Namco Taiko Blog (4 August 2016) - WCS2016 Song Selection Commentary

Just as promised a few weeks back, today Etou is talking about the song selection criteria that has occurred for the now-concluded World Championships 2016 tourney.

First Video: Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Opening Theme

 Sekai Fushigi Hakken! Opening Theme (世界ふしぎ発見！オープニングテーマ) (3/4/4/7; 167 notes on Oni)

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A silly fanfare like this one is up to snuff for the latest song addition in Taiko gaming, as with its 42 seconds of running time is officially the shortest non-spoof playable song ever made for the series!

Regardless of this dubious milestone, its Oni notechart drives the 7* shake home with 1/16 cluster formations and a low notecount.

Taiko no Tatsujin Red Version unlock list

All unlockables are limited to Banapassport users only.

First Video: Red Version v1.10's New Songs

It's update day in Japan, which means that August's DonChare addition is joined by a new slew of publicly-available songs! While up here we're showing a fresh acquaintance in Tatsh's Amaterasu (whose full ratings are 4/7/8/10), after the jump you'll see the other brand-new song additions.

Don Challenge List (Red 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 Red Version firmware and the content they unlock. These will also be listed in the related unlock article.

Contents:
Katsu-Don | Sorairo | Momoiro | Kimidori | Murasaki | White | Red
       August 2016 | September 2016 | October 2016

Mirai e no Kagi Lyrics

Composer: Hiroto Sasaki (佐々木宏人)
Vocal: Miki Tsuchiya (土屋実紀)

Namco Taiko Blog (August 1 2016): End of Another Era: Wii U3 Final DLC and Pricing Changes

Sadly yes, we are there again at another console Taiko no Tatsujin game's end of lifetime, measured in terms of DLC addition. Also common to the Wii U series of games, the once free DLC songs will be converted to paid content after approximately a year.

But hey, enjoy this last free batch of songs (no outfits this month) and let future you deal with having to pay for more songs.

Wii U3 DLC Songs: September 1 (free until 2017/03/31, 150 yen +tax ea. after)
 郢曲／暁闇 Eikyoku/Gyouan
　　　東方Project × NAMCO SOUNDS Touhou Project × NAMCO SOUNDS / Linda AI-CUE
 BLAZING VORTEX (+Ura)

　　　「クリティカルベロシティ」より Critical Velocity
 マオウのショウタイム Maou no Showtime
 紫煌ノ乱 Shikou no Ran
 はたラク2000 Hataraku 2000

The massive list of pricing changes is after the jump.

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