Taiko no Tatsujin Plus / Tori Houdai / Taiko 3DS 2 - Donder! Japan Playoff cross-over!

Today's Taiko Team stream session just ended, but a few hours before its beginning, a new announcement has been made about the console-unrelated Taiko portable games, which also has made its way later in the streaming in a series of paper-printed images like the one above.

If some of the names shown above don't ring any bell, ... here is what's about: a huge shipment of CreoFuga-spawn Taiko creations!

Twitter Snippets (June 5 2014) - PaPaPa Love in Rewards Shop

Speaking of the comment challenge in tomorrow's livestream, the early bird unlock from last time, PaPaPa Love, has just officially entered the Momoiro song list as a Rewards Shop purchase. Etou released this piece of information on Twitter subsequent to a commentor asking.

明日のニコ生で10万コメ達成で先行解禁のステゼロの一般登場時期は未定です。まずは明日一緒に盛り上がって先行解禁目指しましょう！また、5/9のニコ生で10万コメ達成して先行解禁された「PaPaPa Love」は、現在ドンだーひろばのごほうびショップにてポイント交換でゲットできます！
— 太鼓チーム@6/14全国大会決勝戦！ (@taiko_team) June 5, 2014

Can we expect Stage 0 ac.11 also before the next big update this July? We'll have to see.

Namco Taiko Blog (June 5 2014) - It's Tomorrow! June 6 Livestream: More Details

Another livestream is upon us! No more than 30 hours as of the writing of this, Taiko Team will host another Nicovideo-exclusive livstream show. It's high time we do an overall review on tomorrow's expected topics!

Date and time: June 6 (tomorrow!) 19:30
Link: http://live.nicovideo.jp/watch/lv180923709

[Breaking] Twitter Snippets (June 4 2014) - Ask Linda AI-CUE! Now Accepting Questions

A quick note that on Twitter, Etou is now accepting questions for 2000 Series composer Linda AI-CUE to be used in this week's livestream. Reply to the tweet linked below now! Submission ends later today.

Link to tweet

Link to livestream (starts 19:30, June 6 2014)

Donkama 2000 Day One Facts and Figures

Hope everyone has a thrilling time looking out for news of the newest 2000 song! Below are some more bits about Donkama 2000 after a first day!

First video of Donkama 2000

Warning: watching the above video will leave you in awe and terror.

The 19th 2000 series song, Donkama 2000 was released as June's Don Challenge song (and July for the Asian region machines!), and it is made up of pure madness, being arguably the 3rd 2000 song to employ extreme gimmicks in its Oni chart (the first two being Hataraku 2000 and Suuhaa 2000).

Almost EVERY SINGLE NOTE in the Oni chart has a different scrolling speed, and while it actually is not that difficult aside from the dense Don streams, the major hurdle to overcome in Donkama 2000 is the complete lack of readability. Yet another chart which I'm sure will divide players into two: those who think it is a terribly designed chart and those who think it is a sadistic masterpiece.

The title is based on the 1963 rhythm machine DONCA MATIC released by electronic instrument company Korg.

A more detailed guide will be up at the 2000 series page when we get more information. Look forward to it!

EDIT: Replaced with clearer capture vid and much better audio. Still pretty sure not a single person has passed the Oni chart yet.

Ninjinnin Lyrics

Composer, Arrangement, Lyrics: Toyonaga GontaP (豊永ごんたP)
Adjustment: YumehikariP (夢光P)
Vocal: GUMI