Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Daikessen!!
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, known as Taiko DS 3, is a Taiko no Tatsujin
game for Nintendo DS
and the third installment in the Taiko no Tatsujin DS
series. It was released only in Japan on July 1, 2010.
, anime
and video game music to commercial jingle
s and original songs produced by Namco, according to on-screen cues. Since there is not a drum peripheral available for the DS, the touch screen is used instead, displaying a drum on screen, where players use styli to simulate these actions; the DS' buttons can be used as well. A note bar is shown on the game screen, where red or blue, small or large notes approach a strike point, where the player hits the drum either on the center or the outer rims with either one or both drumsticks, respectively. (For instance, a note sequence of small red, small red, large blue would be played with two strikes to the center (drum) part, followed by striking the outer rim of the drum on both sides simultaneously.)
Other "special" notes include yellow "hold" notes, where players perform a rapid drumroll during the length of the note; balloon notes, where "red" must be drumrolled rapidly until a counter depletes to 0; and tambourine notes, known as a "Den-den" note, alternating red and blue strikes until a counter reaches 0. Failing to interact with "special" notes do not count as misses.
Clearing a song involves hitting enough notes correctly to fill your "norma" (quota) bar to a certain point. Like most music games, gameplay emphasizes skill, with a scoring system that relies on the player's ability to accumulate a high combo. The number in one's combo acts as a score multiplier to some degree; once a certain combo is reached, the value of individual notes increases, and when the combo is lost, their value returns to base. As such, scoring well relies heavily on achieving a "full combo" on any given song.
A training mode, , involves playing increasingly difficult songs to gain ranks and titles. Players can only "challenge" a song once per day, though an option to practice indefinitely beforehand is given.
A large amount of content is available to be unlocked, including a wardrobe of costumes for the mascot drum, numerous options to change the sounds of the notes played by the drum, and speed modifiers, most of which is acquired either through mail messages or in the story mode.
Taiko DS 3 supports the DS Download Play feature, allowing those without the Game Card to join a multiplayer game.
, engage in random drumming "battles" with enemies on the field, complete quests and missions, leveling up
, and face boss enemies who will challenge the player with difficult songs and various on-screen distractions, such as bomb notes and objects blocking view of the note bar. Unlocked or purchased costumes and sound effects serve as armor and weapons by boosting defense and attack.
The story is set in classical Japan, with Don being sucked backward in time, landing in Iga Village
where he is tasked to travel the land and ward the various yokai that are wreaking havoc upon towns and villages across Japan, and help a young tanuki
girl search for her father.
Taiko no Tatsujin
is a series of rhythm games created by Namco. The series has seen releases for the arcade, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, iOS, Advanced Pico Beena, and mobile phones....
game for Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS
The is a portable game console produced by Nintendo, first released on November 21, 2004. A distinctive feature of the system is the presence of two separate LCD screens, the lower of which is a touchscreen, encompassed within a clamshell design, similar to the Game Boy Advance SP...
and the third installment in the Taiko no Tatsujin DS
Taiko no Tatsujin DS
is a rhythm video game developed and published by Namco for the Nintendo DS handheld game console in 2007, and it was released only in Japan. Like other Taiko games, the player plays the notes of a chosen song's drum part as they are displayed on the screen...
series. It was released only in Japan on July 1, 2010.
Gameplay
Gameplay in Taiko DS is very similar to its predecessors. In arcade versions of the series, players are tasked to strike a drum controller to the accompanied music, ranging from J-popJ-pop
, an abbreviation for Japanese pop, is a musical genre that entered the musical mainstream of Japan in the 1990s. Modern J-pop has its roots in 1960s music, such as The Beatles, and replaced kayōkyoku in the Japanese music scene...
, anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
and video game music to commercial jingle
Jingle
A jingle is a short tune used in advertising and for other commercial uses. The jingle contains one or more hooks and lyrics that explicitly promote the product being advertised, usually through the use of one or more advertising slogans. Ad buyers use jingles in radio and television...
s and original songs produced by Namco, according to on-screen cues. Since there is not a drum peripheral available for the DS, the touch screen is used instead, displaying a drum on screen, where players use styli to simulate these actions; the DS' buttons can be used as well. A note bar is shown on the game screen, where red or blue, small or large notes approach a strike point, where the player hits the drum either on the center or the outer rims with either one or both drumsticks, respectively. (For instance, a note sequence of small red, small red, large blue would be played with two strikes to the center (drum) part, followed by striking the outer rim of the drum on both sides simultaneously.)
Other "special" notes include yellow "hold" notes, where players perform a rapid drumroll during the length of the note; balloon notes, where "red" must be drumrolled rapidly until a counter depletes to 0; and tambourine notes, known as a "Den-den" note, alternating red and blue strikes until a counter reaches 0. Failing to interact with "special" notes do not count as misses.
Clearing a song involves hitting enough notes correctly to fill your "norma" (quota) bar to a certain point. Like most music games, gameplay emphasizes skill, with a scoring system that relies on the player's ability to accumulate a high combo. The number in one's combo acts as a score multiplier to some degree; once a certain combo is reached, the value of individual notes increases, and when the combo is lost, their value returns to base. As such, scoring well relies heavily on achieving a "full combo" on any given song.
A training mode, , involves playing increasingly difficult songs to gain ranks and titles. Players can only "challenge" a song once per day, though an option to practice indefinitely beforehand is given.
A large amount of content is available to be unlocked, including a wardrobe of costumes for the mascot drum, numerous options to change the sounds of the notes played by the drum, and speed modifiers, most of which is acquired either through mail messages or in the story mode.
Taiko DS 3 supports the DS Download Play feature, allowing those without the Game Card to join a multiplayer game.
Yokai Daikessen mode
Taiko DS 3 introduces a new story mode, mode, which sets the theme of the game's title. This mode introduces new overhead gameplay mechanics similar to a traditional JRPG, with players taking the role of the main protagonist of Taiko, Don. Players interact with NPCsNon-player character
A non-player character , sometimes known as a non-person character or non-playable character, in a game is any fictional character not controlled by a player. In electronic games, this usually means a character controlled by the computer through artificial intelligence...
, engage in random drumming "battles" with enemies on the field, complete quests and missions, leveling up
Experience point
An experience point is a unit of measurement used in many role-playing games and role-playing video games to quantify a player character's progression through the game...
, and face boss enemies who will challenge the player with difficult songs and various on-screen distractions, such as bomb notes and objects blocking view of the note bar. Unlocked or purchased costumes and sound effects serve as armor and weapons by boosting defense and attack.
The story is set in classical Japan, with Don being sucked backward in time, landing in Iga Village
Iga Province
was an old province of Japan in the area that is today western Mie Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Iga bordered on Ise, Ōmi, Yamato, and Yamashiro Provinces.-Geography:...
where he is tasked to travel the land and ward the various yokai that are wreaking havoc upon towns and villages across Japan, and help a young tanuki
Tanuki
is the common Japanese name for the Japanese raccoon dog . They have been part of Japanese folklore since ancient times...
girl search for her father.
Merchandise
The game includes a pair of gold-colored styli, known as "Bachi Pen", which are not sold separately.Bosses
- Wanyudo (Level 5)
- Nine-tailed foxNine-tailed foxThe Nine-tailed fox is a mythological creature that has the appearance of a fox but with nine tails. This mythological creature was first created in Asia .-Mythology:...
