Namco Taiko Blog (2024/11/28 and 2024/12/05): First Porting of Mainland-China Exclusives, Late-2024 Overseas Dongle Update

hi we kinda forgot posting the official Taiko blog on 2024/11/28 about the 2024/12/04 updates (mainland China exclusives porting and overseas dongle update)

Now that we have another official Taiko blog in just a week about the 2024/12/11 update for arcade Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. (2024/12/12 outside Japan), we'll post about them together!

Official Links

Taiko no Tatsujin official blog (2024/11/28, 2024/12/05)

Asia ver. Facebook announcement (2024/11/28, 2024/12/05)

Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro ver. Track Updates

	Title
2024/12/04 (mainland China exclusive → 📗Asia/Oceania only)
	Just Dance 現在不跳舞要幹嘛	★2	★4	★5	★7
	Fairy Tale Go La La Go! 説謊／出自「杜拉拉升職記」	★3	★4	★4	★6
	Uninhabited Island  無人之島	★2	★4	★4	★7
	Say Something 就懂了	★2	★3	★4	★6
	麻雀 Sparrow	★2	★3	★4	★6
2024/12/04 (📕Japan only → all regions)
	Dance Hall ダンスホール	★2	★3	★6	★7
	Unpi Friends Takeshita☆Paradise うんぴフレンズ／竹下☆ぱらだいす	★1	★1	★3	★3	★8
	Saikou Toutatsuten One Piece 最高到達点／「ワンピース」より	★1	★3	★5	★7
	Daisuki ni Nareba Iin Janai? SutoPuri 大好きになればいいんじゃない？／すとぷり	★2	★3	★3	★6
	Show Time        Knight A – 騎士A –	★3	★3	★3	★6
	AMPTAKxCOLORS        AMPTAKxCOLORS	★2	★3	★4	★6
	Bakujou Sentai Boonboomger 爆上戦隊ブンブンジャー	★1	★1	★3	★4
	Happy Synthesizer EasyPop feat. Luka Megurine, GUMI ハッピーシンセサイザ／EasyPop feat. 巡音ルカ・GUMI	★2	★3	★5	★7
	Koko Doko? Tabun Dokka-tou! FOCUS ON (Nijisanji) × Taiko no Tatsujin ココドコ？多分ドッカ島！ 　　FOCUS ON (にじさんじ) × 太鼓の達人	★3	★5	★7	★8	★10
	Bling-Bang-Bang-Born Mashle: Magic and Muscles S2 　TVアニメ「マッシュル-MASHLE- 神覚者候補選抜試験編」より	★3	★5	★6	★8
	Orange Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle オレンジ／「劇場版ハイキュー!! ゴミ捨て場の決戦」より	★3	★4	★4	★7
	Seishun Complex Bocchi the Rock! 青春コンプレックス／「ぼっち・ざ・ろっく！」より	★3	★5	★6	★8
	Tagatame TK from Ling Tosite Sigure/Boku no Hero Academia 誰我為／TK from 凛として時雨 「僕のヒーローアカデミア」より	★3	★5	★5	★6	★8
	Hai Yorokonde Kotchi no Ken to はいよろこんで／こっちのけんと	★2	★4	★5	★7	★9
2024/12/04 (📕Japan only → 📘core Asian only)
	Wonderful PreCure! evolution!! わんだふるぷりきゅあ！evolution!!	★1	★2	★4	★6
2024/12/04 (📕Japan only → 📗Asia/Oceania only)
	SHEESH	★3	★5	★5	★7
2024/12/11 (📕Japan only)
	Shukusei!! Loli-gami Requiem☆ Shigure Ui 粛聖!! ロリ神レクイエム☆／しぐれうい	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Got Boost? Kamen Rider Gavv 　　「仮面ライダーガヴ」より	★2	★3	★4	★6
	Lilac Oblivion Battery ライラック／TVアニメ「忘却バッテリー」より	★3	★4	★4	★8
	Mesmerizer Satsuki feat. Hatsune Miku/Kasane Teto メズマライザー／サツキ feat. 初音ミク・重音テト	★3	★5	★4	★7	★9
2024/12/11-12 (all regions)
	Turkish March Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart トルコ行進曲／モーツァルト	★3	★4	★5	★7	★9

Key: red = series debut; blue = arcade debut

Don't hold your breath just yet though, because there are probably going to be more news to be revealed at the 2024/12/08 Taiko Team official livestream (link to be unprivated on the day)...

