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Taiko 3DS1 Under Nintendo Happy Price Selection

February 15, 2016, 1:45 am
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That misspelling was rather unsightly though.

Yeah we're back on 3DS1 news, woohoo! Starting from March 17, Taiko no Tatsujin Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb will be included in Nintendo's Happy Price Selection promotion, where various first- to third-party games will be sold (both package and download) at the new 2700 yen base price, or 2916 yen when including tax.
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Phoenix Lyrics

February 15, 2016, 4:00 pm
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Composition, Arrangement: Yoshiaki Hirai (平井克明)
Lyrics: Taku Inoue (井上拓)
Vocal: singman

Japanese
遥かな空の裏　遠い日に近い場所 (harukana sora no ura tooi hi ni chikai basho)
いつかの英雄の歌　ほら花たちが歌うだろう (itsuka no eiyuu no uta hora hana-tachi ga utaudarou)

黒い雨の中で　青い羽をたたえ (kuroi ame no naka de aoi hane o tatae)
白い風は雲を裂いた (shiroi kaze wa kumo o saita)

ずっと前へ前へ　あの空に向かった戦士 (zutto mae e mae e ano sora ni mukatta senshi)
何度倒れても (nando taorete mo)
じっと耐えてうなった　輝く勇敢なエンジン (jitto taete unatta kagayaku yūkan'na engine)
祈りを乗せて飛んだ (inori o nosete tonda)

太陽の鳥が繋いだストーリーライン (taiyou no tori ga tsunaida story line)
(Our story knows the strongest phoenix)

今日も咲いて開いて　花たちが伝えるストーリー (kyou mo saite aite hana-tachi ga tsutaeru story)
記憶を綴り (kioku o tsudzuri)
ずっと遠く遠く　瞬く星たちの向こうに (zutto tooku tooku matataku hoshi-tachi no mukou ni)
果てなく続くように (hatenaku tsudzuku you ni)

English translation
The inside to the faraway skies, a place close to the distant days
The song of heroes of whatever times, look, it's like the flowers are singing

Within the black showers, the blue feathers glisten
The white wind tears the clouds apart

Much forward, forward, the warrior towards that sky
However many times he has fallen
Growling in patient endurance, the shiningly brave engine
Riding over prayers and fly

The story line connecting to the bird of the sun
(Our story knows the strongest phoenix)

Also opening in full bloom today, the story told by the flowers
Spelling out the memories
Much far, far away, towards the direction to the twinkling stars
Continuing as if there is no end

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Official MyBachis: General Launch at LaLaBit Market and Amazon Japan

February 16, 2016, 7:29 pm
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After the conclusion of the Namco store-only pre-order, the Official MyBachis are now accepting general vending via BNEI's own LaLaBit Market online store and Amazon Japan.

For those who did make it to pre-order, the bonus outfit gift will come in the form of an extra slip with the purchase, holding the serial code. Type it into the Donder Hiroba to receive.

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Taiko no Tatsujin 3DS 2 (work-in-progress) fan-translation patch!

February 17, 2016, 5:12 am
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Those in the know on the 3DS scene will know that the console has been recently um...blown wide open. Questionable things aside, it allows for patches to be applied to games, creating things like this!

A huge fan of Taiko no Tatsujin, tiduscrying, recently emailed me with a little scoop on what his fan-translation patch looks like; which is, as of right now, a simple case of swapping menu graphical assets and text from Japanese to English. Obviously, getting to the graphics files in games are hard. In the progress video above you'll see some menus in JP and some in English. Worth noting that all this works even with legitimate DLC in the game!

A few clipping issues aside, this all looks pretty darn interesting and authentic. tiduscrying also wants to try his hand at translating the RPG mode; that's going to be quite the effort! Though, even just with the menu translation, I can already see it helping a lot of international Taiko players enjoy the game better!

You can follow the project on its page at GBAtemp.
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[RANDOM] - Taiko no Tatsujin Ideas for Super Mario Maker

February 17, 2016, 8:03 am
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~Skip to 2:39~

For the last post of the day, here's a little something quite unusual to see: translating (part of) a Taiko no Tatsujin notechart into a level gimmick in the level-creating title Super Mario Maker. Believe it or not, this is also one of the game's highest rated, user-made levels to date!

