The Bonkurasu Brigade

Among many other new songs!

Announced two months ago, the next installment of the Taiko no Tatsujin games by Namco for the arcade, (titled Taiko no Tatsujin 12 Do~n! to Zoryouban. Namco insists that it isn’t Taiko 13) will include supercell’s rocket-to-popularity, Melt.

Being the mad taiko fan I am, I would have posted this a long time ago, but my final year project eats up all my free time and leaves me feeling quite hollow at the end of the day. But I won’t rant about that any further.

A romanized partial songlist is up ahead, and the ones of particular note are in bold.

＜Ｊ－ＰＯＰ＞
Himawari
Ayumi
Nihon no Mikata -Nevada kara kimashita-
366Hi
Kimagure Romantic
Sunao ni naretara
Sobakasu (note: The return of a classic!)
Ｐｕｎｉｓｈｍｅｎｔ
Melt

＜Anime＞
Odore dore dora Doraemon ondou
High touch! (from Pocket Monster Diamond and Pearl)
Samurai Sentai Shinkenjya-
Let’s Fresh Precure!
Ｊｏｕｒｎｅｙ ｔｈｒｏｕｇｈ ｔｈｅ Ｄｅｃａｄｅ (from Kamen Rider Decade)
Shugo Shugo! (from Shugo Chara! Doki)
Triangular (from Macross Frontier)
Ｄｒａｇｏｎ Ｓｏｕｌ (from Dragon Ball Kai)
Ｔａｎｋ！(from Cowboy Bebop)

＜Variety＞
ＮＩＧＨＴ ＯＦ ＦＩＲＥ
Ｉ Ｗａｓ Ｂｏｒｎ Ｔｏ Ｌｏｖｅ Ｙｏｕ

＜Game＞
ＴＥ－２０ (from Fighting Layer)

＜Classic＞
William Tell Overture

＜Namco Original＞
Future Labo
Yuugao no Kimi
Ｍａｎｙ ｗｏｗ ｂａｎｇ！
Negaigoto☆Puzzle
Kechadon２０００
Yokuderu２０００

As you can see, there are enough songs to justify it being 13, but no, Namco insists that it is only a Zouryouban. Does that mean that we can hope for more in 13? I certainly do!

One of the most interesting additions to this installment would be of course, supercell’s Melt. The official Taiko blog has posted a short comment by ryo, translated below-

I am greatly honored for Melt to be part of Taiko no Tatsujin, thank you very much!

It’s a very upbeat song and may be a little difficult, but it has a pleasant rhythm to it when played. Please go try it out for yourself!

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Some screencaps

961! 961!

And a slime has appeared.

More screencaps are up over at the Taiko blog, here

Here’s hoping that a local arcade will bring this one in.