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Taiko Drum Master Comes to Nintendo DS
It's been a long time coming, but Namco Bandai has finally gotten their heads on straight and announced Taiko no Tatsujin for Nintendo DS in Japan. Scheduled for release in the summer, the game will feature the Super Mario Bros. theme song, which is one of the best parts of the hit arcade game. Previous home versions of the game haven't included the Mario theme, because, uh, they were all on Sony systems. No longer!
The control method that the DS game will use is still a secret, says Famitsu. But Namco hasn't shown any images of what the DS game's bottom screen will look like, so the game will likely use the touch screen to replicate the drum controls.
It'll feature four-player multiplayer and you'll be able to dress up your own drum character for battle.
Magazine scans. Copies of them, plus my translation of the partial song list, are after the jump.
J-Pop:
Natsumatsuri (Summer Festival)
Won't Be Long
Mata Aimashou (Let's Meet Again)
Dance2 Featuring Soy Sauce [Pocky Chocolate Commercial Song]
Children's/Folk Music:
Mori no O-Kumasan (Bears in the Forest)
Inu no O-mawarisan (Dog and the Policeman)
Game Music:
Super Mario Bros.
Classical:
Beethoven's 7th (partial)
William Tell Overture
Heaven and Hell (Offenbach)
Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Classic Medley (Wedding Songs)
Namco Originals:
Kimi ni Touch!
Mojipittan Medley
Kagekiyo
Pachi O-Sensei
and more hit songs!
source: GAME Blog: hxxp://www.wired.com
It's been a long time coming, but Namco Bandai has finally gotten their heads on straight and announced Taiko no Tatsujin for Nintendo DS in Japan. Scheduled for release in the summer, the game will feature the Super Mario Bros. theme song, which is one of the best parts of the hit arcade game. Previous home versions of the game haven't included the Mario theme, because, uh, they were all on Sony systems. No longer!
The control method that the DS game will use is still a secret, says Famitsu. But Namco hasn't shown any images of what the DS game's bottom screen will look like, so the game will likely use the touch screen to replicate the drum controls.
It'll feature four-player multiplayer and you'll be able to dress up your own drum character for battle.
Magazine scans. Copies of them, plus my translation of the partial song list, are after the jump.
J-Pop:
Natsumatsuri (Summer Festival)
Won't Be Long
Mata Aimashou (Let's Meet Again)
Dance2 Featuring Soy Sauce [Pocky Chocolate Commercial Song]
Children's/Folk Music:
Mori no O-Kumasan (Bears in the Forest)
Inu no O-mawarisan (Dog and the Policeman)
Game Music:
Super Mario Bros.
Classical:
Beethoven's 7th (partial)
William Tell Overture
Heaven and Hell (Offenbach)
Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
Classic Medley (Wedding Songs)
Namco Originals:
Kimi ni Touch!
Mojipittan Medley
Kagekiyo
Pachi O-Sensei
and more hit songs!
source: GAME Blog: hxxp://www.wired.com
