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Namco Taiko Blog (December 15 2016): Nostalgia Nexus Novelty: More on Red...
After a surprise post two days back, we fill up the scoop with the rest of the Red ver. version update coming December 20, including the above fine, mustachioed gentleman.New Songs: December 20 (Red...
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Across Japan: Less Better Than Late: Red ver. Asia Update (V4.02)
An adequately puntual same-day update with Japan, Asian Donder can also try out an abridged list of new songs and the new Ranking Dojo Gaiden trials starting December 20.New Songs: December 20 (Red...
View Article[SITE] - December 2016's Housekeeping Plans
The current year is drawing to a close, but there's still enough time for us to do a new round of blog content maintenance! With little happening in the Taiko side of news and staff members (like me)...
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Song of the Week! 17 December 2016
So it appears we haven't had any song features on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, one of, if not the single, most well-known classical composer of his time. So what about we have a Song of the Week about a...
View ArticleSonority Scouts - 3rd Tenkaichi Otogesai, Transplants Round
Halfaway through the last month of the year, we're finally here to delve into Phase 2 of the most recent iteration for the returning cross-rhythm games tournament series. You'll get the reason behind...
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Behind the Drums: Kaori Aihara
Born on September 26th, Kaori Aihara (愛原圭織) is a voice actress from Kanto who is affiliated to ProductionGIW, StudioGIW's music-making branch. Alongside some voice acting roles for videogames and...
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Behind the Drums: Hisui
The nicknamed Hisui (翡翠) is a ProductionGIW-affiliated freelance composer from Kanto, born September 26. While his musical contribution to the Taiko no Tatsujin series are mainly full-instrumental...
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First Video: Red Ver. V6.08 New Songs
*Today's First Video post is brought you by what the Christmas Rare Egg Machine has brought to me with the Rank 50 free roll* Watari-dori (ワタリドリ) (3/4/6/9; 491 notes on Oni) The quickly-emerging...
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Taiko Plus/STH: Pre-Xmas New Content
To put a nicer close-up to the Taiko portable scene for the year 2016, today is being released a slew of new features that for one make up from us a post big enough to warrant its own jump cut!1)...
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Namco Taiko Blog (22 December 2016) - Want to hear more? Notecharter Interview 9
One last notecharter feature to wrap up the year! This time around, we're greeted with the working portfolio of Yamaguchi (ヤマグチ), who was first heard of for the announcement of the Notecharter Sentai...
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3DS3 Update: Peace and Drums for the New Year: 3DS3 January DLC
3DS3 DLC for your New Year needs coming soon beginning January 5 2017! Happy holidays!DLC: January Free Downloadテイルズ オブ ゼスティリア メドレー Tales of Zestiria Medley (~2017/02/01) Outfit: へいあんびじん Heian Period...
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Namco Taiko Blog 2 (22 December 2016) - Cock-a-doodle-doo with Red Version's...
The very last Taiko Team post for the year 2016 is a taste of what's yet to come for Red Version arcades in the coming months, complete with an end-year break schedule for the winter holidays....
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Song of the Week! 24 December 2016
For this year's Christmas Eve, we're anticipating the festive mood by talking about a certain popular videogame who is celebrating its birthday today! We're nearing Christmas too, so we won't be...
View ArticleOnigiri wa Doko Kashira♪ Lyrics
Composition, Arrangement, Lyrics: Yomii (よみぃ) Vocals: Hatsune Miku, YomiiJapanese lyrics sourced from original Creofuga submission.Japanese昼だ起きよう 今日は日曜 (hiru da okiyou kyou wa nichiyou)学校ないよね？ あはは 気楽に...
View ArticleSympho-Neighbours - Festive Musical Chimes
This Christmas we're celebrating quite the milestone for the Sympho-Neighbours family of features, as this is our very first sequel to a former SN article.Last year, we've already seen that the major...
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Behind the Drums: Takeshito Sasaoka
Pictured at the leftmost side of this snapshot is Takeshito Sasaoka (笹岡武仁), currently the eldest member of the Taiko Team that is still working for the franchise to this day as the series' overall...
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Behind the Drums: Kunio Yamaguchi
One of the 3rd-Taiko generation recruits, Kunio Yamaguchi (山口邦雄) joined the Taiko Team during 2012 as the supervisor of the smartphone-related Taiko games, with his rise to notechart duites starting...
View ArticleRequiem from Dies Irae Lyrics
Composition: Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco VerdiCompiled with reference to the Wikipedia entry for the original Latin hymn.Latin Dies irae, dies irae Dies illa, dies illa Solvet, solvet saeclum in...
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Song of the Week! 31 December 2016
In the past, we've already seen how Taiko siblings Don and Katsu have had some personal character songs, just like for other members of the Wada family... however, the lion's share for the highest...
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Feature: 2016 - The Year in Hindsight
Coming to the end of yet another year, it's crucial for anything in life to look back at what has come in order to be set on to take what's next; that is still very true to the Taiko no Tatsujin...
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