Taiko no Tatsujin RHYTHM CONNECT song list

Taiko no Tatsujin RHYTHM CONNECT was released as the follow-up to the long-standing Taiko no Tatsujin Plus app family, bringing up to the table a different monetization scheme than its subscription-based predecessors for iOS and Android-based devices. Playable on a portrait orientation as opposed to the Plus games/Pop Tap Beat's landscape approach, the game was released for Japan and other major Asian countries with LINE support (including Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Macao), starting out in early August 2023 in an open-beta state and then "officially" releasing on November 1st of the same year with most of the songs for the popular-licensing-heavy genres.

The game bolsters touchscreen inputs as its main (and only) control scheme, with the unusual layout orientation for Taiko gaming means paving the way to a slew of different visual flairs than most of the other Taiko games in history. Not only songs have their own/shared jacket art in music selection screens (or its official one, if any was available), but all songs also leave the option to have animated backgrounds and song-specific characters and animations to match, with a few tunes even playing a related video in the background if the option is left on. LINE account integration also allowed users to save progress and compare best scores with all LINE frends, together with top users in general.

The app comes with the free-to-play model, granting access to most of the tracklist for free after watching an AD per song play and mini music setlist refreshes, with subscription-oriented options to skip ADs and a few tracks barred behind either timed-exclusivity (with the "Taiko Passport" subscription model) or unlockable with grindable/purchaseable ingame currency, later in its life. The usual gameplay modifiers are also here, alongside a few options to raise the final score score between other modifiers and Kigurumi/Petit Chara drum avatar customization elements which are instead collected through its time-limited events or bought out with coins/additional AD watches.

Roughly one year after its official release, RHYTHM CONNECT was discontinued on December 2nd, 2024, with its servers closing down and losing out the complete access to the entirety of the game alongside it.

Song of the Week! 30 November 2024

 

Today's feature is sort-of a follow-up of last week's, in that it doubles as a handy reminder on soon-ending things in Taiko. With a doubly-perma-removed song and its grounds behind its termination(s), to guess what's gonna disappear forever is a pretty easy feat...

[DF] Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival early December 2024 Taiko Music Pass and DLC Updates

／#太鼓の達人ドンダフルフェスティバル
楽曲追加のお知らせ📢
＼

12月5日(木)に #太鼓ミュージックパス へ楽曲を追加！
ぜひプレイしてくださいね🎵

今月も2回更新！次回更新曲は12月12日(木)に告知予定！

↓楽曲リストhttps://t.co/bymxsS5ktc pic.twitter.com/bnBCpsIwcE

— 【公式】太鼓の達人 家庭用シリーズ (@taiko_kateiyou) November 28, 2024

The final Taiko Music Pass loadout for 2024 will run down just like this ending month's: four songs next Thursday (December 5th) and then an additional 5-songs delivery in three weeks, with the unveiling happening a week prior (December 12th). For now however, look forward to the latest Kamen Rider song and the latest post-BanNam-departure Mifumei song in Taiko!

What's of note today, however, is an additional surprise Ura Oni debuting delivery (of a Mickey Mouse song, of all things!) as well as one of the Detective Conan themes leaving TMS Nintendo Switch exclusivity and getting available to the 120FPS Rhythm Festival re-releases family.

