Song of the Week! 8 October 2016

Another week, another round of song requests! Chatbox user Yusri Khairi has a couple of Game Music-related song requests for us that cross the Limited-Play boundaries.

Unfortunately, though, video/notechart footage for one of the requested songs so far isn't available at all for the hardest difficulty setting of one of the two requests, so I'm forced for now to glance over one of the two in exchange for something else, also from the same genre...

Twitter Snippets (6 October 2016) - Random Composer Facts

ばばーん！「竜と黒炎の姫君」のデュオの男性は翡翠さんだったのでーす！曲が作れて和楽器ができて歌うまいって凄いですわね。みなさん翡翠さんに惚れてもよくってよ(๑ˇεˇ๑)•*¨*•.¸¸♪ https://t.co/Zd1LL1LiaZ

— 葉月ゆら：M3 A-06a・b (@yura_hatuki) 6 ottobre 2016

To round up the Taiko-related updates for today, here are a couple of tweets about song composers that the Taiko Team felt compelled to re-tweet!

The first one is from the Twitter profile of Yura Hatuki, whose most recent Taiko no Tatsujin work is the 3DS3 DLC debut track Ryuu to Kokuen no Himegimi, in which she is both the lyricist and one of the singers. With this small tweet, it's revealed that recurrent Production GIW composer Hisui (翡翠) is the other singer in his first vocal job for the series!

unmoさんの歌・・・ということは、新曲クルーーー！？まだ先になるかもしれませんが、お楽しみに！！いつもご協力いただき、ありがドンございます！ https://t.co/9C0JcxzTGJ

— 太鼓チーム (@taiko_team) 6 ottobre 2016

For the second tweet, however, we're taking a glance at future song-making events, as freelance composer/singer unmo has made a photo of herself after finishing a recording session at Namco's studios in Tokyo. We haven't heard of this artist since Jikuu Chou Jikuu 1-Ka, the final song addition to Sorairo Version, which begs the question of when will be hear something more about this song, after such a huge time gap in Taiko lore!

Taiko Plus/STH: Touhou Invasion Now Has Song Pack Roots (+ GTH Extras)

After the monthly distribution of Gakkyoku Tori Houdai songs from the big Japanese musical phenomenon that is the Touhou Project Arrange bandwagon, now Apple Taiko + users are able to grab all the currently-released songs in either two separate song packs -the Touhou Project Arrange Packs 1 and 2- or as a cheaper 9-song deal with the Touhou Project Arrange Pack Set.

Both the individual packs and the pack set will have the iOS debut of the Touhou collaboration unit song Senshaku Zesshou no Fantasia, which is also added today to the Gakkyoku Tori Houdai service for both the iOS and Android versions of the app.

To sweeten the deal, now Touhou-related unlockables will be available in both versions to win at the Lottery anytime. For a little bit of Taiko x Touhou magic for your device of choice, feel free to take a shot at the new wallpaper rewards!

Namco Taiko Blog (6 October 2016) - Livestream Recap and More on Red Ver. (V4.05)

Daifuku is back for a double dose of weekly blog entries! We can quite confidently glance over the first one's full details here, however, as it's just an official recap of what happened during September 30th's livestream (also see our feature!).

It's still an enlightening read to have on the original source material, however, as there are the HQ snaps of all the major slideshow screens that have been shown for the run (including that delicious Engrish misspelling mistake), comprehensive of the Twitter icon and smartphone wallparer rewards for everyone to enjoy and bring the magic of Red Version everywhere you go.

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First Video: Ryuu to Kokuen no Himegimi

 Ryuu to Kokuen no Himegimi (竜と黒炎の姫君) (4/6/7/8; 569 notes on Oni)

It's already past Midnight in Japan, which means that we're already getting FV footage of the latest drop/Yura Hatsuki song for Taiko gaming, now featuring both female and male vocals! The Oni notechart can be easily compared to the likes of Yuugen no Ran, in which an upbeat tempo is used to offer many combinations of 1/16 under a generally slow-feeling tempo (sans the scrolling speed-ups)

And OH YEAH, there's more...

Taiko no Tatsujin x Chain Chronicle Special Site Open

The special site for the second collaboration between Taiko no Tatsujin and Chain Chronicle is open! While Don-chan is off being available to Chain Chronicle guilds and total war participants from October 6~26, he also samples enough of the mode's music for a playable tune on AC0 Red ver. and iOS/Android Plus/STH, coming at an undetermined date.

New Songs: Red ver. and Plus/STH
 チェインクロニクル　総力戦メドレー Chain Chronicle Total War Medley

Across Japan: October Facebook Tournament

Another month of Facebook tournament, another chance to use the debuts in an actual setting!

Facebook Tournament: October 8~16 2016

 ミュージック・リボルバー Music Revolver (Ura Oni ★10)

　　　「ミュージックガンガン！２」より Music GunGun! 2

 Paradisus‐Paradoxum (Muzukashii ★6)

　　　「Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活」より Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-

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