Taiko no Tatsujin Plus - Introducing the Awesome Chart Pack

Today, 2014's first 5-song pack for Taiko i-players has been released. Be really careful though- this one comes with a big bang!

Taiko Momoiro on 1st PLACE's 10th-11th celebration

This weekend, the software company 1st PLACE who created IA, is having a commemorative event called "KEEP HAVING FUN!", in which they will celebrate her birthday. Bandai Namco's Taiko j the fun as well!

Namco Taiko Blog 2 (27 February 2014): Sotsu Omeshiki open to all!

Another short post followed the one about March's Donchare and it's about the Original Soundtrack album's signature song, Sotsu Omeshiki. To commemorate the release of the album, this song will be unlocked to all players, Banapassport or not, from March 1st to March 31st 2014, even if you do not have enough Don Points to get the song.

Time to brush up on those high BPM streams!

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Namco Taiko Blog (27 February 2014) - A Magic March Donchare

It's that time of the month again! What will be the new unlockable content for the following month?

Taiko no Tatsujin Momoiro Version (International) song list

After the successful result of a petition for the distribution of an updated Taiko machine outside Japan, several units of the third-generation cabinets were finally shipped to Taiwan in late January 2014, featuring the most current firmware used in Japan. This is the first Taiko arcade to be officially exported outside the country after the Asian versions of Taiko 11 and 12. The number of exported cabinets has since continued to grow, and has spread to other countries including Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea and Indonesia.

Unlike the Asian versions however, the machine here is fully in Japanese, and shares features with the original JP version. It's considered as a separate game, so play records are not interchangeable between JP and this one. Online features such as the Donder Hiroba service and the Rewards Shop along with it, DonChare and the Ranking Dojo are also not available at the moment (though Namco claims to be working on it).

Banapassport compatibility is still there, and player data is tracked and stored in a separate server from the Japanese ones. As such, only the Don Points and Title unlocks (the unlockable stuff is there, but the titles cannot be set without the Donder Hiroba) are available for now. Interesting to note is that the Don Point unlocking trail is much, much longer than the JP Momoiro, giving out many costumes and Taiko sounds from the Rewards Shop which would otherwise be unavailable. As of April 2014, DonChare songs seem to be added on time too, after the one-month challenge period for each song is over.

Due to long-standing copyright issues which Namco are actively trying to resolve (and widely regarded as the main reason it took so long to export in the first place), many songs, especially licensed ones from J-Pop and Anime, are not in this particular build. The first online update on March 27, 2014 brought back a number of dropped licensed titles, and more are expected to arrive.

Taiko no Tatsujin Original Soundtrack - March 2014

With the placeholder name of 'Taiko no Tatsujin Original Soundtrack - March 2014', this is a Taiko soundtrack released on that month, with its full name being 'Taiko no Tatsujin Original Soundtrack' plus the names of the three songs in it. It's the first one to use a different publishing label as well (CLARICE DISC).

The CD features a trio of Namco Original songs introduced on Taiko no Tatsujin Momoiro Version, together with off-vocal versions of the songs and -for the first time- 'remixes' of the three tracks, featuring the songs together with the related Taiko Muzukashii and Oni notecharts played in the background. The first edition run of this mini-album come bundled with a promotional Don-Chan Coaster sticker, not available elsewhere.

Random: Staff Credits after clearing Momoiro 10 Dan

A little extra surprise awaits players who have the godlike skills to clear Taiko Momoiro's 10 Dan challenge...a mini credits scene ending with a congratulatory note and thanks to the player for their support! It's less than a minute long since it's the arcade, but it's still very nice to see. Especially because 10 Dan involves Joubutsu 2000 again.

After this is Tatsujin level, which has an even crazier level of challenge!

Thanks to tetsutaro for the find!