Saturday, February 12, 2022

Song of the Week! 12 February 2022

   
 
Here's another BMS-famed Faith Creation winner under these lines... and put down these bars of concrete soap, will ya!?

First Video: Shinsei to Nue


Silentroom sure has been a really busy artist in the past few months, between finding deliverance in those random collaborative efforts and lone-ranger works so pristine to be put in a time capsule to be properly saved. Among these is his debut Taiko work, which can be easily compared as a slight difficulty bump to Aozora no Rhapsody's Ura Oni chart: constant speed with compound cluster trickery to mach musical notation.

We've also updated our former Song of the Week entry about this song, too!


Title
Shinsei to Nue Silentroom
晨星ト鵺

★4 ★7 ★8 ★10
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Friday, February 11, 2022

Twitter Snippets (February 11th, 2022) - Music with the Stars and Ancient Youkai


Another closing week, another of the 2nd FaiCre (shorthand for 'Faith Creation') contest's winners, making its debut on the ongoing arcade, from quite the name in the BMS-making scene. I mean, it has to mean something to win three major music game contests over the past twelve mo-*CRRK*

..huh, hold on a sec- a call from the blog founder.

*CKT* Yeah pikaby, what's up...
*chatter chatter*
Huh. He made it to four wins?
*chatter chatter*
..h-how can it be?!
I-I double-checked for the SotW update yesterday and it was thr-...

*chitty chat chatter*
I'm sorry, what. TODAY?

*chatter cha-chatter*
WHAT?!

March 2020/Nijiiro ver. New Track: February 12th, 2022

Title
Shinsei to Nue Silentroom
晨星ト鵺
★?★?★?★?
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Thursday, February 10, 2022

Namco Taiko Blog (February 10th, 2022) - Pre-Midnight Nijiiro Version Update


We divert our gaze from the freshly-revealed Taiko title for one day (..I'm feeling some deja-vu right now. Odd...) so that we can take a look at the latest Taiko Team blog entry, penning about the content that's coming with the next Nijiiro Version update on February 26th.

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Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival / Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Festival (Nintendo Switch)

 
At long last, the infamous round of patenting-lead leaks that has started on November last year is closed for good, with the announcement of the other game title being trademarked alongside the already-out The Drum Master happening via a worldwide-broadcast Nintendo Direct. As more tidbits in comparison were revealed on the Japanese run, that's the embeded video we're opening with!

First of all, it appears we're in for a new story-driven setting, with the introduction of a white cotton-candy-looking critter befrending Don-chan and friends. Gameplay-wise, it looks eerily similar to the Gen4 model started by The Drum Master, with similar font choices, the in-game song-running-time gauge, shared default songs (MEGALOVANIA among those) and MyDon dress-up Taiko drum customization with a shop to purchase parts from. However, for some reason, we are going back to 3rd-gen scoring? (MEGALOVANIA Muzukashii has 2510 points per note in 4th-gen) Okay.

What is looking unique from the Xbox/PC cloud gaming debut, however, are a set number of side modes for both lone rangers and a party of up to 4 players, ranging from a section-practicing mode a-la Kettei-ban/Chogouka-ban from the Wii days to competitive modes where you either play a song with its chart getting split among the participants or a tug-of-war with visual distractions which doesn't stray that far away from former home console Nintendo Taikos' multiplayer spins to it. Last but not least are the final details shared, pointing to a generic 'later this year' release date and announcing a (paid) song subscription service "Taiko Music Pass" at launch, boasting more than 500 songs to pick and choose from!

Outside the reveal trailer, more preliminary intel can also be scouted between the game's entry on the official Nintendo website (link; US site) and the game's own Japanese website, available here. One closer look and online matchmaking is already out of the bag for Donderful/Rhythm Festival, no 2-years-later update required! Among all these places, we've already gathered a sample of what the game is about to offer, including a few unheard-of licensed tunes for Pops fans as well as the Legend of Zelda main theme, coming back in yet another unique form.

Revealed Track List

Title
Natsu Matsuri
夏祭り
★3
★2
★6
★6

Feel Special ★? ★? ★? ★?
DDU-DU DDU-DU ★2 ★2 ★4 ★7
I LOVE... ★?
★?
★?
★?
Yoru ni Kakeru
夜に駆ける
/YOASOBI
★1 ★2 ★4 ★8
Dakara Boku wa Ongaku o Yameta Yorushika
だから僕は音楽を辞めた/ヨルシカ
★1 ★2 ★4 ★6★8
Marigold
マリーゴールド
★1
★1
★4
★6

Ao to Natsu
青と夏
★2 ★2 ★3 ★6
Zen Zen Zense Your Name.
前前前世
/映画「君の名は。」より
★3 ★4 ★6★8
Gurenge Kimetsu no Yaiba
紅蓮華/「鬼滅の刃」より
★2 ★2 ★3 ★6 ★8
Kaikai Kitan Eve/TV Anime Jujutsu Kaisen 1st Cour Opening Theme
廻廻奇譚
/Eve TVアニメ『呪術廻戦』第1クールオープニングテーマ
★4 ★5 ★6 ★8
Funiculi Funicula
フニクリ・フニクラ

★3 ★6 ★6 ★7
William Tell Overture Gioachino Rossini
ウィリアム・テル序曲/ロッシーニ
★3 ★5 ★7
★7
The Legend of Zelda Main Theme
ゼルダの伝説 メインテーマ
★? ★? ★? ★?
MEGALOVANIA
  「UNDERTALE」より
★4 ★5 ★7 ★9
Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

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Saturday, February 5, 2022

Song of the Week! 5 February 2021

   
 
It's the song that most of you were waiting for! ... and largely because, well... it was forgotten to be featured on 'First Video' post grounds to begin with...

First Video: Unlimited Games


For those who are the bone of their drumsticks, here's another Faith Creation-winning piece whose Oni takes a sever turn to Tabaneito on the charting department. Rather than focusing on note density, however, here are many a tempo signature chance that the speedy scrolling speed makes a real challenge to properly compute on visual scrolling cues alone!


Title
Unlimited Games Ponchi♪ feat. Haxchi
アンリミテッドゲームズ /Ponchi♪ feat. はぁち
★5 ★7 ★7 ★10
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