Tournament Mode In Action!
In which we decided to show the proceedings of a random non-official tournaments between two very top-level Donders. Well at least the fact that another cabinet has apparently been forcefully used to...
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Across Japan: January Facebook Tournament!
The image should be easy to read: January's Facebook Tournament for the Asia ver. of Taiko no Tatsujin Murasaki ver. uses Oni Marble Heart (★6) and Muzukashii White Rose Insanity (★6). The tournament...
View ArticleFirst Video: Marionette Pure
V Version's first DLC pack of 2016 just came out and with that the latest song by Yura Hatsuki and Drop! The Namco Original Marionette Pure boasts a 9-starred Oni notechart made of both slow BPM and...
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Namco Taiko Blog (7 January 2016) - Taiko no Tatsujin at Tokaigi '16
Now that the Taiko franchise is drawing closer to its first arcade's 15th anniversary, the celebrations are starting to branch out from console gaming and into publicly-held events and conventions!...
View ArticleFirst Video: Tenbinza Kyuukou Yoru o Iku
As of today, the song pre-release campaign for the Taikai (arcade Taiko games' February 2016 mini-tournament) has begun with the first of the three featured tracks being the first song by Taku Inoue...
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Taiko no Tatsujin Plus Shinkyoku Tori Houdai!
You know how Taiko no Tatsujin Plus is on the iTunes Store, and that Taiko no Tatsujin Shinkyoku Tori Houdai is for Android devices (with whatever Japan-exclusive mobile content service that houses...
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Song of the Week! 9 January 2016
Puoc a ta kool a ekat ot gniog era ew yadot- wait, this doesn't feel right... ... *A-hem* Today we are going to take a look at a couple of songs which have some notable 'Reverse Notecount' values, a...
View ArticleSite Announcement: 2nd Lyrics Feature Request Poll, the Pre-poll!
...Pheonix, Eringi, Neh Oshiete... yup we have all of the 1st Lyrics Feature Request Poll candidates done and scheduling! Yay for us able to finish something for real! Now while the remaining six...
View ArticleRobot Rock 'n' Roll Lyrics
Composer, Lyrics: Seagal (セガール) Vocal: Marie (真理絵)Japanese右へ倣えで整列 (migi e naraede seiretsu)型番品番呼ばれる gogo (kataban hinban yobareru gogo)僕はロボット (boku wa robot)自給自足不足という (jikyuujisoku fusoku to...
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Across Japan: White ver. Asia ver. Debut Additions!
While normally I would stick that Facebook photo above the break line, but not today because the 42 new songs (to Asia) is too much to spoil! Try as you might, I don't think you could guess all the new...
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Namco Taiko Blog (14 January 2016) - World Hobby Fair 2016's Taiko Perks
Another event that is going to host a number of Taiko-related activities early this year is the also-yearly World Hobby Fair, which is the main topic of today's double Taiko Team blog entries. First...
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Namco Taiko Blog (15 January 2016) - White Version's Pre-Tourney Update
After yesterday's spoonful of news, Eto comes back for yet another surprise blog update, describing in detail the features of White Version's 2nd software update. Launching on January 28th, Game...
View ArticleFirst Video: Heaven's Rider
The February tournament's second new song has just been released, in form of a brand new instrumental track with really hi-pitched voice samples! Heaven's Rider (5/6/8/9) mostly relies on the canon...
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Song of the Week! 16 January 2016
It's time to take a look at the last uncovered song from independent composer bermei.inazawa on Taiko gaming. Quite ironically, it's also his first solo composing work for the series! Kurukuru...
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Official MyBachis Gets Their Website!
In which the Official MyBachis also get a website! Looks like everything Taiko will be having their special site eh? ...okay, so while the site does not have overwhelming new info (bulk of which we...
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TaikOp-ed: The One About Official MyBachis
The imminent release of the Official MyBachis might be seen as the long-awaited recognition of the MyBachi culture, allowing for proud ownership and (very limited) customization of one of the most...
View ArticleTwitter Snippets (January 20 2016) - Kat-chan Color Official MyBachis and...
Disclaimer: I wrote up the previous TaikOp-ed way in advance (say before 2016), so that Kat-chan color question is way before this. But anyway, buy the Official MyBachis at the Next Gen World Hobby...
View Article[Breaking] Across Japan: That It Isn't White Makes Donders Pale
And poetically (?) resonating with Murasaki ver. getting pre-emptively White ver. (new songs making glitched appearances) at 2015 year-end, a selected few Asian AC0 cabinets has missed the bandwagon...
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Namco Taiko Blog (January 21 2016): Wii U3 January DLC and Taiko at Tokaigi
In today's two official Namco Taiko Blog posts, we look at these two pictured things, and I can't think of a good opening.Wii U3 DLC Songs: January 28 (free)ギミチョコ！！ Gimme Choco!! (+ Ura)LISTEN TO THE...
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Song of the Week! 23 January 2016
Every J-Pop recurring artist/band in Taiko games has had its humble beginnings with their debut pretty back in time; for today's feature, instead, we won't have to experience such a big time lapse!...
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