Currently standing in the 3rd position at the time of this post's publishing date, whack Piranha Plants under the sound of Senbonzakura's chorus by using the Kantan mode's note positioning as a guide. Will the Cosplay Mario manage to reach the bottom with his suit still on?
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Official MyBachis: Promotion Sequence on (Japan) White ver.

February 17, 2016, 6:09 pm
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There isn't much else to add, but this 3Q-4U-AC00 backed promotion sequence is added to White ver. cabinets across Japan to promote the Official MyBachis.
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Namco Taiko Blog (February 18 2016): Wii U3 February DLC and Livestream Attack

February 18, 2016, 12:18 am
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How many consecutive Thursdays do we have double Namco Taiko Blog entries? Anyway, check out the newest free and paid DLC for Wii U3 in this month and the two livestreams for the upcoming week!

Wii U3 DLC Songs: February 25 (free)
  • Follow Me
  • only my railgun「とある科学の超電磁砲」より A Certain Scientific Railgun
  • カルメン 組曲一番終曲 Carmen Preludeビゼー Bizet
  • 恋幻想 (Love Fantasy)HONOKA
  • よくでる2000 Yokuderu 2000
Wii U3 DLC Outfits: February 25 (50 yen, tax incl.)
  • おひなさま Ohina-sama Doll (head)
  • おひなさま Ohina-sama Doll (body)
  • さくらもち Sakuramochi (body)
  • パフェヘッド Parfait Head (head)
  • パフェボディ Parfait Body (body)
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JAEPO 2016: Taiko no Tatsujin Special Stage
For a 15th Anniversary celebratory corner and more news of the upcoming WCS2016, check out a small 30-minute stream on the JAEPO event floors on February 20 16:00~16:30. We already posted the link (and the one for the February 26 stream too) in an earlier Twitter Snippets post.

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Twitter Snippets (17 February 2016) - 2nd Tenkaichi Otogesai's Finals

February 18, 2016, 12:32 am
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In occasion of the incoming JAEPO, the 2nd Tenkaichi Otogesai tournament will host its Finals event for each of the involved branches! If you want to see live who among the 55 finalists will be crowned the champion (and in the case of the Taiko branch, who we're going to see again for the World Championship 2016's Finals), the Arcade Operator Unit's Twitter account has shared the link to the related Niconico livestream, going live tomorrow at 7 pm (Japan time).

We also remember that it's almost safe to assume that the 2nd Tenkaichi-related songs will be available in all their proprietary rhythm game franchise the day after the tournament's ending, so expect to see Aka no Senritsu and Yoake Made Ato 3-byou in all White Version arcades soon.
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First Video: Choco Chiptune.

February 18, 2016, 9:18 am
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Choco Chiptune.Ancraft (4/6/7/8; 640 notes on Oni)
Starts with half speed and twice again during the after-chorus bits. The song may be fast (210BPM base) but not too rowdy with mostly single-color clusters and 8th chains, and none over 16th separation (although apparent 32th at half-speed), all following mostly to the percussion at the back. If you can cope with the speed it's rather nice piece of chocolate cake.
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Across Japan: Very Timely! White ver. Update 1.02

February 20, 2016, 3:01 am
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A bit forward from Japan's G/V 5.07 update, Asia's White ver. cabinets will be updating to a separatedly-denoted G/V 1.02 on February 23. Adding songs on the spot and On the same day as the G/V 5.07 update, there is a whopping 4 out of 8 to be released on the same day as Japan (including being released from event locks)!

And since there are so many of them this time, we are also starting using the new Same day as Japan tag for those new songs here at Taiko Time!

New Songs: February 23 (G/V 1.02)

  • Watashi Igai Watashi ja Nai(Gesu no Kiwame Otome.)
  • XY&ZPokemon XY&Z
  • Yoake Made Ato 3-byouSynchronicaSame day as Japan
  • Aka no Senritsu Same day as Japan

New Songs: February 25

  • Toori YoTezuka feat. Kagamine Rin/Kagamine Len Same day as Japan
  • Houkago MagicianMarine Base Same day as Japan 
  • Kagayaki o MotometeVersus
  • Choco Chiptune.Ancraft

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Song of the Week! 20 February 2016

February 20, 2016, 3:09 am
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I hate to tell you, but the reason of why I wasn't around that much this week is because I've been really sick. Even after the doctor's visit, I've had some ghastly moments that still give me the chills, ugh.

