The Almost Transient Mysteries: Rumors of the God of War

**Note: Rumors abound**

Nope, we are not getting Kratos. We are talking about the rumor that a title "God of War" (戦神, Ikusagami) might exist in Taiko no Tatsujin Kimidori, possibly added just last update. It was not clear how to exactly obtain it as of now though.

The question was also brought to the Taiko Team Twitter last year-end, and Etou was reluctant to answer to just one person instead of officially releasing the info to the public openly.

@metalhawk1997 こんばんは！特定の一人向けに回答してしまうと、噂として改変されたり・・・など恐れがあるので申し訳ございませんが、回答控えさせていただきます＞＜ あまり発見されないようであれば、別途検討していきますね＞＜！
— 太鼓チーム (@taiko_team) December 22, 2014

Currently wikihouse's list of titles puts a placeholder for this under "Sharera Master" (シャレラの達人) and before "He who Hunted the Double Dragon" (双竜を討ちし者, FC Souryuu no Ran Oni). This is recalling of the fact that "God of War" was a runner-up nomination in the livestream vote that "Sharera Master" emerged, for Full Combo-ing Xa Ura Oni.

Yuugen no Ran -Album New Mix-

The players have voted, and thus Yuugen no Ran was included in Tatsh Music Circle's latest album, FRONTIER! We've known this since mid-December, but what does the Album New Mix sound like?

...Pretty much the same as the in-game Yuugen no Ran, except with the addition of faint Taiko no Tatsujin don and kat SFX in the background, corresponding to Yuugen's sadistic Oni chart. You can almost hear the screams of players as they try to keep up with the impossible 300 BPM streams!

At least it's of a really high quality; Yuugen has never been released on any soundtrack prior to this. Enjoy!

Song of the Week! 3 January 2015

A new year is upon us, and with that is the perspective of many song additions for both arcade and console games. For the latter, we are getting a peculiar DLC pack for Taiko 3DS 2 near the end of this month, featuring all songs that are somewhat related to Matsuri (祭),the Japanese word for 'festival'.

While the theme chosen is fine, the songs in the pack may sound quite stagnant to some people, as you can find all of them (with a few exceptions of course) in at least 3 or 4 Taiko console games in the past 5 years! Why don't choose something Matsuri-related that doesn't come around very often? Something like...

Feature: 2014 - The year in hindsight

A new year is upon us! A time to look forward to future events, and recollect our memories of the past 12 months.

And what an awesome 12 months it was; so much happened for our beloved Taiko no Tatsujin, it rivals even the cherished 10th Anniversary events! So many new releases, events and collaborations have occurred on both arcade and console that it's hard to keep track of them all! Let's look at 2014 month by month, shall we?

First video of Shiny Kung-fu Revival

For t+pazolite, composing techno-sounding songs about kung-fu is not something new, but this is the first one for this trend to come into Taiko games! Thus, meet this month's unlockable Don Challenge song.

Previously announced in the most recent Taiko Team livestream, Shiny Kung-fu Revival (4/6/7/9) clocks in with a very aggressive beats-per-minute ratio, making room for both stamina-consuming cluster sequences and a few 1st-time jumpscares in form of sudden large Kat notes. Watch out!

For the record, we have yet another Nam-Combo for the Oni mode, showed in the video above.

New Year's Eve Final Quest Livstream Recap

Happy New Year! Although people say we should be looking forward at a new start, we are going to look back to the mega livestream happened on New Year's Eve, because there is good stuff in it.

Yami no Mahou Shoujo Lyrics

Composition: NYO (Silver Forest)
Arrangement NYO (Silver Forest)、Jupiter
Lyrics: ShibainuP (しばいぬＰ▽・×・▽) (Axis Planet)
Vocal: Aki (アキ) (Silver Forest)

Japanese lyrics sourced from Silver Forest's official site