Twitter Snippets (December 15 2014) - *dogeza*

【お知らせ】週末は、ドンだーの皆さま・ロケ関係者の皆様にご迷惑をおかけいたしました。 太鼓ニコ生10万コメント達成の限定解放曲について、エトウくんと相談の上、解放期間を「年内いっぱい」まで延長とさせていただきました。(タケモト) pic.twitter.com/0qwTtN6MVf
— 太鼓チーム (@taiko_team) December 15, 2014

I am sincerely worried how many dogezas (formal apologetic kowtows) are needed this week.

As you might already know, the Taiko Team promised to release 8 limited songs on Kimidori from December 13~26 if the last livestream garnered 100 million comments. However due to technical difficulties, some songs failed to appear. After a frantic day to resolve the issue, the Team extends the period right to the end of 2014 (December 31) to compensate the missed day.

In other news, from December 15~January 31 (typo in this tweet, fixed here) Donder Hiroba opens a special Year-end Title Parts Gacha, featuring wintry and Christmas-y phrases. Some older limited parts also make a return in 2 Revival Title Parts Gacha campaigns.

【お知らせ】本日より1月30日(金)まで、ドンだーひろばにて「年末年始称号パーツガシャ」が開催されます。同時に、以前開催した「復刻称号パーツガシャ」「復刻称号パーツガシャ第２弾」も、同日程で復活開催中です。 みんなで回すドーン！ pic.twitter.com/eVink7YPa2
— 太鼓チーム (@taiko_team) December 15, 2014

Namco Taiko Blog (December 15 2014) - The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Collaboration

A surprise Namco Taiko Blog today, about the collaboration with Namco's very own idol production franchise's sub-series The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls!

...Well actually in the Taiko front we have already seen everything. The recent additions of Jibun REST@RT, M@STERPIECE, The Idolm@ster special folder and The Idolm@ster outfit are what Taiko is getting.

This blog post haven't touched on what im@s CG will be getting though. Stay tuned to other places for more news on their part, including the Cinderella Girls Anime main site (airing started just last Friday) and that of the original social game, as well as the whole franchise's main site and official blog.

Regular blog post this Thursday, for which we will see you later!

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Song of the Week! 14 December 2014

Sorry for the 1-day delay!

For today's feature, here's one of the returning songs for the last regular DLC packs for the latest Taiko 3DS game. Guns-a-blazin'!

Quick Takeaways: December 12 Livestream

This post might be removed when the full coverage is ready. Meanwhile, feel free to contribute screenshots and information to help out!

• All comment goals met
• 50K title is Livestream Incident (放送事故)
• 100K secret songs are Jingle Bells No. 765 and Metal Hawk BGM1
• Notecharter Quiz answers: Yami no Mahou Shojo (by Shika@ni~san) and Kuboken
• Winter tournament for Japan ver., and Asian ver. (Oni only)
• Tatsh: new song is Japanese, Instrumental, an very closely almost-10* 9*, Dark Hardcore
• January DonChare: t+pazolite's Shiny Kung-fu Revival and Geisha set
• Collab with The Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls
• December 3DS2 DLC: Konayuki, Monkey Magic, LovexLove Whistle, DESERT STORM, Desert de Yakiniku, Jingle Bells No.765, Warera Muteki no Dokon Dan
• January 3DS2 DLC: Natsu Matsuri, One Night Carnival, Matsuken Samba II, Don-chan Ondo, Yozakurai Shanikusai, Densetsu no Matsuri, Dokidoki Munekyun Omatsuri Time, will be last of regular DLCs
• Touhou x Namco Sounds matching
• World Hobby Fair appearance and elementary children tournaments
• Sachiko Kobayashi collab costume design contest 
• Huis Ten Bosch Cup

Taiko Plus: New Version 2.4.2! Now With Daily Challenges

Earlier this week the iOS Taiko no Tatsujin Plus released its latest version 2.4.2, adding the excitingly new Daily Challenge feature. Every day you can play designated songs and submit the scores, giving you a rank with respect to your performance. Your scores will also be ranked among all players, and high rankers receive various bonuses for their top plays. It's a good way to see how well you are doing in a larger perspective.

Other changes include fixes to the on-screen drum layout, which you can now choose to have on the sides instead of at the bottom. The sensing areas for katsu notes are also expanded.

A quick look to Tatsh's latest album

Before jumping into the Taiko Team livestream hype, here's something to look foward by the end of this year! What you're looking at is the cover art of FRONTIER, the next album for Tatsuya Shimizu's Tatsh Music Circle.

As promised by the composer himself, one of the album's tracks will be Yuugen no Ran, the winning Taiko song from last month's poll. However, the song might not be the exact same one from the Taiko games, as its title for this album is being reported as 'Yuugen no Ran -Album New Mix-' (幽玄ノ乱　-Album New Mix-). Are we going to have a long version or a different arrangement for this tune?

FRONTIER will be released one day before the end of this year, on December 30th, packaged with special paper bag and IC-card stickers. Tatsh's newly-made Youtube channel also offers a short video, featuring bits for each of the songs inside the album.

Namco Taiko Blog (December 11 2014) - The Notecharter Quiz

Special guests, check. Mushroom/Bamboo battle, check. Comment challenge, check. There is nothing more to talk about before the livestream. So let's make something new up: The Notecharter Quiz! Quizzing your knowledge on who charted what!