Speaking of doctors, ...

 Doctor X Theme (ドクターXのテーマ) Doctor X ～Gekai Daimon Michiko～ (ドクターX ～外科医・大門未知子～)
Version
Allx3 (143)x5 (269)x6 (471)x8 (637)
 Taiko Wii U 2, Taiko Ps Vita
 104
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As much as Taiko no Tatsujin Tokumori got slandered due to the fact of not having launched a lot of never-heard-before songs, the second Wii U title for the series still had its share of exclusives, with the Variety genre getting its new additions as DLC that eventually were ported to the later V Version, also as pieces of downloadable content.

The latter of Tokumori's Variety launch song couple is the main theme for the Doctor X in its related TV Asahi medical drama series, Doctor X ～Gekai Daimon Michiko～ (ドクターX ～外科医・大門未知子～; lit. 'Surgeon Daimon Michiko'). Directed by Naomi Tamura (田村直己) and Hidetomo Matsuda (松田秀知), the series follows the happenings at the Teito University Hospital, where the freelancer surgeon Daimon Michiko is hired as part of a unheard yet questionable 'doctor placement service'. The series has been up since 2012, counsisting (so far) of three seasons in consecutive years and a TV special, set to be aired this year during the summer period.

This theme from Doctor X isn't a series opening/ending but rather a character theme music, often chiming in when Daimon Michiko is involved. The theme is made by Kan Sawada (沢田完), already a familiar name on Taiko grounds for the Kero! To March opening theme for the Keroro Gunso Anime series.

Clocking at about 2 minutes and 40 seconds, this is also one of the Variety genre's longest songs, which in turn makes for a slow-paced notechart with tons of notes and occasional 1/24 bursts. The Oni mode's ending portion culminates into a brief scrolling speed increment for a last-stretch effort.
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Taiko Plus: Suggested Pack 2

February 20, 2016, 6:56 am
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And we're back to the App Store version of Taiko no Tatsujin Plus, where in the first addition after the advent of Plus STH it's not Gakkyoku Tori Houdai songs but a full pack of licensed picks! 600-yen a pack as always.

Suggested Pack 2
  • R.Y.U.S.E.I.(Sandaime J Soul Brothers)
  • Follow Me(E-girls)
  • Digital Mogura(Gesu no Kiwami Otome)
  • Dream ParadePriPara
  • Ultraman X (+Ura)
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Behind the Drums: Yoshinori Kawamoto @ Kawagen Collagen

February 21, 2016, 2:21 am
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Born on December 27th, 1965, Yoshinori Kawamoto (川元 義徳) is a music composer affiliated with Namco since the 80ies. As a music producer in Taiko no Tatsujin games, his role mainly concerns the creation of notecharts, with his first one being for the KPP song Ninjyary Bang Bang. As of Taiko V Version's release, his work portfolio includes about 30 songs charted.

For his charting methods, Kawagen Collagen became notorious for making his works without forcing any inclusion/exclusion of notes due to focusing on the creation of special combo-numbered songs, although some of his Oni notecharts may still sprung some unintended number-plays. One of his most popular ones -the 797 ('Na-ku-na', or "Don't Cry") from Sotsu Omeshiki- is often used as a symbol and a t-shirt motif for most of his Taiko-related public cameos.

In recent years, Kawagen Collagen has become one of the most recurring main hosts of the Taiko Team's livestream sessions, together with Daifuku and the seasoned Etou-Takemoto duo. He doesn't flinch when it comes to talking about notechart creation mentality, let alone being the un-official guest star interviewer most of the times!

