Twitter Snippets (15 June 2017) - Taiko PS4 Confirmed!

家庭用太鼓の達人最新作！PS4「太鼓の達人 セッションでドドンがドン！」2017年発売決定！友達！家族！あのキャラと！いっしょに太鼓 叩き放題！ #taiko765https://t.co/w308o36kdJ pic.twitter.com/Mx4pVDfDYh

— 太鼓チーム (@taiko_team) 15 giugno 2017

There's no room for doubts anymore: Session de Dodon ga Don is the real deal! Before delving into the weekly blog entry, the Taiko Team's Twitter account has hosted the first official remarks about the game's existence, including the one tweet above which addresses the game's official website (consisting of a single page with no new scoops as of now).

Expect today's Taiko Team blog post to be about the newly-revealed Taiko title, too!

Tutti! Leaving V Version DLC

Yes we missed this from way back in March. And yes you just imagined this first line.

While we're on PS4-1 duty, let's check back with Don-chan's last foray into Sony hardware. In particular, the free early-purchase bonus turned paid DLC of Tutti! from Hibike! Euphonium will be taking its next and final step a DLC song will take: removed from purchase.

The removal will happen on June 30 2017, and this is a non-re-downloadable removal. But those who already downloaded can still play it.

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First Taiko PS4 Magazine Leaks

The foretold venture of the first PlayStation 4 Taiko no Tatsujin videogame is becoming more and more concrete by the day, as actual visual leaks are beginning to be shared across the Web. The first of these was posted earlier this day on the Taiko-themed wiki Wikihouse, from where it's also possible to view the scan above in full resolution (or through this link)

While no new songlist-related details and a more accurate release date (reported with a nebulous '2017') are supplied, we can already see that this Taiko no Tatsujin title is bound to have an aesthetic overhaul for both menus and in-game screens, the first since the ongoing Taiko 0 arcade line's coming. Mentioned up here are also some of the features that were included in yesterday's leaks, such as the custom controller and the newcomer Ghosted Session/Guest Session mode. It also appears that Doraemon will be one of the selectable guests, no less!

Always from the Wikihouse comment section, it's being reported that Session de Dodon ga Don! will launch with over 70 songs to boot, as found in three (still unnamed) different magazines.

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Twitter Snippets (June 13 2017): Tenkaichi Otogesai 4 Expected

本日の総会で予算の承認もいただきましたので、正式に

第4回　天下一音ゲ祭　開催決定です！

今年は、去年よりパワーアップして開催しますので、皆様のご参加をお待ちしております！#音ゲ祭

https://t.co/N68HSYZ0vH

— AOU 天下一音ゲ祭 (公式) (@AOU_Tenkatui) June 13, 2017

The folks at the helm for the Tenkaichi Otogesai events at the All Nippon Amusement Machine Operators' Union (AOU) confirms that, with the budget approved in the annual general meeting today, a fourth Tenkaichi Otogesai is to be officially put on schedule!

One of the first things to be revealed about this is the scale: the fourth Otogesai will be the biggest ever in terms of participating games with a total of six. What will be the two additional games? What antics will the AOU whip up with all the makers? Stay tuned to the official Twitter feed of @AOU_Tenkatui (and us too, duh).

開催決定の調子にのって、今年の情報を少しだけリーク！

今年の音ゲ祭は、過去最多、6機種で行います！

去年より2機種増えてパワーアップ！#音ゲ祭

https://t.co/vfVWFllBH4

— AOU 天下一音ゲ祭 (公式) (@AOU_Tenkatui) June 13, 2017

[RUMOR] Taiko no Tatsujin Session de Dodon ga Don! (PS4-1)

Switch it up, as we have a rumored brand new console Taiko no Tatsujin release on... the PS4?

In case you don't know, the term session (セッション) in music means musicians gathering and playing their music together. And in Taiko no Tatsujin it implies multiplayer gameplay. Would that mean this new port will be emphasizing on powering up the current console's multiplayer setups? Only time will tell (or the next Famitsu issue, coming June 29).

Check out our rumor roundup after the jump. But be warned: because our only sources are just textual, and has no supporting images or whatever from more reputable sources like Famitsu, we are putting these solidly behind the RUMOR line.

Across Japan: We Can Do That? June 2017 Facebook Tournament

No really, can the Taiko Asia Team keep track of score out of Ranking Dojo Gaiden for the tournament? Yes? Alright, whatever you say.

By the wording they use (最大3曲通してのスコア total score from at most 3 songs), it might suggest that you do not have to clear the actual goals for the result to be counted into the tourney. Yet not being able to get to all three songs would have significantly affect the highest score you would get, so do remember to pace yourselves.

Facebook Tournament: June 10~18 2017
段位道場外伝：挑戦！世界大会2016エリア①

　　　Ranking Dojo Gaiden: Challenge! World Championships 2016 Area (1)

　　 凛 Rin (Oni ★9)
　　　　　a_hisa
　　 おにぎりはどこかしら♪ Onigiri wa Doko Kashira♪ (Oni ★9)
　　　　　よみぃ feat.初音ミク Yomii feat. Hatsune Miku
　　 食らいむ！まうんとぱふぇ Climb! Mount Parfait (Oni ★9)
　　　　　unatra
 conflict (Muzukashii ★7)
　　　siromaru+cranky

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Namco Original Showcase: Seafood Songs

Bandai Namco composer Akitaka 'AJURIKA' Toyama (遠山明孝) joined the ranks of the Taiko no Tatsujin-related artists late into the 2nd arcade generation, mostly due to some of his songs from other games being ported into Taiko titles. Like for many other artists before him, however, his Namco Original-related production is mostly tied in by a main theme, whose growing impact made it so to become an actual song series years later.

The series takes its roots from the first song, The Carnivorous Carnival, being affectionately shortened to KaniKani (蟹蟹, crab-crab) thanks to Japanese approximate-readings of the title. It only begins to develop starting from Taiko no Tatsujin Kimidori ver., when sequel songs are released with titles that are more obviously intentional in coining the gimmicky shortened forms. The name of the series takes from the "Seafood Seeker" title, obtainable since Yellow ver. that involves only Full Combo-ing songs from this series in the same credit.

Note that while Taiko Time is also frequently shortened as Taitai (鯛鯛, sea bream-sea bream), it is not considered as part of this series due to significant differences, including its katakana spelling and not being created by AJURIKA (but Denji Sano).