Super Namco Bros. - Wii U Edition!

Nintendo's biggest fighting game franchise has finally reached all the areas of the world for their latest home console! As such, everyone is now able to detect a lot more tunes from many different composers, with both figures returning from the 3DS version and Wii U-exclusive artists. Let's have a look at what other tracks we have from Taiko-related composers we got!

Before starting, however, a pair of disclaimers. First of all, this lists includes only the songs new to the Wii U version of Smash Bros, but keep in mind that all the tracks from the 3DS game are also available on the home console title; if you want to know what these tracks are, just check out this blog entry. Second of all is yet another SPOILER ALERT! Some unlockable characters may appear in the videos below, so watch out if you're still unaware of the extra characters for this game and want to keep your mind spoiler-free.

Song of the Week! 20 December 2014

Today's feature is brought you in part by... product placement! Join us once more, as we take another look at some of the most recent commercial-inspired songs in Taiko gaming.

Taiko no Tatsujin Plus - Introducing the Super Game Pack

Yesterday we forgot to mention the release of yet another Taiko Plus songpack, this time going under the name of Super Game Pack (超ゲームぱっく). As expected, this is a new 5-piece pack with songs from the Game Music genre, featuring the following tunes:

• Venomous (with Ura)
• Wasabi Body Blow
• Tales of Xillia Medley
• Symphonic Motos
• Mappy Medley 

Enjoy this collection of tunes from past Taiko console games!

Namco Taiko Blog (18 December 2014) - December '14 Livestream, Huis Ten Bosch and Wii U DLC!

There are many things to talk about today between Taiko Team blog entries and in-website stuff, so we are grouping them together in a single post! As usual, links for reference will be left at the bottom of the page.

Across Japan: Tournaments - Closing One and Opening Another

 

Let's cut the chase: Above are the results for the December monthly Facebook tournament. Oni saw a five-way tie by two Korean and three Hong Kong Donders, all achieving Donderful Combo. Muzukashii has Couperin from Korea, one of the five winners from Oni, taking crown with a 5-good run and over 900 thousand points. Congratulations to our five winners, and especially to Couperin for the double winning!

Next we look more at the special tournament that is sharing with Japan. The Donder Festival in Asia '14 Winter Battle tournament, from December 18~28, has exactly the same song choices as the Japanese counterpart, i.e.:

• イオシス秋の肉食祭2014 IOSYS Aki no Nikushokusai 2014 (9★)
• ピコピコ ルイン Picopico Ruin (9★, Regular only)
• 闇の魔法少女 Yami no Mahou Shojo (9★)

The tournament works mostly similarly as all the other tournament (no Shin-uchi and stuff). The results of the Asian tournament will be combined with the Japanese results and form a master leaderboard too. Time to see who triumphs in a much larger scale!

Namco Taiko Blog (17 December 2014): Taiko Kimidori Game Version 8.03

It hasn't been awfully long since the last great update for Taiko Kimidori, and already the team are pushing for a new one! 8.03 is a small update though, in preparation for bigger ones to follow.

GV 8.03 introduces...

1. A special movie of the battle between Mushrooms and Bamboos (the Meiji collaboration)! It'll be played before slotting any coins into the machine. Wonder what it looks like...

2. Preparation for next update. Some internal housekeeping is done to accommodate more changes in the future. Say, like, that/those new song(s) talked about some time back?

To add to the surprise-ness that this blog post already brings, the update is actually already available today!

Back to more expectable grounds, we do have two blog entries for tomorrow's normal Thursday blog schedule, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

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Across Japan: 3 new songs for Kimidori Asia

These three Namco Originals are from two different Kimidori updates; the one in October which added the IOSYS songs, and the one which was just last week. Yup, for once, Kimidori Asia is getting a song less than a month after its JP counterpart!

The songs will be available to play tomorrow, and they are:

• Yamatai Night Party
• IOSYS Aki no Nikushokusai 2014
• Yami no Mahou Shoujo

"Wait, where are all the licensed songs from these two updates? What about the IM@S songs and the Pokemon ORAS Medley?"

Well, Asia should already be familiar with this situation, but most likely the ones in the Vocaloid and Game Music genre will come eventually.