Song of the Week! 30 April 2016

In occasion of this year's Golden Week, we're doubling our monthly dose of Ura Oni features with something that's... truly golden-related!

Twitter Snippets (28 April 2016) - Merchandising!

【告知】太鼓の達人グッズが「ララビットマーケット」に新登場！立つドンのTシャツやマフラータオルなど！身に付けてドン意識を高めよう！（新商品は4/29（金）10時から販売開始予定です）https://t.co/nE7l03c3fD pic.twitter.com/xbt3HPIPWd

— 太鼓チーム(5/9再開予定) (@taiko_team) 28 aprile 2016

Before our usual Saturday feature, here's a little something for the most avid of Taiko collectors out there! Bandai Namco's LaLaBit Marked online store for Bandai Namco ID holders now has three extra Taiko-themed articles: Tatsu-Don T-shirts, Don-Chan wrist-holders and Tatsu-Don towels! All three items will also be available during the (now running) Tokaigi '16 event's Bandai Namco booth.

We also take advantage of this tweet-related post to warn you another kind of merchandising that has been popping on theOfficial Donder website's home page for a few weeks (link). In occasion for the 15th Anniversary of Taiko gaming, Banpresto has released a trio of Taiko-related keychains for the most avid of crane players, starring the Taiko siblings and the Studio Ghibli-spawn character Mouchu.

Across Japan (April 28 2016): Expected Release is Expected

And following the rest of the WCS2016 schedule is this, plus the normally slated DonChare regular unlock... wait none of the 8.17 songs at all?

New Songs: April 29

• Onigiri wa Doko Kashira♪ Yomii feat. Hatsune Miku Same day as Japan
• Kokorobo Ujico* Same day as Japan

New Songs: May 1

• Shin Garyoutensei

And in case you think you miss anything in the coming week, please note that the AC0 Asia Facebook Page will also go with the Golden Week offs, and be back with the April tournament results on May 10 (already massively delayed, they apologized), and the new month's tournament song choice on May 11. The whole May tournament is also pushed a bit back to May 14~22 and the results on the 25th (hopefully on time this time).

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Taiko Plus/STH: Puzzle & Dragons Collab Score Attack and GTH Adds

In which the additions for AC0 turned out to be a preface of what's coming now: the first Score Attack event for Android Plus STH (and iOS, duh)!

Gyakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds: April 28

• Kibun Joujou↑↑ (Popular Song Plan)
• database feat.TAKUMA(10-FEET) Log Horizon (Popular Song Plan)
• Reviver (Tatsujin Plan)
• Jikuuchou Jikuu 1-ka feat. unmo (Tatsujin Plan)

Puzzle & Dragons Collab Score Attack

(Disclaimer: tetsu has no idea what the PazuDora names mean, he just copied them from somewhere)

Defeat the five bosses including Extreme King Metal Tamadra and Green Gleaming Star Kirin, Sakuya by gathering score on the seven Puzzle & Dragons tunes, all for a slew of rewards coming to both iOS and Android Plus/STH! PazuDora Pack is also re-available for the iOS. Event ends May 9 12:00.

Target Songs

• Walking Through The Towers (limited free/PazuDora Pack)
• Unite The Force (Console debut at GTH)
• Holding Hands (Console debut at GTH)
• Fight the Fanatics (PazuDora Pack)
• Kessen!! PazuDora Z (PazuDora Pack)
• A New Journey (PazuDora Pack)
• The Orb Festival (PazuDora Pack)

Rewards

• 2 billion: A New Journey limited free release
• 7 billion: PazuDora x Taiko wallpaper, theme etc. from Fukubuki
• 10 billion: The Orb Festival limited free release
• 20 billion: Princess Valkyrie and Incarnation of Kirin, Sakuya outfits from Fukubiki
• 25 billion: Red Dragon Caller, Sonia and Goddess of Power, Kali outfits from Fukubiki

First Video: April's Last CreoFuga Song Couple

 Onigiri wa Doko Kashira♪ (おにぎりはどこかしら♪) Yomii feat. Hatsune Miku (5/7/8/9; 856 notes on Oni)

Yomii's second Taiko song finally comes to town as the third and last Vocaloid winner track from the latest CF contest, as well as the (slightly) most voted song for the Donder's Choice award. If D's Adventure Note is still clear in your mind, some of those note pattern tropes showcased by its Oni mode might sound familiar to players, ranging from long clusters to Kat-exclusive portions in an overall slower and easier blend.

 Kokorobo (ココロボ) Ujico* (3/4/6/10; 620 notes on Oni)

Joining the weird circle of modern 10-star Oni with low notecounts (hello, Suuhaa) is Ujico*'s creation, checking in with selected cluster formations which are easily suitable to grant hard times for rookies trying to pass the song, due to -again- the slim error margin for the low note count.

V Version Update: Introducing the Popular Song Pack 13

Which can be abruptly renamed as well into the "Why the fudge is Ladystar Wandering taking so long for a console debut" pack. Why? Find out after the jump!

A Fishy Collaboration: Collab with JF Zengyoren and Tsuri Spirits

This is a collaboration that needs some context. So within the fishing industry of Japan, fishers organize themselves into Japan Fisheries Cooperatives (JF), and organizing the JFs is the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations (全国漁業協同組合連合会), also called simply JF Zengyoren (JF全漁連) in short. This national federation has a Seafood Promotion Committee (魚食普及推進委員) that, as the name suggests, promote the eating of fish and seafood in the country. We also have Sakana-kun (さかなクン), the boxfish-hat-wearing ichthyologist (= fish scientist) and mass media personality also having a hand in illustration, who frequently works with said committee in addition to other educational works on the varies life under the ocean. Click the above links to check out the related main sites.

Back to Taiko no Tatsujin after all these preface, with the release of Sakana-kun's new song Osakana Mainichi! Sakana-kun (おさかな毎日！さかなクン), the JF Zengyoren SPC negotiated collaborative efforts with the rhythm game franchise to include the song in an arcade version in the future. Playing the song also unlocks a collaborative outfit where a big-grinned Sakana-kun lies on Don-chan.

Speaking of fishing, did you know that Bandai Namco also has a running fishing simulator arcade game called Tsuri Spirits? Well, turns out it is also joining the collaborative efforts with both JF Zengyoren and Taiko no Tatsujin, making for a very fishy collab-triangle! Sakana-kun's new song will be added to Tsuri Spirits as one of the BGM tracks. Elements from Taiko and Tsuri Spirits will also be exchanged, including Don-chan being fishable from Tsuri Spirits for the campaign.

The above collaborations are slated to happen this summer, but with no set date as of now.

BNEI Press Release