Descent of the Last Boss! Taiko no Tatsujin Collaborates with Sachiko Kobayashi

Taiko no Tatsujin is collaborating with singer Sachiko Kobayashi (小林幸子)! Other than being an enka singer with decades of experience, since recently she even embraced the new culture and got quite active of NicoNico Douga, performing covers of famous Vocaloid songs and more.

Relatedly, the song of the collaboration is Sachi Sachi ni Shite Ageru ♪ (さちさちにしてあげる♪), from her mini-album of the same name released just this August in Summer Comiket (86th). If the song title reminds you of anything, you'd probably be right because it is a cover of the Vocaloid classic Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru ♪ (which is also on Taiko) with different lyrics and style. Check out the official PV on Nicovideo!

The song will hit arcade, console and smartphone Taiko no Tatsujin games at different times starting from Spring 2015. Kobayashi will also appear in-game as dancer, even changing her outfit in the middle, true to her "Last Boss" nickname. The outfit design to be used will be openly decided via a contest later.

The "outfit" is just a quick placeholder here, but that is approximately how it would look.

Namco's original press release

Taiko Wii U2 Update Post

Are we gonna go for it? Choo-choo goes the hype train for Wii U2!

Last update: Nov 20 | No of updates: 26 | No. of songs: 106/100 | Wii U2 Song List

First Video: Tokyo Soda 8Bit Edit

Hmm, no other place is comfortable about releasing their Wii U2 furage. Are we to hold back too? For now we stick to legitimate releases, like the first video of the new Namco Original Tokyo Soda 8Bit Edit (東京ソーダ 8Bit Edit).

At a moderately high BPM, Tokyo Soda 8Bit Edit is a 8★ features some long and complex streams, not unlike Mahou no Kissaten or G Ishiki Kajou in terms of technical fitnesse. And is it a trend to include very far ending notes? If you have seen a previous livestream, that ending katsu-katsu was included in the preview MV, and made quite a commotion in the comments.

The video also shows the new Cabinet Ranking system in action, including the ranking plates and ranking update. The ranking update reuses a sound effect from the Wii (U) games! The player must've been very early to play, securing quick 1st and 2nd places.

Taiko Wii U2: On Denjin Gacha! and Intro-don

Nope, no furage yet. But here is some related footage. Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori recently made it to the game/anime news and variety show Denjin Gacha. Taiko Team's Daifuku visits as a special guest and walks everyone through while the hosts tries to stumble through play some of the game's many features.

This show is special because it showcases a more complete picture of the new game mode of Intro-don (イントロどん). The part begins at around 19:50 and they played a total of six questions. Can you get the answers quicker than the hosts (who mostly failed in a time-up anyway lol)?

Here is a rundown of the mode: For each question, the roulette runs and chooses one player who is responsible to choose a genre (J-POP, Anime+Variety, Vocaloid and so on) to focus on. Then 10 seconds of the intro is played. Press the button/hit the drum to stop the playback and go to the song list when you think you know the answer. Points goes to you if you are correct. The longer you took to listen the less points it is worth.

There are also different chance events throwing in randomly to makes thing unexpected. The Chorus Chance (さびメロチャンス) gives you the chorus preview instead (like in the regular song select). In the Drumroll Chance (連打チャンス) you have to clear bowlful of foods with drumroll to attempt an answer, instead of just one hit.

Did this more complete look of Intro-don pique your interest? Stay tuned for more Wii U2 news!

Taiko Plus: Legend Pack 2 and Linkage Update

Before the furage for the new console Taiko comes in (any minute now), here's some Taiko Plus news!

Just in today is a new song pack Legend Pack 2 (レジェンドぱっく2), featuring older but still renowned music, much like the first Legend Pack.

•  WON'T BE LONG
•  Shanghai Honey (上海ハニー)
•  LOVE 2000
•  Morainaki (もらい泣き)
•  Chijou no Hoshi (地上の星) (Oni rating change: 6★ → 7★)

Also note the following recent line-up changes for the Taiko Plus/RPG Linkage collab. Some new songs are added for exchange, while older songs have been dropped after their pre-stated periods end.

Song	Add/drop
Tentai Kansoku (天体観測)	Added November 3
Hayabusa (隼)	Added November 3
TRAIN-TRAIN	Dropped November 2
Kaze no Fantasy (風のファンタジー)	Dropped November 2
Sobakasu (そばかす)	Dropped November 16
La Campanella (ラ・カンパネラ)	Dropped November 16

Site announcement: 'Others' section overhaul!

As the Taiko games lore isn't all about the core gameplay, songs and arcade/console releases alone, we have the 'Others' section of our blog for all the Taiko-related content and trivia that can't be fit in any of our regular features and news coverage, but is still worthy of a quick method to reach the related pages.

Since it's been quite a long of time since our last major revision of the Others section and all the related pages, we are now looking forward to tinker around it for the remainder of the year, both with semi-immediate changes/updates/fixes and long-term expansion plans. Expect to see this scheme going in motion from the next month!

Here's a skinny of our next update/improvement plans:

• Semi-Regular Updates for the Archive-related Features - Special Dancers, Collaborations and SongID features will now be updated once every six months, starting from the next one; this means that these sections will receive regular updates on June and December each year, rather than sporadic addings throughout the year. We'll report every update on the subject matter through our (highly out-dated) Changelog, each time they will occur.
• Artists/Vocalists Pages Update - each of the composers and vocalists featured in our Behind the Drums posts will be updated soon in their song production repertoire, now aiming to mention all the songs being created by the artists in other rhythm games, or generally external games where music plays a huge role (like Idolm@ster). After the listing of all the Taiko songs, the external music games tunes will appear, grouped both by game franchise and software house behind said franchises, always starting from Bandai Namco. Long versions will be also highlighted in a more effective way!
• Deathstream 101/Notechart Analysis - these two popular features handled by our aquabluu/pikaby will be hosted in the Others page, as a useful starting point to tackle some of Taiko games' hardest notechart gimmicks. This also means that notechart requests are also welcome for this feature! However, like for Ura songs in the Song of the Week corner, don't expect to see more than a new Notechart Analysis per month, at least for now.

That's all for now! We hope that we'll be able to bring these improvements (and maybe something more!) as soon as possible. Take care!

The Dust Settled! Tatsh Music Circle Battle of the Retweets Conclusion

The one-week Twitter Battle between Xa and Yuugen no Ran for a place in Tatsh Music Circle's Winter Comiket CD concluded earlier at Sunday midnight. The results? Yuugen no Ran won by one retweet and will see you on December 30 at the FuyuComi Tatsh Music Circle booth, together with 6 other pieces of music.

That doesn't mean Xa will never leave the cabinet space ever. It is still possible that it jumps on another new CD some time next year, and Tatsh and co. will sure be considering such possibility.

We are going to call it here on the coverage of this CD. But if you are interested for more Tatsh Music Circle news, like the new goods they are also releasing, do check out the Tatsh Blog and related places.

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