My Muscle Heart Lyrics

Artist: Yuuya Kobayashi (コバヤシユウヤ)
Lyrics: Lettuce Shichijou (七条レタス)
Vocals: Momiji Yamamoto (山本椛) (monotone)

Addendum (2020/09/07): Fixed with OST Watagashi Lyrics

Song of the Week! 5 September 2020

Today's BMS-fueled newcomer draws from the Christian terminology to base a track around the 2nd coming of Christ at Judgement Day. One fateful event that may come sooner for certain things in life than others...

That's right: it's time to talk about future series perma-deletions some more! Due to personal time constraints, however, we can only digress one of the two, for the time being...

First Video: Parousia

	Title
GV	Parousia 　　xi	★4	★6	★6	★10 (787)

Between tracks of percussion, dubstep and piano, the Oni notechart for Parousia apparently has a hard time picking only one to stick to. Equally hard would be most Donders in accommodating the long streams mashing up 12th, 16th and 24th separations. The two odd 48th kats are the least of your problems.

Note to title hunters: Full Combo title is "Bringer of Final Judgement" (最後の審判を下せし者).

Taiko no Tatsujin New Asian Version (4th generation/Nijiiro ver.)

Summarizing today's (September 4) online product presentation that we let you know of yesterday in one sentence: Greater Asia will be getting the 4th-generation arcade version coming Spring 2021!

The presentation is hosted through two unlisted YouTube livestreams respectively for English and traditional-Chinese audience. While the (likely pre-recorded) proceedings are conducted in Japanese only, the videos have English or traditional Chinese subtitles, as well as presentation slides in the respective language. In addition to the normal business-focused spiel, the presentation also invites ani-song singer Hiroshi Kitadani (きただにひろし) to appear for a short interview and play the One Piece opening OVER THE TOP (Muzukashii), which he vocalized for the original version.

The two videos are still available to view even now, but since they are uploaded as unlisted and has materials marked confidential, we are not going to embed them directly in our post and ask you to check the full presentation from the official page.

Taiko no Tatsujin New Asian Version page: https://bandainamco-am.co.jp/am/vg/taiko_asia/

The above-embedded PV was soon uploaded (publicly) to the Bandai Namco Amusement official YouTube channel, narrated in English and has three versions with English, traditional Chinese and Korean text.

As to what entails this announcement for the general Donder community, here is a list of the updates that come with New Asian Version:

1. Same glamorous hardware upgrades as the Japan generational shift: new system board, new full-HD 120fps monitor, diffuser-film POPs, added LED lights, QR code reader
2. Multilingual support: English, traditional Chinese and Korean language support on most interface elements (but not all, like song names and background graphical elements), finally making use of the horizontal text orientation. More languages might be considered as situation allows
3. Donder Hiroba service for greater Asia: FINALLY! In addition to the quality-of-life features, Donder profiles from Japan and Asia will soon be able to interact and make features like worldwide rankings possible. Note that the Donder Hiroba will only be available in the Japanese language in order to speed up its release, and profiles from the Asian Green ver. or earlier still CANNOT access the Hiroba
4. Asia-focused track additions: about 10 songs popular to the greater-Asian audience will be added at launch (not specified whether this is exclusive to outside Japan), and more might be considered depending on the performance
5. Same gameplay additions for Banapassport holders as the Japan generational shift: Donderful Combo crown, score ranks, overall result panel, modifiers (speed modifiers, performance skip, note position nudge)

The presentation also teased the grand return of the upgraded AI Battle Performance+ (not yet returned in Japan as well), featuring newer rewards and ways to actually help you improve Donder skills. This and the Asian Donder Hiroba will not make it to the Spring 2021 launch, but later somewhere in Summer 2021.

As for continued feature updates, the seasonal Rewards Shop and Ranking Dojo are also expected to resume in the Asian Version, with the latter expecting a two-part release across Summer and Fall 2021.

Namco Taiko Blog (September 4th, 2020) - Nijiiro's Final Summer Weekend Warrior

 

  

The final Saturday Game&Variety new contender is upon us! What could it be..?

[AC0 Asia] May We Interest You in a NEW Arcade Business Venture, Greater Asia?

I don't think we need to do an elaborate separate post about how the three songs soon getting axed in the Japan March 2020/Nijiiro ver. cabinet is also taking leave from Green ver. 2.0 (Asia). We will link to the relevant Facebook announcement for those who want to express their feelings there.

Instead, there is a business venture that I think a lot of you across greater Asia might be interested in. Can I book you in for an online presentation seminar this Friday, September 4 2020?

No, no, it's not some shady MLM spiel. Bandai Namco Amusement (i.e. the arcade business arm) recently put up a simple page (in both English and traditional Chinese) onto its website mentioning a "New Asian Version" (新アジア版) for Taiko no Tatsujin, with Don-chan and Kat-chan in their Nijiiro ver. garbs at the bottom. Curiously, this is neither directly nor indirectly linked from the BN Amusement homepage...

With no concrete information about the product, the page currently only mentions an online presentation at the above date starting 13:00 (JPT). Interested operators appear to have a chance to discuss with BN Amusement's sales representatives starting from 14:00 after the presentation.

Taiko no Tatsujin New Asian Version page: https://bandainamco-am.co.jp/am/vg/taiko_asia/

Thanks to Nekomimi from the Taiko no Tatsujin Discord for the find!

[Plus/STH] Gakkyoku Tori Houdai New Songs (September 1 2020)

Another injection of Gakkyoku Tori Houdai tracks to fend off the remaining heat of the summer! Although has the subscription model got "six" of have seven additions every month, or is there something else we should know... (Thanks to Nekomimi from the Taiko no Tatsujin Discord for the linked screenshot)

Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds: September 1 2020

	Title
	Gigantic O.T.N GigaReol feat. Kagamine Len ギガンティックO.T.N／ギガれをる feat. 鏡音レン	★3	★6	★7	★9	★10
	Altale Sakuzyo 　　削除	★4	★4	★6	★8	★10
	Ano Hi Deaeta Kiseki Yuuma Mizonokuchi feat. Ai Oosera, miko あの日出会えたキセキ／溝口ゆうま feat. 大瀬良あい miko	★4	★6	★7	★10
	Otomushi o Tsukamaero! 音虫をつかまえろ！／KiWi	★3	★5	★6	★9
	Seiten no Reimei 青天の黎明／steμ feat. siroa	★3	★6	★7	★10
	Meena no Oyashiki ミーナのおやしき	★4	★5	★7	★9

Key: red = series debut; green = GTH debut