(Level 10) - Mermaid Princess (Level 15)
- Snow Spirits (Level 27)
- Giant Purple Yokai (Level 44)
Songs
The song list is very similar compared to it's predecessors. Songs with a (U) next to them indicate that they are needed to be unlocked.| Category | Song | Artist | TV Show/Game |
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Greeeen GReeeeN is a Japanese pop/rock/hip hop/breakbeat vocal group from Kōriyama city in Fukushima Prefecture, comprising the all-male four members Hide, Navi, 92, and Soh. They made their debut with Universal Music in 2007. Their logo image is of a mouthful of teeth, and the four Es indicate the number of members... |
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| Ikimono-gakari Ikimono-gakari is a Japanese pop rock band that debuted in 1998. They record on Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Epic Records label.The band was formed in Kanagawa Prefecture in February 1999 by Hotaka Yamashita and Yoshiki Mizuno, and was later joined by lead vocalist Kiyoe Yoshioka in December the same year... |
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| Hilcrhyme Hilcrhyme is a Japanese two member hip-hop group. They are best known for their 2009 hit song "Shunkashūtō," which has been certified for 1,000,000 cellphone digital downloads and 1,000,000 ringtone downloads separately... |
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| River River (AKB48 song) "River" is the 14th major single by the Japanese idol group AKB48, released on October 21, 2009. It was the first AKB48's single to top the Oricon weekly singles chart, having sold 179,000 copies in its first week... |
AKB48 AKB48 AKB48 is a Japanese female idol group produced by Yasushi Akimoto.The group has achieved enormous popularity in Japan. Its ten latest consecutive singles topped the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart... |
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| Choo Choo Train | Exile | ||
| Hatsune Miku Hatsune Miku is a singing synthesizer application with a female persona, developed by Crypton Future Media. It uses Yamaha Corporation's Vocaloid 2 synthesizing technology. The name of the character comes from a fusion of the Japanese for , and future , referring to her position as the first of Crypton's... |
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| Electrical Parade Theme | Baroque Hoedown Baroque Hoedown "Baroque Hoedown" was created by early synthesizer pioneers Jean-Jacques Perrey and Gershon Kingsley in 1966. The composition was once described as being a "harpsichord gone country". It later became the theme song for Disney's Main Street Electrical Parade and for a time, the Electrical Water... |
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| Rhythm and Police | Bayside Shakedown Bayside Shakedown was a Japanese police drama/comedy series originally broadcast by the Fuji Television group in 1997. The series was so popular that five cinematic-release movies were made following the end of the TV series, the first in 1998, the second in 2003, the third and fourth in 2005, and the fifth... Theme |
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| Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Joseph Jackson was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. Referred to as the King of Pop, or by his initials MJ, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records... |
Thriller Thriller (album) Thriller is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Michael Jackson. It was released on November 30, 1982, by Epic Records as the follow-up to Jackson's critically and commercially successful 1979 album Off the Wall... |
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| (U) | McDonald's McDonald's McDonald's Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 64 million customers daily in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States, the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by the eponymous Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948... collaboration song |
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| YMCK YMCK YMCK is a Japanese Chiptune band. The band members are as follows; Midori , Yokemura , and Nakamura .... / Okashideka |
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| Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms was a German composer and pianist, and one of the leading musicians of the Romantic period. Born in Hamburg, Brahms spent much of his professional life in Vienna, Austria, where he was a leader of the musical scene... |
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| (U) | Luigi Denza Luigi Denza Luigi Denza , was an Italian composer.Denza was born at Castellammare di Stabia, near Naples. He studied music under Saverio Mercadante and Paolo Serrao at the Naples Conservatory. Later, he moved to London and became a professor of singing at the Royal Academy of Music in 1898... , Peppino Turco Peppino Turco Giuseppe “Peppino” Turco was an Italian songwriter.Turco was born in Naples. Initially he was a renowned journalist and poet, collaborating with the satirical newspaper Capitan Fracassa in Rome and various Neapolitan periodicals... |
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(U) | Valkyrie no Densetsu Valkyrie No Densetsu was released by Namco in 1989 in Arcades and in 1990 on the PC Engine only in Japan. It is a sequel to a Japan-only 1986 Nintendo Family Computer game entitled Valkyrie no Bōken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu. For the first time, Valkyrie no Densetsu was translated into English and released in the Namco... |
