Across Japan: Shotoku Taiko Arrives at Asia! Where's the Fanfare?

Did you expected the DonChare song to punctually hit the Asian ver. arcades? Did you remember the secret code? Yes? Okay then. Have fun with this, and come back tomorrow for Autumn Dragon ~Shiuryu~'s First Video feature.

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Closing Up the Past: Changes of Downloadable Content for Wii U1 and Wii U2

We're coming ever closer to the release of Wii U3, and it is high time Taiko Team end the matters with the previously two installments, all of the changes to be carried out on November 19 2015.

The biggest news to drop is that the downloadable version of Wii U1 will be retreated from the Nintendo eShop. From the change onwards, if you want to catch any of the Wii U1 exclusive songs you will have to hunt down a packaged version, which will reasonably be getting rarer and rarer.

And as with the change happened to Wii U1 when Wii U2 came out, some of the Wii U2 DLC (and one from Wii U1) will either be converted to paid DLC or completely removed from further purchasing. The full translated list is given after the jump.

Song of the Week! 31 October 2015

Once again, Halloween is upon us, compelling people to scare unsuspecting victims or be scared in many different ways. According to today's featured track, even supernatural beings are compelled to deliver the best of scares!

Taiko no Tatsujin White ver., The First Visual: White as the Primordial Canvas

In which a bit before the concluding DonChare for Murasaki ver. is announced, this leaked visual for the still conjectural December 2015 White ver. surfaced and spreads the Japanese internet.

And deviating from many previous arcade title card themes mostly surrounding Japanese festival celebration or traditional court entertainment, this new design features elements of Japan's folk world creation mythos: If you remember from movies like Doraemon: Nobita no Sousei Nikki (NB. no relation to the firmware outside the theme), those side-buns (?) should have hinted well.

V Version Update: Popular Song Pack 7 + DLC Poll Suggestion Part 2 + Nippon Falcom Collab!

Today we're also getting the promised news about Taiko no Tatsujin V Version, as its official website got updated once again. There's a lot of meat in this grill, so scout closely this post to its very end!

First Video: Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki

With Murasaki Version's V 8.07 update becoming fully operative, the current arcade line receives yet another song from the Anime series Love Live! Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki (3/5/6/7) fares as an average Anime Oni challenge with its notechart, but it still is a welcomed addition towards the end of the month.

Namco Taiko Blog (29 October 2015) - November's Series-Closing Donchare

While the rest of the world is preparing all of their spooks and scares for the next Saturday, the Taiko Team is packing a Don Challenge month with a new entry for a quite recent Namco Original song series...