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks/Notecharts

	Title
2024/11/29
	Jamboree Mickey! ジャンボリミッキー！					★9
2024/11/29 (Nintendo Switch exclusive → all platforms)
	BLUE SAPPHIRE Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire 　　「名探偵コナン 紺青の拳」より	★2	★3	★6	★6	★8
2024/12/05
	Mugen 夢幻	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Got Boost? Kamen Rider Gavv 　　「仮面ライダーガヴ」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Joy to the World もろびとこぞりて	★1	★3	★5	★6
	My Last Stand Tekken 8 　　「鉄拳8」より	★?	★?	★?	★?

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription/freemium debut

Alongside the December Part-1 music delivery, there's a new DLC pack for both versions, including a handful of Taiko Music Pass songs to be preserved as downloadable tracks! We also include the listing of the latest licenses to get the boot out of the TMP service, past this Christmas season.

Anime Pack Vol.4: 2024/12/05 (400 yen+tax)

アニメパックVol. 4

	Title
	Sugar Song to Bitter Step Blood Blockade Battlefront シュガーソングとビターステップ／「血界戦線」より	★3	★4	★5	★8
	Sobakasu そばかす	★4	★3	★4	★6
	Onegai Muscle How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? お願いマッスル／「ダンベル何キロ持てる？」より	★3	★5	★6	★7
	Get Wild City Hunter 　　「シティーハンター」より	★3	★4	★5	★8	★7
	STONE OCEAN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 　　「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン」より	★3	★5	★6	★7

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

Taiko Music Pass Farewell Tracks

	Title
2024/12/26
	New Stranger Hi Score Girl 　　「ハイスコアガール」より	★4	★6	★7	★8
	talking Subete ga F ni Naru THE PERFECT INSIDER 　　「すべてがFになる THE PERFECT INSIDER」より	★3	★5	★5	★8
	Kaze Naruto: Shippuden 風／「NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝」より	★3	★4	★5	★6
	By My Side Naruto: Shippuden バイマイサイド／「NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝」より	★3	★4	★5	★6

• Farewell Tracks will not be playable in all modes
• Scores and crowns achieved will be removed from view
• Farewell Tracks will disappear from playlist(s) if previously set
• If a Farewell Track is set as My Battle Track in online modes, the slot will be reverted to the default (Natsu Matsuri)
• Titles obtained from playing Farewell Tracks (e.g. "(track) Lover" from playing the track 30 times) will still be usable even after removal.

Song of the Week! 23 November 2024

 

This November's Ura feature is for one of the many contest-winning additions to the series, as a memorandum of the latest contest's second General User Voting phase ending in less than 2 days from now!

[ACN West] - Taiko no Tatsujin Nijiiro Version @ IAAPA Expo 2024

Four whole months have gone since last July's Taiko no Tatsujin World Championship 2024 Finals event, the first event in which it was officially announced the coming of modern Taiko arcades in the United States, with a blurb stating how operations in the continent would be beginning on November 2024. Now that the month in question has come (and it's almost gone), ... what about it?

As it turns out, Bandai Namco has been attending the ongoing edition of the IAAPA Expo 2024 in Orlando (Florida), the latest venue for presenting and showing attractions for game centers and the sorts, to the larger public of arcade goers and managers all over the world. This was also the first venue in which Nijiiro Version cabinets were showcased on a bigger scale, for further-down-the-line distribution of it across the States! We've been following up this story over our social media handles at Twitter/X and BlueSky, but for this here post we'll be aiming for a middle-of-the-road summary of the bit of news that the more-seasoned Taiko audience might wanna be hearing about first.

Just like for the content shared/retweeted on social media, most of the videos/SNS messages you're about to see beyond the jump are part of the extended coverage of the event in question made by the independent arcade-versed newscasting website Arcade Heroes, including some extra details that the contributors to said websites have gathered by talking to staffers and managers from Bandai Namco at the venue.

Song of the Week! 16 November 2024

 

Another Anime feature in a row! One I've had to wait for the proverbial "dust to settle down" at that, considering the... well, unfortunate circumstances surrounding the song's Taiko no Tatsujin debut.
More on that later...