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J-Pop

  • Ninjyary Bang Bang (にんじゃりばんばん)

Anime

  • ideal white
  • only my railgun

Variety

  • Attakai'n Dakara (あったかいんだからぁ♪)
  • Lassen Gorelai (ラッスンゴレライ)
  •  Lassen Gorelai (ラッスンゴレライ)

Vocaloid

  • Ninjin Nin (にんじんにん)
  • Eccentric w (エキセントリックw)
  • BORDERLESS

Game Music

  • DIGITAL HORIZON

Namco Original

  • Aisowarai (愛想笑い)
  • Jikuu Chou Jikuu 1-Ka (時空庁時空１課)
  • Sotsu Omeshiki (そつおめしき)
  • Tokyo Tokkyo Kyo Kyokakyoku Kyokucho!! (東京特許キョ許可局局長!!)
  • Purupuru Simple (ぷるぷるしんぷる)
  • Caramel Time☆ (カラメルタイム☆)
  • Denshi-drum no Tatsujin (電子ドラムの達人)
  • G Ishiki Kajou (G意識過剰)
  • Tokyo Soda 8Bit Edit (東京ソーダ 8Bit Edit)
  • Jikuu Chou Sousa 2-Ka (時空庁捜査2課)
  • Shugaku Travelers (シューガク トラベラーズ)
  • Natsumono☆ (ナツモノ☆)
  • Cross Blue (クロス・ブルー)
  • Megamina Sekai I (女神な世界I)
  • Megamina Sekai II (女神な世界II)
  • Break Line (ブレイクライン)
  • Love Fantasy (恋幻想(Love Fantasy))

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Behind the Drums: Sariya-jin

February 21, 2016, 2:21 am
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Sariya-jin is an independent composer/singer, whose real name still lies in mystery. Having started to make content on the Internet in 2channel (2ch)'s Karaoke board, her rise to popularite has happened thanks to her Niconico channel, where she sings both covers and original songs.

During the years, she has had many singing roles with other independent units such as Silver Forest and TatshMusicCircle for the creation of custom Touhou arrangement songs. She's also known a Sari when she's being credited as the singer of the Sweet Simple Little World unit.

Sariya-jin's musical rise in Taiko gaming have intersected in the transition period between the second and third generation of arcade gaming, most of the times singing to songs composed by either independent composers or NAMCO SOUNDS personalities.

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All the songs below feature Sariya-jin as its singer, unless differently specified.

Namco Original
  • Ao no Senritsìu (蒼の旋律)
  • Chiheisen no Aeolia (地平線のエオリア) - lyrics
  • Marble Heart (マーブルハート) - song, singing, lyrics
  • Zero no Nocturne (零の夜想曲)
  • Zero no Rhapsody (零の狂詩曲)
  • Cross Blue (クロス・ブルー)
  • Break Line (ブレイクライン)
Other Music Games

beatmania IIDX
  • Trust -MATERIAL ver- (IIDX Edition)
Groove Coaster
  • FOUR SEASONS OF LONELINESS verβ feat. Sariya-jin (FOUR SEASONS OF LONELINESS verβ feat.サリヤ人)
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Twitter Snippets (19 February 2016) - Taiko Arcades' new mode?

February 22, 2016, 3:58 am
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One of the features being advertised for next Friday's livestream concerns the addition of a never-heard-before new game mode for White Version arcades. If the tweet above is featuring legit advertisement material, it appears that the silence on this topic has already been broken!

For starters, it looks like that this mode will be making use of Banacoin, Bandai Namco's newly-introduced currency for Banapassport players which lets players charge their cards with definite amount of real-life cash for a number of extra features and services, From the screenshot supplied below, it appears that the Banacoin interaction with Taiko games is leading to the implementation of a timed Practice mode, styled after its many console release versions between Wii/Wii U and PSP/Ps Vita.
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Eringi no Ekubo Lyrics

February 23, 2016, 1:34 am
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Composer: Yuuji Masubuchi (増渕裕二)
Vocal: Mika Sato (佐藤美香)

Japanese
かんで　ころがして　コロリ
ポロリ　ローカロリー
いつも　あなたとなら　うらら
トロリ　とろけちゃう
あなたのえがお、吐息

ふわりやさしく
あたためてね

みずいろのエクボ　びんのなか
あなたを　みつけた
Uh　ずっと、もっと、して
一瞬の、永遠を
Uh　そっと、ぎゅっと、して
ビタミン　あげるの

English translation
Chewing and rolling, it rolled over
Loosely, with low calorie
Always, if I am with you, beautiful
Creamy, and not at all melting
Your smiling face and long breath

Softly and gently
It is warm, right?

