Taiko no Tatsujin Kimidori (Asia) Launch Notice

A new post was made today on the official Taiko no Tatsujin Asia's Facebook page, describing what will happen during the transition between Momoiro Asia to Kimidori Asia. This is similar to the blog post made for JP Kimidori, except on Facebook instead of there.

The transition is slightly different from the JP counterpart because of the missing features in the Asian version.

• There will be a server maintenance tonight (read: right now) to move all player data to be compatible with Kimidori.
• All clear and full combo data from Momoiro will be maintained.
• Don Points from Momoiro are not reset, and carry over into Kimidori.
• Don Point rewards from Kimidori are added on to after the end of Momoiro's rewards chain (meaning players who have not gotten MAX Don Points on Momoiro yet continue to accumulate and obtain Momoiro's rewards until they finish at Sotsu Omeshiki, then go on to unlock Kimidori's rewards)

After 8am Japan time tomorrow, any sign in to Kimidori Version will render the card inoperable on Momoiro Version. However, as long as you have not used the card on Kimidori yet, you can still play on Momoiro until you upgrade.

As expected, when the upgrade is actually carried out depends on the local operator's purchase and the time it takes to ship the firmware installation CDs to their respective countries.
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The major difference between the JP and ASI transitions into Kimidori is the Don Point system; since Momoiro's rewards are not being taken down, it means there will still be no Donder Hiroba or Rewards Shop for the Asian region yet, which is disappointing (and players who have not yet completed Momoiro's unlocks will have an even longer grindfest awaiting them). However it also presents the possibility of Momoiro's Rewards Shop songs being added into Kimidori's unlocks, which I believe many players would appreciate as they would not have access to those songs otherwise (things like Toccata and Fugue and Rock, Kimi no Akari, Yumeiro Coaster, Stage 0. ac11 and others).

There will (hopefully) be a big update post tomorrow covering both the Japanese update of Kimidori today (which added a whole slew of new songs), and the songlist of Asian Kimidori. Stay tuned, it's going to be an exciting ride tomorrow!

Taiko no Tatsujin IRL: Snacking and Exercising

The drumming game franchise we all know and love is going everywhere for collabs and events this summer! Today let's brief in on whatever happens with Taiko no Tatsujin IRL (in real life, for the less jargon-savvy)! Grab some snacks to go with the post!

Feature: Yuru-kyara: What's the big deal?

The cuddly side of Japan in a nutshell

Some very interesting developments in Taiko no Tatsujin's song library (the Variety genre) include characters which foreigners might not be familiar with. Who is Funassyi? Who is Kumamon?

Song of the Week! 2 August 2014

August is always a busy month for our humble blog, as it turns yet another year old! Anniversary special events are also approaching fast, but we'll discuss about it another time.

As for now, it's time for our usual Saturday feature! For this anniversary, we'll actually have a 2-part Saturday feature dedicated to what has made our blog stay strong for over 4 years. Of course, without our beloved readers there wouldn't be any Taiko Time blog to begin with, so here are some recently-requested songs from you. As always, thanks very, very much for sticking with us for such a long time!

First video of Summer Dragon ~Karyu~

The chart isn't being played, but it's capture quality so you can hear the music very clearly. It's 8* Oni with 673 notes.

There is currently no Ura Oni for this song, but then again Toryu made its debut without having one either (first seen on Katsu-Don but Ura Oni released months later on Taiko Wii 5). We'll see if they manage to make this a little harder soon! Enjoy for now!

Don Challenge List (Kimidori Version)

Don Challenge (shortened to 'DonChare' (ドンチャレ)) was introduced in the July 2012 update of Taiko no Tatsujin (HD) for Banapassport-equipped arcade players, which is a set of 11 goals that has to be cleared by playing the game and meeting certain criteria. The challenges change on a monthly basis, and once a certain number of them are cleared, the player can unlock new songs and titles for themselves too! 10 of the goals can be cleared by individual players, and the 11th one is a group effort, contributed by all players with Banapassports.

The songs unlocked through Don Challenge will be available to all other players in the following month when the goals are renewed, so it is an incentive for regular arcade-goers to clear goals so that they may be able to play new songs earlier than everyone else and unlock more new content.

Below is the list of Don Challenge goals made for the Taiko Kimidori Version firmware and the content they unlock. These will also be listed in the related unlock article.

Update: Taiko Kimidori coming to Asia

The Taiko Team have set up an official Facebook account for Taiko no Tatsujin Asia just last week, and made its first announcement today that Kimidori Version, the current latest one in Japan, will be released on August 6th, 2014 (of course, the timing of the individual shop updates will be delayed as it covers five different countries...Taiwan will get it first most likely)

What new songs will be on it? Some are shown in the poster above!

J-Pop

• Family Party (ファミリーパーティー)
• Koi Oto to Amazora (恋音と雨空)
• Mottai Night Land (もったいないとらんど)

Anime

• Wake up!
• SHINING LINE*
• Let It Go ~Ari no Mama de~ (Let It Go～ありのままで～)

Vocaloid

• Kagerou Days (カゲロウデイズ)
• Rokuchounen to Ichiya Monogatari (六兆年と一夜物語)

Variety

• Funa Funa Funassyi~♪ (ふな ふな ふなっしー♪)
• Necrofantasia ~ Arr. Demetori (ネクロファンタジア～Arr. Demetori)
• Kero⑨Destiny (ケロ⑨destiny)
• Tsuki ni Murakumo Hana ni Kaze (Arranged: Iceon) (月に叢雲華に風 (Arranged: Iceon)) 

No mention of new Namco Originals but fingers crossed the new ones are in, along with songs from previous firmware that were missed.

If the poster shows all the new licensed songs that are to be added, then the following new songs will be missing:

• RPG
• Amanojaku
• Kumamoto Surprise!
• Katte Rock!
• ONLY MY NOTE

We will keep updated on any developments and be well-prepared for the release!