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| Kagyukiyo (unlockable) | ("Kagekiyo" 1/2 speed ver.) | ||
| Mirai Ninja Mirai Ninja , fully titled as , is a beat 'em up arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. Mirai Ninja was based on the Japanese movie of the same name, also produced by Namco. The game ran on Namco System 2 hardware.-Summary:... |
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| Knuckle Heads Knuckle Heads is a weapon-based fighting arcade game developed and published by Namco. It was created during the fighting game trend of the 1990s that began with Capcom's hit, Street Fighter II.-Gameplay:... |
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| Metal Hawk Metal Hawk Metal Hawk is a multi-directional shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 2 hardware.-Gameplay:... |
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| (unlockable) | Tank! Tank! Tank! | ||
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Asami Shimada | Theme song of this game | |
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| (U) | Taiko no Tatsujin 2 | ||
| (U) | Taiko no Tatsujin 14 Taiko no Tatsujin 14 is a rhythm arcade game developed and published by Namco, and distributed by Namco Bandai Games. It was released in 2010 in Japan. It is unknown that this arcade game will be released to Malaysia, but seen only old releases of Taiko games mostly in Jusco stores... |
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| Sweet Lay | Kaori Aihara | ||
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| mint tears (U) | Taiko no Tatsujin 13 | ||
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| (U) | Linda AI-CUE | Taiko no Tatsujin 13 | |
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Space Battleship Yamato Space Battleship Yamato is a Japanese science fiction anime series featuring an eponymous spacecraft. It is also known to English-speaking audiences as Space Cruiser Yamato; an English-dubbed and heavily edited version of the series was broadcast on North American and Australian television as Star Blazers... |
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| Sign | FLOW Flow (band) Flow is a Japanese rock band, that formed in 1998 and signed on to Sony Music Japan's Ki/oon Records label. Flow is a five-piece band made up of two vocalists, a drummer, a bassist and a guitarist... |
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| WBX (W-Boiled Extreme) | Aya Kamiki Aya Kamiki is a Japanese singer-songwriter. Her style ranges from pop, rock to rhythm and blues. She currently resides in Osaka, and is currently signed with Tokyo-based AVEX recording label. She speaks moderate Chinese, and because of this, she has a notable fanbase in China.-Biography:Kamiki learned to play... with TAKUYA Takuya Takuya is a very common male Japanese given name. People named Takuya include:*Takuya Asanuma , Japanese guitarist and former member of Judy and Mary who performs as "TAKUYA"... |
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| NoB Nobuo Yamada who performs under the name NoB is a Japanese singer and former lead singer of the band Make-Up.- Overview :With Make-Up, he recorded several songs for the anime Saint Seiya, including the first opening song Pegasus Fantasy and the first ending song Blue Forever... (Project.R Project.R is a Japanese musical ensemble established by Nippon Columbia and Toei Company to perform on the soundtracks for the Super Sentai Series beginning with Engine Sentai Go-onger.... ) |
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| Aya Ikeda | HeartCatch PreCure! HeartCatch PreCure! , also called HeartCatch Pretty Cure! is a Japanese anime series and the seventh Pretty Cure installment by Izumi Todo. Produced by Toei Animation, the series premiered on February 7, 2010 on TV Asahi, following Fresh Pretty Cure!, and ended on January 30, 2011, where it was followed by Suite... |
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| Becky | Crayon Shin-chan Crayon Shin-chan is a Japanese manga and anime series written by Yoshito Usui.Crayon Shin-chan follows the adventures of five-year-old Shinnosuke "Shin" Nohara and his parents, baby sister, neighbors, and friends and is set in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.... |
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| Wasabi Mizuta Wasabi Mizuta is a Japanese voice actress. She currently resides in Iga, Mie and is represented by Kenji Utsumi's Ken Production.As of April 2005, she is the voice of the title character in the long running Doraemon anime... |
Doraemon Doraemon is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise... |
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| Fumie Akiyoshi | Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl Pokémon (anime) , abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets... |
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| My Neighbor Totoro My Neighbor Totoro , is a 1988 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film follows the two young daughters of a professor and their interactions with friendly wood spirits in postwar rural Japan... |
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Links
- Official site
- The Taiko Masters (unofficial news source)