Japanese Arcade Drumming: Taiko no Tatsujin

This is a look into my absolute favorite Japanese arcade game, Taiko no Tatsujin (aka Taiko Drum Master). You play on a huge taiko drum controller, and hit the drum to the beat of the song. Red notes are hits to the drum head, and blue notes are hits to the drum rim. The five levels of difficulty are Beginner, Easy, Normal, Difficult, and Oni (Expert). Actual difficulty ranges from so easy a 3 year old could do it, to, well, what you see here, and beyond.

The genres typically found in any Taiko game are: J-Pop, Classical, Anime, Variety, Children's songs, and Namco Originals.

I've been playing since I studied abroad in Japan 3 years ago, either by means of a Japanese arcade, or the home versions which are on the Japanese versions of Playstation 2 and Wii.

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[mounlolol]

lol how many yen did you spend to get this good

[OsakaPapa]

@mounlolol I can't say I kept track ^^;; I also played a lot on the home version which gave me quite a bit of skill ups.

[Rhyc111]

its always a good chuckle , specially when your doing that little dance :)

[OsakaPapa]

@Rhyc111 If you've ever seen the anime Lucky Star, that dance/spot might look familiar to you :D

[Rhyc111]

your intoduction always makes me chuckle XD and your awesome at that game!

[OsakaPapa]

@Rhyc111 I hope that's a good chuckle ;) I tried to use the best scenes I could :D

[Funnierthan24]

First song is World is Mine by Hatsune Miku. :D

[JyniWyse]

you should have done the song from the anime Lucky Star

[StereoNumber]

i've played on that exact machine!!! haha not as well as that though...

[GmonyZB]

u have mad skillz

[pokekop]

if i was playing that, i would not of even looked through the songs till the second time i played, I LOVE VOCALOID

[llJAFYll]

u must be pretty good with a set your beats are precise

[kebjnchan]

Well Nice to meet u :D im Vietnamese taiko drummer has been know this for 5 year.... but i just started play again around this month so hope :D can add friend with u

[HawkEyeStig]

That looks so hard on Oni level but so fun at the same time, Your a pro!

[BeaTanLim]

We have taiko no tatsujin in the philippines. Bleblehh... Only is some malls. like Eastwood.

[SSSOOOMMMAAA]

i always hit up mizuho base and play that game,