Twitter Snippets (31 July 2014) - Silver Forest's future Taiko song

Silver Forest夏コミ新作から1曲試聴mp3 太鼓の達人にも収録されるよ mp3→http://t.co/ckwdvZkUP2 サイト→http://t.co/uACE1KlLmG 【東6シ-34a】#toho #C86 #シルフォレ #taiko765
— Silver Forest土シ34a委託 (@Silver_Forest) 31 Luglio 2014

Touhou music circle Silver Forest isn't surely a stranger to the Taiko lore, being behind the creation of Taiko 0 default Namco Original Chiheisen no Aeolia and -of course- Kero⑨destiny from the Touhou Arrange project.

What is unheard of is, instead, the announcement of another brand new Namco Original in form of a tweet, being also re-twitted by the Taiko Team as well! According to Silver Forest's official website, their latest commissioned song for Taiko games will be called Mugen no Sora (夢幻の蒼空), featuring SAYA as the female vocalist. This song will be also featured on Silver Forest's next CD as well, debuting in the coming Comic Market expo from August 15~17!

On the tweet above there's also the link for a generous extract from the song, so go and give it a shot!

Namco Taiko Blog (31 July 2014) - Kimidori's Summer-styled Donchare

The monthly arcade feature will return from tomorrow for the latest Taiko arcade firmware! Let's see what is going to be delivered this time...

Taiko Tourney 2014 - Area Preliminary Postcards

  

 

And the Area Preliminary events has concluded for the Taiwan Tournament 2014! The above 5 photos shows all 16 finalists emerged from the contest, each taking home one special Momoiro Banapassport card and a certificate to prove it. Great job and congratulations! We will be seeing them again in the finals on August 30.

Check out Sume's official albums on Facebook to see more of the matches!

Official Taiwan Tourney 2014 Albums by Sume
Taoyuan/Hsinchu Area (桃竹區, July 12)
Jiayi/Tainan Area (嘉南區, July 13)
Northern Area (北區, July 19)
Southern Area (南區, July 20)
Central Area (中區, July 27)

Tournament Rules and Regulations

Site Announcement - Taiko Time Twitter!

Per this message we received from the chatbox:

Name: You should create a twitter account that (auto) posts a twitter every time a new article is created
Name: This would be incredibly helpful and your blog may become more famous

Well Name, we have not disappointed you, so here you go: the blog's very own Twitter feed @taikotimeblog! We had a soft release a few weeks back, and now we are confidently announcing a full opening!

And it's live! -tetsu
— Taiko Time (@taikotimeblog) July 12, 2014

Although not automatically, we will be tweeting out our latest articles. This would be a good way to keep track of our many features and reports!

Song of the Week (July 26 2014) - Have you been watching Japanese TV dramas? A Variety double feature. http://t.co/dAaDsOBkdT
— Taiko Time (@taikotimeblog) July 27, 2014

The feed will also feature tweets on real-time Taiko scope, and retweets to noteworthy tweets from other Donders, before we come up with a complete article here.

Taiwan Tourney 2014: The fifth and final Area Preliminary in Central District (中區) has just started! See the last 3 finalists emerge!
— Taiko Time (@taikotimeblog) July 27, 2014

And like the chatbox and Facebook page, we also welcome Song of the Week and Made By You submissions, as well as any general creative works. We are happy to help share them out!

So follow us today! We are at https://twitter.com/taikotimeblog. And as always thanks for sticking with us for your Taiko no Tatsujin news!

List of titles in Taiko no Tatsujin (Kimidori Version)

The title system was introduced by a firmware update in Taiko 0, and gives players with access to Banapassports nicknames to put beside their usernames while they play, as a mark of their in-game achievements, much like in other rhythm games with user profiles. The titles can be interchanged in Donder Hiroba when you have obtained them, and the one currently selected will display on the arcade screen wherever the player name is. Some titles unlock hidden content like songs and costumes.

It is possible to get more than one title in a go by overlapping the conditions for unlocking them. In addition, for newer players, Don Points (DP) will also be given out for titles they get.

Almost all the titles from the Momoiro Version are available on Kimidori as well, with the addition of new title unlocks. Once again, titles are not ordered under a numerical order.

Titles are listed below, translated into English wherever possible.

Song of the Week! 26 July 2014

This year, songs from the Variety genre often tend to appear in couples for this feature! Today, it's another one of these kinds of double-feature.

Taiko no Tatsujin Kimidori Version: Rewards Shop

 

Continuing from Taiko Momoiro, the Rewards Shop is a service on the Donder Hiroba website, where players can access their play data and customize their costumes, Don-chan colors and titles. The shop makes use of the accumulated Don Points (which were useless in previous HD arcade firmwares after the counter was maxed out) by allowing players to use them as currency to buy things like costumes and costume parts.

All the not-limited items which were purchasable with Taiko Momoiro arcades can also be purchased by Banapassport newcomers on Taiko Kimidori, as well as new items since the latest arcade firmware's launch.