Taiko Drum Master

operator · Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:26 pm Post subject: Taiko Drum Master

Came out today, who got it? I got it! I'm pleased with it, although the songlist is a liiiiiitle lackluster especially considering their all covers, blech. The good thing is they're at least DECENT covers; Killer Queen by Queen sounds almost like the real deal, but not quite.

The game is very, very short. All music games are, but jeez, there is very little to do in this game. The game has 34 songs in total, and three mini-games. Two-player mode yields nothing but a two-player Taiko Mode (play until you want to stop, there is no song limit) and two-player mini-games. I was kind of dissapointed to see they took out the Battle Mode from Taiko no Tatsujin 3

That was a GREAT game to play with a friend. Oh well.

The controller is SOLID. You can beat the crap out of it, which you kind of need to do because it has trouble registering all the hits; especially the side hits. Really annoying, but you get used to it. I noticed they put a bar on the face of the drum to seperate the left and right side, which they did not do for the arcade game. This causes some problems, because if you hit it it won't count and this has been happening A LOT to me; even though the thing is very thin.

I recommend it, but it is a pretty lackluster showing. One positive is that it's cheaper to buy this game+drum and then importing the Japanese games, rather then buying their drum+games. I'm thinking of doing that, because I only want to play about half of the songs in this game =/
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Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

I bought it. Yes, the majoritly of the songlist was horrible, but I have nothing to compare it to. I'm just glad the Katamari song is on there.

The mini-games aren't very fun at all. I tryed them each once, and went back to the main game mode. There's still songs that I can't pass, and I have a lot of room for improvement. It's a fun game overall, I recommend it.
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Syxx · Trick Member Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Location: Chicagoland

im def gonna by this game!!!! fer shizzle!!!

cuz the reason is cuz it haz DRAGGIN DRAGGIN ROCK THA DRGIN! DRAGIN BALL Z!!!!!!! DRAGIN DARGIN ROCK THA DRGAIN COME COM GET ME!!!! SS4J VEGITO 4 LIFE!!!!!

But yeah I'm gonna get this and definately import at least one of the game. Because the song list is waaaay too short.
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davidbrit2 · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:17 am Post subject:

The Namco originals in this completely rock. e.g. Taiko March. I just about shit myself when the Sky Kid music started playing.
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YoshiFan · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jul 2002

I read about the controller issues in the IGN review and I was hoping it was just that the reviewer on IGN didn't know how to play the game correctly rather than the drum not being of top quality but since you also mentioned the controller has problem registering hits, I guess it's a real problem. I would have thought that with all the home versions Namco has released, they would have fixed the problem by now (figuring this has always been a problem?) but I guess not.

davidbrit2 · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 12:15 pm Post subject:

It's not a big problem, really. You just have to be more firm with the controller than you might first expect. Very gentle taps won't do.
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Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

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Illusion Bomb · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:26 pm Post subject:

Just got the game last night and I can't stop playing! I never import and I probably never will so it's nice to have a new music game with a controller to play. I'm so bad and I feel so embarassed! Hardest I can do is the occasional 5 star songs, but I'm usually restricted to 3 and 4 stars. Oh well, I'm getting better!
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operator · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 2:38 pm Post subject:

Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

jbean3535 · Trick Member Joined: 08 May 2004 Location: KC Kansas

Want it. Don't have it. Nowhere in KC gets games very fast..usually a couple days after but we go the new PSTwo's early and I got mine last Friday!
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jas · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:22 pm Post subject:

Songlist please? D:
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operator · Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 6:43 pm Post subject:

Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

Taken from gamespy.com

* Licensed Rock/Pop
o ABC
o American Girls
o Are You Gonna Be My Girl
o Bowling for Soup (Theme from Jimmy Neutron)
o Girls & Boys
o I'm A Believer
o Killer Queen
o Lady Marmalade
o Love Shack
o Material Girl
o My Sharona
o Rock the Dragon (Theme from Dragon Ball Z)
o Slide
o That's The Way (I Like It)
o The Impression That I Get
o Toxic
o Tubthumping
o Walking On Sunshine
* Classical
o Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
o Carmen Prelude
o Foster's Medley
o Hungarian Dances No. 5
o Symphony No. 25 in G Minor
o William Tell Overture
* Namco Original
o Don Rangers
o Dragon Spirit
o Katamari on the Rocks
o Ridge Racer
o Soul Calibur II Brave Sword, Braver Soul
o Taiko March
o The Genji and the Heike Clans
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Dark Hogosha · Trick Member Joined: 12 Feb 2002 Location: Dubuque, Iowa

Got it last night. I think I'm one of like few that enjoys the songlist to this and Donkey Konga...everyone else won't stray passed the Namco originals and classical songs. It's really loud, though...which is to be expected of a drum, so I can't really complain about that.

Difficulty-wise, I'm quite happy with the game...it'll keep me challenged for a long while, unlike Donkey Konga. Love the songlist, but wish that there was more stuff to do or more things to unlock. With a game THIS tripped-out and cute in design, ya'd think they'd put more stuff in there to do...

But it's really fun, and I'm having a blast with it so far. (And, is it just me, or do the drumsticks...er....seem kinda...suggestive?)

Anyway, on a slightly related note, this makes me wanna import at least one Taiko game from Japan...any suggestions as to which one would be good or any links to some songlists and/or other modes that are on the other games?
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Philipio · Trick Member Joined: 23 Dec 2003 Location: Texas

operator · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 2:41 pm Post subject:

Illusion Bomb · Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

As soon as I saw the sticks I thought "dildoes"

Thought I was the only one...

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operator · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 10:57 am Post subject:

Illusion Bomb · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 11:59 am Post subject:

Not my fault I have a dirty mind...

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