Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 song list

One of Namco's most successful and comprehensive Taiko games to date. Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 was released on the PSP on September 2006, and is sometimes viewed as an expansion pack to the first game, as many Namco Originals previously downloadable on PSP1 are included in PSP2, and new downloadable songs are provided.

Discounting the console games and downloadable songs, Taiko Portable 2 has the biggest handheld song library to date prior to its successor, boasting a total of 62 songs (although admittedly many of those were repeats from PSP1). Add in the downloadable songs and its total number exceed that of any Taiko game ever made. This makes up for the fact that, again, PSP cannot support a simulated drum controller. It is also the first console Taiko to feature a Story mode, which is done in 5 chapters and includes a stage play, quiz, and songs to play. Unlike the later Story modes in Taiko DS, this one is comparatively linear.

To commemorate the success of the download system, Namco re-introduced support for the download service for PSP2 in May 2010 (which ended in January 2011 to make way for the release of Portable DX), introducing at least 2 new songs per month from the later Taiko games after Portable 2's generation. There are 20 of these.



How to download songs
List of new download packs (May 2010- January 2011)

~ Opening song ~
Kumo Made Todoke! (くもまでとどけ！)

Namco Original Showcase: Mika Songs

This song series is in the Namco Original genre, and is named after the person who provides vocals for all the songs, Mika Sato (佐藤美香). Mika's voice has a distant, almost mechanical quality that is very distinct. You'll instantly know if a song in Namco Original is sung by her. She explores unusual themes for her songs. She started off her vocalist career in Taiko fairly early, and comes out with one song every two to three versions or so. It's not one of the most highly anticipated series in Taiko, but it's very recognizable when there is a new song. It is unknown whether this is the same Mika Sato who is a Japanese pianist (is looking into that now), but it looks to be highly unlikely.

Masubuchi Yuuji (増渕裕二) composes every song here for her to sing.

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 3 art and details

It's not exactly the box art, but you get an idea of the general color scheme and logo through this.

And what's a Wii party without minigames and lots of people? This is the first Taiko Wii game to feature four-way multiplayer in regular Game Mode! Wait, how will the screen be split for that? As for minigames, there's definitely going to be a few of them, including the frequently-seen Namco kids arcade game, Wani Wani Panic (click for image). Um, yay?

The song list is correct, but the total number of songs is still unknown (hope it's >70).

Taiko no Tatsujin Portable Song List

Taiko no Tatsujin Portable was released on August 2005 alongside Tobikkiri! Anime Special. It is the first handheld Taiko, and the first console Taiko to be released outside of PS2. As the PSP has the exact same button setup as the Dual Shock, Taiko games can easily be made for PSP. The downside is that no simulated drum-style controller can be connected to it, unlike the Tatacon for PS2 and Wii and the touch-screen for DS.

Portable makes up for it by having a large, expansive song list consisting of many popular songs and Namco Originals and is also the only platform that supports downloading extra songs online, which are stored as .don and .kat files on the PSP's memory stick (which changed to the usage of .edat files for PSP DX). Support for Portable 1's downloadable songs stopped as soon as its successor, Portable 2, was released, but you can still download the existing songs to this day. To give a comparison of the average size of one song, you can store a maximum of 19 songs in an empty 32MB memory stick. (source)

The PSP Taiko games are also the only ones to have the Bell note, which makes use of the analog stick below the PSP's D-Pad. Two PSPs can play together in competitive multiplayer, and if you only have one, you and your partner can share the PSP too! D-Pad and L button for 1P, and ○△×□ and R button for 2P! Imagine all the trembling and laughing that ought to cause.



How to download songs

~ Opening song ~
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro (虹色・夢色・太鼓色)

No. of songs	38 (total 60)
No. of secret songs	4
No. of downloadable songs	22

Partial Taiko Wii 3 songlist published!

Fresh news from crystalsuicune! The japanese Taiko-listing site Wikihouse has published some of the songs we are going to see next december on Taiko's third Wii release. Most of them comes from pre-existing arcade/console games, but there's something totally new, too! Here's a little pick:

Note: Songs marked with a green New! make their first console appearance on Taiko Wii 3, but the red-marked songs are exclusives of this game. Check it out!

J-POP
New! Tamashii Rebory Ushon (タマシイレボリューション)
New! Kimi Ga Iru (キミがいる)
New! Ring a Ding Dong
New! Butterfly Kimura Kaera (Butterfly　木村カエラ)
New! VICTORY
New! Mata Kimi ni Koishi Teru (また君に恋してる)
New! Ponītēru to Shushu (ポニーテールとシュシュ)
New! Hiro (ヒーロー)
Sobakasu (そばかす)


Anime
New! Yukaitsūkai Kaibutsu-kun (ユカイツーカイ怪物くん)
New! Sanpo (さんぽ)
New! One day
New! Tomeidatta Sekai (透明だった世界)
New! Mainichi Kasan (毎日かあさん)
New! Kimi ga Shuyaku Sa~tsu! (君が主役さっ！)
New! GO-GO Tamagotchi! (GO-GOたまごっち！)
Gake no Ue no Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ)
Saikou Everyday! (サイコー・エブリデイ！)
Tensou Sentai Goseiger (天装戦隊ゴセイジャー) 
Alright! Heart Catch Precure (Alright! ハートキャッチプリキュア！)

Variety
New! Pirameki Taisō Taiko de Metabo Yattsukero! No Maki (ピラメキたいそう　太鼓でメタボやっつけろ！の巻)
New!  Black Rock Shooter (ブラック★ロックシューター)

Classic
Symphony No. 7 (交響曲第７番から)
The Nutcracker Suite (行進曲「くるみ割り人形」から)

Game Song
New! L・O・B・M
New! Monster Hunter Medley (モンスターハンターメドレー)
Overmaster (オーバーマスター)
No Way Back

No infos about Children/Folk and Namco Original selection, so far. Stay tuned!



 

Namco Taiko Blog (7 October 2010)- Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 6th download pack

Today, Namco announced another two songs to be available for download on Taiko no Tatsujin Portable 2 for the month of October. The two songs are...

Kimi no Akari
Symphonic Motos

Oh my god. Kimi no Akari. Taiko 13's ending song, on its first console debut. And I was really hoping for it to come to Taiko Wii 3...There's still hope though, if Namco has some sense.

The other is the orchestral remix of music from the game Motos, not seen since Taiko 10.

When can you expect to download them? October 20th, about two weeks off. Don't forget!

Link to original article

Taiko no Tatsujin: Tobikkiri! Anime Special

The second and final anime song compilation on PS2 Taiko, released on August 2005. Much has changed since the release of Anime Matsuri, the graphics have been improved greatly, the music is of higher quality, new and better gameplay mechanics were introduced, and the song list is beefed up. Game modifiers, Go-Go Time and the new genres were introduced along the way to Anime Special's release. As usual, the majority of songs in this game are in the Anime genre, with a small number of Namco Originals.

In terms of game mechanics, this is also the first Taiko to show the number of times you hit drumrolls on the screen (this carries over to Rokudaime and all subsequent versions). The song list includes Rising Weather Hallelujah (or, Kaisei Joushou Hallelujah), the first 10* Oni Anime song of the whole series.

By the end of August of the same year, a soundtrack CD of the game was released with 23 of its songs on one disc, including half the anime list and popular Namco Originals.

~ Opening song ~
Hibike! Taiko no Tatsujin (響け！太鼓の達人)