Aqua-colored dimple, between the sideburns
I have found you
Uh, much and more of doing this
Of the moment, to eternity
Uh, softly and tightly doing this
Giving you vitamins

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Twitter Snippets (24 February 2016) - V Version's 2nd Poll Winners, Round 2

February 24, 2016, 1:41 am
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With February '16 coming to a close, a new DLC song pack reveal for V Version is expected to kick in tomorrow, the last Thursday of the month. Together with it, however, is also the announcement of another couple of winning songs from the 2nd DLC poll!

Judging by the colors of the blurred-out image above, that's an Anime and a Variety track up there. Which one will we get this coming March?
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Taiko Plus STH - Device Compatibility List

February 24, 2016, 3:05 pm
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While the recently-released Taiko Plus STH actually got a 1.0.1 update (required to play the game) for NuPlayer support, the news that Android players were waiting the most is an actual compatibility list for the app. While the Google Play store is still silent on the topic, the app is now addressing the issue since yesterday!

By checking out the in-game News menu (= the leftmost option with a mail icon in the main menu), it's now possible to see which smartphones are allowed to play the app at its fullest, ranging from Xperia to GALAXY and AQUOS models. We won't be posting here the full list of supported phones, but it's already possible for everyone to see if your smartphone is one of the supported models.

Please remember that not-supported smartphones that are able to run the app can't be used to play Oni modes for any songs.
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Across Japan: The W That Makes WCS2016

February 24, 2016, 11:54 pm
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Again, although it's not "World" World, but that's the most international an event has ever been for Taiko no Tatsujin. As such, each of the seven regions currently graced with AC0 White ver. will each be holding a run of local tournaments. The champion of each country/region will be given a spot at the final showdown at Japan on July 17 (Sunday). Because this might involve you going abroad, remember to present a copy your passport to show that it expires no earlier than July 2016!

The song choices are a mix of this and the last tournament-focused Creofuga contest spawns. And if you look carefully, you might see a less familiar name, as 凛 Rina_hisa will be released to Asian White ver. before Japan starting March 1. Finally something exclusive for us, huzzah!

Oh we are supposed to talk about other swag too? Okay, so all participants will receive a small sticker sheet gift, while the top 4 for each region will win a Taiko no Tatsujin-branded towel to wipe your sweat (among other uses).

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Namco Taiko Blog (25 February 2016) - March's "Butter-Free" Donchare and 12th Comments Challenge Goals

February 25, 2016, 12:20 am
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While you'll find out the reasoning behind the weird title soon, let's take a look at the next set of monthly unlocks, together with the goals for tomorrow's livestream.

Coming to the song, we have yet another console-exclusive track making its arcade debut, with Namco Original song Ne~e Oshiete (ねぇ教えて) coming from Wii U Version. Below is a reminder video of said song, whose lyrics have been suggested by Taiko Team member Oosawa, of all things!



March 2016's Kisekae outfit combo is insect-related, as it's about butterflies! The Butterfly Wings (ちょうちょのはね) body part is awarded by playing once, while the Butterfly (ちょうちょ) head gear is a Rewards Shop item. Below are how both outfit parts look like!

Did you get it? It's butter-free because of that franchise's anniversary and-

... anyway, the post acts as a reminder of another couple of relevant events: White Version's V5.07 update is live today (expect to see the new songs soon!) and -as mentioned in the title- we have the goals for the upcoming livestream's comments challenge!

This time around, while the 10k and 30k goals are virtually the same ones (new Twitter/smartphone wallpapers and custom title parts to be distributed on Feb 28th), the latter half is slightly different: with 50k comments, the Title Parts Gacha will have its price discounted from 200 to 100 points from Feb 27th to March's end, while 76.5k comments will deliver the Classic song Mars (火星) (video) from the 5th Wii title. In case of victory, the song will be made available from February 27th to March 13th.

Stay tuned for today's Taiko Team blog entry... Yes, there's two of them!

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