First video: Gin no Ishi Super Arrange Ver.

 Gin no Ishi Super Arrange Ver. (銀の意志 Super Arrange Ver.) The Legend of Heroes: Sora no Kiseki SC (4/5/6/8; 626 notes on Oni)

Making its Taiko debut with this month's downloadable song pack for Taiko V Version is the 2nd-placed song from the Falcom poll, coming from yet another title of the Legend of Heroes series. While the average-low BPM value may grind Oni ratings down, it's another 1/16 note cluster festival where everyone can enjoy a variety of interlocking patterns and drumrolls!

Across Japan: March Facebook Tournament

And March's Facebook Tournament will be another choice of novelty! Running from March 5~13 and results coming on the 16th, play these songs to snatch a place on the leaderboards:

• Oni: Aka no Senritsu (★10)
• Muzukashii: Snow halation μ's / Love Live! (★5)

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Namco Taiko Blog (March 3 2016) - The White Terror (= White ver. Song Removal), and Livestream Recap

Of course we have already published our own livestream recap, so instead we ask you to check the original post for the (Twitter) icon and smartphone wallpaper unlocked by the Comments Challenge.

Instead we will dwell more on the inevitable being the removal of older or expired licensed picks, which the big slash for White ver. will come on March 29. Challenges and tournaments will not be able to use these from March 11.

• Arigatou
  Also: PSPDX / Wii4
• Taiko Dodon-ga Bushi Momoiro Clover Z
  Also: Wii U1 / iOS
• Love Forever
  Also: AC13 / AC14 / iOS
• Diamond Happy Aikatsu! Asia?
  Also: Wii U1 / iOS
• Chikyuu o Mawase! AC0 exclusive Asia?
• HappinessCharge PreCure! WOW! Asia?
  Also: 3DS2
• FUTURE FISH Free! -Eternal Summer- AC0 exclusive
• KIRA☆Power Aikatsu! Asia?
  Also: iOS
• Preserved Roses T.M.Revolution×Nana Mizuki / Valvrave the Liberator  AC0 exclusive
• VAMOLA! Kyoryuger Asia?
  Also: Wii U1 / iOS
• 1 Dream Danball Senki/Little Battlers eXperience Asia?
  Also: PSPDX (DL ended)

Ne~e Oshiete Lyrics

Composition, Vocal: Torine (トリ音)
Lyrics: Sasaoka (ササオカ)

V Version - Chinese Version's Early 2016 Song DLC

Thanks to some kind signalations from wikihouse users, we can now confirm that DLC support from the Chinese version of the first ever-growing Playstation Vita game hasn't been dropped as of now! It just happens that new exclusive licenses don't seem to lurk around...

For the past months, the not-Anime and J-Pop songs that have been released on the Japanese V Version were made available on the Chinese Playstation Network as individual pieces of download,  priced HK$10/NT$43 each (save for Seize the Day, which is free), all in the same day of the respective Popular Song Pack's release day in Japan. We'll update the V Version song list with the updated data as soon as possible.

Taiko Plus/Plus STH - March 2016's New Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Songs

New songs for portable Taiko gaming chime in, as the month of March begins! This time around, we have four songs reaching both the Apple and Google Play-based apps: two J-Pop tracks (Kimi ni Sakura-hirari To Mau; Oh! Rival) and two Namco Original tunes (Mulberry; Yozakura Braiders). 

As usual, the latest update is required to see and play the new songs (for Plus STH that's Version 1.0.2, which was released earlier today).

First Video: Rin

 Rin (凛) a_hisa (3/4/6/9; 672 notes on Oni)

The first of March in 2016 marks a milestone day for overseas Taiko players, as not-Japanese White Version machines are claiming dibs on a new song's debut earlier than Japan for the first time in the current arcade generation! One of the Donder's Choice winners in the latest Taiko-oriented CreoFuga contest, Rin's Oni mode sports any differient cluster formations to closely follow the piano and violin portion of the track. Watch out for the usual 1/24 traps and the gradual slow-down portion towards the end!

As a quick reminder, Japanese White Version arcades are also receiving something today as well, with the songs SORA-I Earth Rise and SORA-II Gliese 581 getting released in all public arcades after the MyBachi promotional period's ending.