First Video Portal: March 2025

2025/03/28

	Title
	High-tension☆Anki SHOW! 　　Hige Driver feat. Kitsune (ChumuNote), Okame (Junta Terashima), Hyottoko (Tetsuei Sumiya)/WADIVE RECORD ハイテンション☆暗記SHOW! 　　ヒゲドライバー feat. きつね(ChumuNote),おかめ(寺島惇太),ひょっとこ(住谷哲栄)／WADIVE RECORD	★4	★5	★7	★9 831

2025/03/27

	Title
	Toro-ika 2000 トロいか2000	★5	★7	★8	★10 872
	Takara no Oka 宝の丘					★9 752
	Day by Day!					★9 833

2025/03/26

	Title
	Aipai Dance Hall 愛包ダンスホール／HIMEHINA	★3	★5	★6	★8 676
	Kawaii Dake Ja Dame Desuka? かわいいだけじゃだめですか？／CUTIE STREET	★2	★3	★4	★6 370
	from mainland exclusive Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies 海闊天空	★2	★3	★4	★5 297
	from mainland exclusive Miss You 3000 Someday or One Day 　　ドラマ「時をかける愛」より	★2	★3	★4	★6 211
	Shinako World Shinako しなこワールド／しなこ	★1	★2	★2	★5 387

2025/03/20

	Title
	Strawberry Prince Forever Strawberry Prince 　　すとぷり	★2	★3	★5	★7 448
	Bunny Girl	★3	★4	★5	★7 537

2025/03/15

	Title
	Soulway 　　CHUBAY	★3	★6	★6	★10 1120 982

2025/03/06

	Title
	Ruma Rinu/Strawberry Prince ルマ／莉犬／すとぷり	★1	★2	★4	★7 550
	Otonoke Dandadan オトノケ／TVアニメ「ダンダダン」より	★2	★4	★6	★8 542
	LONELY ROLLING STAR [picco Remix] 　　Shian Inubousaki (CV: Rena Hasegawa)/DEN-ON-BU×Katamari Damacy 　　犬吠埼紫杏(CV:長谷川玲奈)／電音部 × 塊魂	★3	★4	★5	★9 765
	Moon & Prince [Tatsunoshin Remix] 　　Mitsuki Seto (CV: SisterClaire)/DEN-ON-BU×Katamari 月と王子[Tatsunoshin Remix] 　　瀬戸海月(CV:シスター・クレア)／電音部 × 塊魂	★4	★6	★7	★9 590

2025/03/01

	Title
	Singularity Game 　　oxygenvil	★4	★6	★7	★10 811

Taiko no Tatsujin (Mainland China 4th-gen) Spring 2025 Updates

For those who have been keeping track of our previous update post (singular) on the mainland China 4th-generation arcade of Taiko no Tatsujin, you might have started to wonder when the "Summer 2024" season will end as the colder months come and go.

That question has finally been answered yesterday (2025/01/03), when the promotional video for the "Spring 2025" season released on Bilibili, dating the large-scale update for 2025/01/15. Main additions of the new update (and beyond) include:

• 32 tracks added including both mainland China exclusives and catch-up with the rest of the world in the main update. See below jump for the teased tracks and Ura Oni notecharts
  
• New players using the Player ID to set up their Donder profile can play their first credit for free
• Rolling in Rewards Campaign Spring 2025 coming soon (no date listed) (2025/01/15~04/22)
• Ranking Dojo 2024 coming soon in February 2025 2025/02/19 (2023 trials will retire on 2025/01/28)
• Drummers' Square mini-program updates coming soon in February 2025 2025/02/19, including the overall result panel, Ranking Dojo data and player search

While there is no full update notes from the WeChat official account as of this writing, we will continually update this post as further information arise.

Addendum (2025/01/10 onwards): Updated with full initial update notes, and we will continue to do so with any future supplementary updates. Check our Region Lock Checklist (published on Google Drive) for comparison between all regions.

