind features. Useful stuff indeed.

Namco Taiko Blog (27 October 2011) - Kettai-Ban's preorder surprises

... To be honest, today's Taiko Blog page about the 4th Wii game mainly focuses around the songs revealed last Thursday on the official website, so most of what is seen here is exactly the same stuff. Why the official blog is one week slower than its own official site is beyond me.

Taiko Wii 4 site updates again

After two great blogs by the Taiko Team, it seems the Taiko Wii 4 website was also updated without anyone noticing, with new songs and one new game mode! Let's see.

I'm really starting to think their online PV team only works one day a week lol

pikaby asks: Potential Wii4 songlist?

Unlike Taiko PSP DX which had an immense gap to fill with songs that PSP owners had not played before (and it did a stunning job too), the expectations from Taiko Wii 4 are much lower. After all, all the best from the Taiko 12, 13 and 14 generations save for a few songs have been included in the three Wii Taikos' massive tracklists, and there's not much ground left to cover.

One more song confirmed for Taiko Wii 4

Well, this was......unexpected.

'Toccata and Fugue'

Anyone remember this pre-release screenshot from Taiko PSP DX? Everyone going nuts speculating what 'Toccata and Fugue' could be, before the actual release of the game. After July 14, it went straight away to being a red herring. For good reason as well; the song for the prefecture in question, Niigata, was one which would only be revealed two months later. A Namco Original song, Magical Little Spaceship. In hindsight we laugh at ourselves wondering why we even created a fuss in the first place.

And then we have this from Taiko Wii 4.

The fake scores in the back? Could Koibumi 2000 be a placeholder title as well? Given Namco's attention to detail when it comes to hiding secret things in screenshots, I wouldn't be surprised.

Wikihouse has removed Koibumi 2000 from their Wii4 list. It's still here, but only time will tell if this is real or not.

Namco Taiko Blog 2 (15 September 2011) - Some songs for Taiko Wii 4 are confirmed

Hi guys, Zekira G. Drake here.

Today's Taiko Blog update is a list of non-Namco Original songs that will appear in Taiko Wii 4.

Rumor avalanche! New Taiko & Wii 4

Lokamp here! Crystalsuicune has found some rumors about the new generation of Taiko games (both New Taiko and Wii 4), from 2chan and Wikihouse. Remember that this is all unconfirmed stuff until further notice!