Song of the Week! 13 May 2023

 

Yes indeed, it happened again- I got the whole "scheduled things to go with" list for Song of the Week up and running, but a fresh licensed release reveal made me more curious about looking for trivias on it instead.

Wanna see what put me off the rails for the second week in a row?

[Plus/STH] Gakkyoku Tori Houdai New Songs (2023/06/01)

June 2023 in the Gakkyoku Tori Houdai subscription of Taiko no Tatsujin Plus is practicing in some sort of rhythmic necromancy, bringing back long-gone tracks from being banished in the 2nd generation.

Gakkyoku Tori Houdai Adds

	Title
2023/06/01
	NO MORE CRY Gokusen 　　TVドラマ「ごくせん」より	★3*	★3*	★3*	★6*
	Kaikai Kitan TV Anime Jujutsu Kaisen 1st Cour Opening Theme 廻廻奇譚／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
	PreCure 5, Smile go go! Yes! PreCure 5 プリキュア5、スマイル go go!／「Yes!プリキュア5」より	★2*	★2*	★２*	★5*
	Oresama Pirates オレサマパイレーツ	★3	★5	★6	★8
	Shishihagemai シシハゲマイ	★4*	★3*	★3*	★4*
	Central Dogma Pt.2 Daisuke Kurosawa 　　黒沢ダイスケ	★5	★6	★8	★10
	Desert de Yakiniku (Sahara ver.) デザート de 焼肉(サハラ編)	★4	★6	★7	★9

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription debut
Difficulty ratings with * are from past 1st- or 2nd-generation games and may be subject to change

[ACN Overseas] - Drumming Back to the Land of the Setting Sun

 

After the first Western location tests of a few months back, it looks like Nijiiro Version's extra-Japanese journey is not over for the year just yet, as another country is being checked off from the list!

China, the first of non-Japanese nations to receive Taiko no Tatsujin arcade cabinets outside of Japan (and tailor-fit, no less!) is about to welcome the ongoing Nijiiro Version family in its game centers, courtesy of a partnership between Bandai Namco's Shanghai branch and amusement center manufacturer GuangZhou Wahlap Tech.

As a reference point for eager US Donders whose just had location tests in their neck of the woods, the earliest hints of location test in mainland China came in around December 2021. General release of the mainland-China expy is currently slated for Fall 2023.

Source (PRTimes.jp)

[NS2] From Zero to Ten in a Flashflood: May 2023 Taiko Music Pass Updates

While tuning down on the total number of tracks added, May 2023's update to the Taiko Music Pass subscription of Taiko no Tatsujin Donderful Festival is not cheaping out on series debuts.

Before you enjoy these additions though, remember to download the Version 1.3.0 update released today (2023/05/08) for further improvement on game stability and usability.

Taiko Music Pass New Tracks

	Title
2023/05/11
	Subtitle	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Daizerokan 第ゼロ感／Taiko Team cover ver.／「THE FIRST SLAM DUNK」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	STONE OCEAN JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean 　　「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 ストーンオーシャン」より	★?	★?	★?	★?
	New Stranger Hi Score Girl 　　「ハイスコアガール」より	★4	★6	★7	★8
	Yoidore Shirazu 酔いどれ知らず／Kanaria	★?	★?	★?	★?
	Xevious Taisou ゼビウス体操	★4*	★6*	★7*	★8*
	Pet Shop Taisen ペットショップ大戦／chacol feat. Focco	★4	★5	★7	★10
	Amphi♢trite Chiharu Kaneko アムピト♢リーテー／かねこちはる	★5	★7	★8	★10
2023/05/18 (reminder)
	good night baby (feat. Moe Shop) 　　Shian Inubousaki (CV: Rena Hasegawa)/Den'onbu 　　犬吠埼紫杏(CV:長谷川玲奈) 「電音部」より	★3	★3	★5	★7
	Crush (Prod. SHOW) Shin-shinjuku GR School Den'onbu/Den'onbu 　　真新宿GR学園電音部 「電音部」より	★3	★4	★5	★7

Key: red = series debut; green = subscription debut
Difficulty ratings with * are from past 1st- or 2nd-generation games and may be subject to change

Addendum (2023/05/09): The next day also dates the long-teased Shin Japan Heroes Universe Pack (シン・ジャパン・ヒーローズ・ユニバース パック) on 2023/05/10. The paid DLC pack comes with one series-debut track from singer Yoko Takahashi's new single and the four tokusatsu heroes as Petit-charas.

Shin Japan Heroes Universe Pack

	Title
	Tsumi to Batsu Inorazaru-mono Yo Yoko Takahashi 罪と罰 祈らざる者よ／高橋洋子	★?	★?	★?	★?

Key: red = series debut; blue = console debut

Song of the Week! 6 May 2023

As you may know, most of the regularly-returning kinds of posts on this blog do follow a release schedule that is planned out in advance outside of a computer-and-keyboard's reach. Sometimes, however, a flight of fancy of mine might be just enough to change the schedule at the last second.

Let me tell you about one of such times...

[RANDOM] - M3's Hardcore TANO*Complete Versions

 

A brief update before our weekly appointment in the latest of Japan's news-less Golden Week celebrations, as select artists from the otoge-familiar HARDCORE TANO'C label sure wanted to extend their Taiko work appreciation for the latest iteration of the bi-yearly M3 convention for doujin music artists everywhere

Extended versions for a couple of modern Ranking Dojo darlings - t+pazolite's Zou'o to Shuuaku no Hanataba and Laur's Chimimouryou were both extended for their creators' latest albums. They were also shared on YT by the authors themselves on theirown channels, so that's why they're well embedded here, too!

Song of the Week! 29 April 2023

 

Instead of feeling down in the dumps for yet another licensed tune leaving official Taiko gaming forever (and also because we already talked about it before), it's time for us to dust off the microcosmos of the weird and limited Taiko tie-ins once again, with one of 15 songs to come out with the series makers' help... but not directly from them!