Addendum (2025/02/16): Supplementary update dates Ranking Dojo 2024 release and Drummers' Square mini-program updates for 2025/02/19. In addition to the above additions, you may wish to note these changes that will take effect as well:

• Cooldown between Donder name changes will become 90 days
  PS: While not a new change, you might also wish to note that each name change is subject to approval before taking effect, taking 1-2 working days
• The login QR code will no longer be accessible directly from the chatlog in the WeChat official account, but will still be accessible from the mini-program

Addendum (2025/03/29): April Fools 2025 campaign

• Play  †††Chaos Time the DARK††† on any difficulty to receive the special-plated title "Chaos Time Lich" (カオスタイムの闇人) as from April Fools 2024 in other regions
• Limited release of April Fools tracks (see below)

Taiko Team's Morikawa (producer for mainland China 4th-gen) and Etou also spoke about the update in a video letter on Bilibili, including development on a certain previous contest...?

Taiko Time 14th Anniversary Scavenger Hunt Answers!

< Scavenger Hunt questions

Track	Answer
Example 1		3	Q	-	4	U	-	A	C	0	0
Example 2						R	L	N	E	D	Y
Example 3	C	L	A	P	O	L	P	O	L	S	K	A
Track 1						V	I	X	T	O	R	Y
Track 2								A	I	W	A	K	A	T	S	U
Track 3					M	O	N	O	C	H	R	O	M	E	V	O	I	C	E
Track 4			M	A	T	E	R	I	A	L	G	I	R	L
Track 5									R	Y	U	S	E	I
Track 6							K	A	R	Y	U
Track 7					M	Y	S	H	A	R	O	N	A
Track 8							M	A	N	B	O	2
Track 9					I	N	T	E	G	R	A	L
Track 10								V	E	R	T	E	X
Track 11							K	I	M	I	N	I	T	O	U	C	H	!
Track 12						P	O	X	E	I	◆	D	O	O	N
Track 13				K	A	T	T	E	N	I	S	I	N	D	B	A	D
Track 14				N	A	N	I	Y	T

Final Track: Donder Time (has a Celtic arrangement in GO ON ~Mirai e~)

Song of the Week! 5 April 2025

 

2025's Taiko take on April Fools was to subject one of the series' original characters into a 'corruption' process of sorts, via the release of an alternate take on the character heavilly relying on the mesugaki trope for a young character's bratty/provocative behavior.

I mean, it's not like this was the first instance that topic has walked into arcade grounds, really...

[DF] - Donderful/Rhythm Festival Compatibility Issues on Nintendo Switch 2

Now that we've all left the Day of Fools behind, we're faced with some ongoing-console Taiko talk that might affect Nintendo-system-owning players of the strong-running Donderful/Rhythm Festival, especially those who are eager to play it with the upcoming Nintendo Switch 2 system.

Shortly after today's worldwide presentation, a dedicated Compatibility section for former Nintendo Switch titles on the new system was issued on the company's official website, listing both games that have showed technical issues during gameplay (50 on there) as well as games that had problems while loading for the "operational period", AKA their startup. There are 141 games for the latter category and as you can see, the latest Taiko no Tatsujin home console-turned-multiplatform experience is one of them. While the English equal of this list only profiled a generic "The issue is being investigated" line, the wording on the Japanese list states instead how Nintendo is looking for each of the involved software-manufactoring companies to find a solution for the startup issues found.

Until such time, hold off your horses if you're looking for some Taiko action on the Kyoto company's flagship console line evolution (I mean, if that initial asking price hasn't already done the trick to some of its viewers...); we'll be on the lookout for further developments of the situation.

Official Links
Nintendo Switch 2 Software Compatibility Issues (JP)
Nintendo Switch 2 Startup Software Compatibility Issues (EN)

Sonority Scouts - Prankfully Yours, 2025 Edition

Around the same time last year, I've read a random Japanese tweet standing for a position I've been sharing for quite a while: April Fools for your average rhythm game player is effectively a second Christmas day where the fanciest things happen for everyone, albeit for a really short time window.

Is it any different for this year, in the grand scheme of things? The answer is a click away...

Namco Taiko Blog (April 1st, 2025) - Gauntlet from a Corrupted Future

Yesterday's teaser shared via X was for the time-limited addition of a peculiar variant of the usual AI Battle Performance mode, here dubbed "Attack of the Dark Machina". Here, the titular scientist from the year 2765 and her AI drum companion are getting replaced by their more mischievous counterparts and challenge you to beat them at their own game, with limited unlockable goodies on the stake. Just scan this QR mode on any reader-equipped Nijiiro cabinet to take on this challenge!

And hoo boy, you won't BELIEVE what's the first song in the default list welcoming you on this mode...