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Taiko no Tatsujin Doka!
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NCS Game Synopsis
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The seventh Taiko no Tatsujin game for the
Playstation 2 is another crowd pleaser with an
engaging Battle Mode where up to eight players may
participate. For solo drum masters, the Story Mode
allows a gamer to travel around Waku Waku Bouken
Land which is broken up into little areas. Land on
each spot and and tackle the Taiko no Tatsujin games
within. Four new mini-games are included with our
favorite being the challenging Santa Taiko game
where a Taiko drum travels over a city dropping
presents to sleeping children below.
The game features 42 songs at the outset of the game but an
additional 6 tracks may be unlocked as certain
conditions are met. The music ranges the genres of
J-pop, children's songs, folk music, and familiar
anime tracks from Futari wa Puricure and Naruto. The
Namco original song, "Bouken Hiyori" is hot and all
of the classical music remixes are great including
"Beethoven's Turkish March" which is a lively and
animated interpretation that plays fast and pounds
it out with a driving beat in the background. Other
notable songs include "Re:member" of Naruto fame, "Mahou
o kakete" which is an Idolm@ster song, "Pecori Love
Lesson," "Real Voice," and "Next Level." They're all
gems and we're nabbing the soundtrack whenever it
reaches market.
The full name for this game is: Taiko no Tatsujin Doka! to
Oomori Nanadame.
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NCS Game Notes
» In the intro to the game, the sun rises behind a
house and the Taikos inside and their master wake
up. Master parts the curtains to soak in the sun
and he runs outside with Taikos in tow to engage
in a
snowball fight with the girl next door. Other
imagery in the intro: A
scientist works on a mecha-Taiko which explodes,
Twin Taiko Santa Clauses race across the sky on a single reindeer drawn
sleigh while glitter trails them, more Taiko clowning, fireworks,
etc.
» When you chain a bunch of combos together, watch
the bottom part of the screen and witness a show
as Taikos dance, spin, and the crowd goes crazy
for the action.
» A total of 42 songs are available at the outset but 6 more
may be unlocked for a total of 48 tracks. The
music is vibrant and highly energetic with "Real
Voice," "Your World," "Next Level," "Re:member," "BrandNewWorld,"
and "Pecori of Love Lesson."
The Remember song is from Naruto. Additional
tracks include:
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Soul Calibur III New Legend song
- Mappy Medley with Mappy music and sound effects
mixed together
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Georges Bizet - The Woman From Arles
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J.F. Wagner - Under the Double Eagle
- Beethoven's Turkish March
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Pyotr Ilich Tchaikovsky's Russian Dance
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Eduardo Di Capua O Solo Mio (hot dance mix
version)
» A tutorial teaches the ways of Taiko smacking
with a simple exercise which shows the proper
cues to hit on the Taiko drum with depictions on the lower part
of the screen.
» In the Story mode, the Taikos receive a letter
from the drumsticks who are wearing red and blue
eyeglasses. A
voice-over relays the intent of the correspondence while scrolling text
appears in front of the Taiko sticks (male and
female). Afterwards, the Taiko is transported to a strange land where
it moves to different spots in order to engage in
Taiko no Tatsujin drum smacking games. As games
are conquered, new
paths open up for Taiko to travel to new areas.
» Mini-games are selected by going into the second option on the main menu.
Once selected, four mini-game options open up as
follows:
1) Snowball fight - The player controls a boy on
the bottom of the screen who faces an adversary on
the top of the screen. Move left and right by
pressing the L1 and R1 triggers and toss snowballs
by pressing left on the D-pad and the "O-button."
Three mounds of snow are on each side to hide
behind but the enemy can whittle away the height
of a mound
by hitting it with snowballs. Hit the enemy or get hit 3X
and game is over.
2) Toy Delivery - Become a Taiko Santa and
drop gifts to sleeping children while flying over
their houses. Houses with children inside are
indicated by "sleeping children" indicators. Press
the D-pad to the left or the O button to drop the
gifts while the L1 and R2 triggers slow down or
speed up the sleigh's trajectory through the sky.
When you see a Christmas tree, drop a gift on it
and it'll boom upwards. Out of all the mini-games
in this collection, the people in our office
building thought it was the most adorable but it's
pretty difficult to time the drops.
3) True or False -
Taiko no Tatsujin joins the Brain Trainer wave
with simple brain exercises. If the statement
shown on the screen is false, press the R1 or L1
trigger. If the statement is true, press left on
the D-pad or O. For example, if the screen shows 1
+ 5 = 2, press either trigger since its a false
statement. If the screen shows an assemblage of
blocks that total 8 squares but the diagram states a total of 7
squares, press either trigger again since the statement is
false. Please note that some questions require
Japanese language comprehension in order to answer
correctly.
4) Rocket Mecha Taiko Launch - Smack the Taiko like a maniac to energize a
rocket-powered Taiko so that it launches during
the countdown. Once the countdown begins, smack
like a madman to bump up the level of power. Once
launched, the power that you built up is used to
send the Taiko into the stratosphere. While in
transit, press the L1 or R2 triggers to avoid
obstacles in the sky. During the ascent,
it's possible to jettison rocket boosters and
parts so that the main Taiko "ship" goes as high
as possible.
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