Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun! Officially Confirmed For Western Switch Release

Awesome! I've ordered the Hori drum from PA. Can't wait

Alright alright!

hard core japan crazyness

Does this mean you'll stop using Taiko Drum Master as the name of the series?

Anyway, great news. I hope the song list will be unchanged.

YES! SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW!!

Aside from Smash this is the best news of the year so far for me.

I think I’ll stick to motion controls if they charge anywhere near that price for the drum.

Great that it’s success means another Western release. I’m loving it so far.

YES!

And here I thought I was ahead of the curve by importing. But I aint even mad. I'm glad to see BamCo willing to give this series another shot over here!

But the fact that they're mum on the song list so far tells me that it wont be a 1:1 release with its Japanese/Asia versions. What'll it be??

is it not playable in handheld at all?

Well I ‘ll be... that’s great! Hope it does well this time around!

Really hope the tatacon comes over.

@Mando44646 works docked and undocked. Taiko games always have multiple control schemes.

Interesting how they used the Japanese name and not Taiko Drum Master.

I’ll try the Japanese demo first. Seems like a fun time though.

@Ryu_Niiyama What's a tatacon? The drum controller?

Cool, hope a demo comes out!

FINALLY

@Ryu_Niiyama wonderful to hear, thank you! I despise motion controls and only play the Switch as a portable, so I'll pick this up

Well, time to put our money where our mouth was, for all of us requesting this to make it to the west.

Yes! Definitely gonna buy this. I was gonna import it, but now I guess I don’t have to.

I wonder why they didn’t go with the Taiko Drum Master name.

Not so fast.
I want to know about the full song list of USA / PAL version.
I expect some changes because i don't really like some songs on Japan version.

@idrawrobots
Same case with Konami when they released Dance Dance Revolution to Europe with name Dancing Stage long time ago until Dance Dance Revolution X, Europe got Dance Dance Revolution name instead of Dancing Stage.

@idrawrobots they killed drum master name off while back. Never used it on western release of Mario kart arcade

I'm hoping for a game and drum bundel for $79.99, but probably won't happen

@Eef That seems to be the case: https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/27/17621536/taiko-drum-master-nintendo-switch-ps4-release-date

@justin233 @Tim_Vreeland @Ryu_Niiyama Sadly the drum is not coming to the West: https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/27/17621536/taiko-drum-master-nintendo-switch-ps4-release-date

@Anti-Matter That may or may not be the case according to this article: https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/27/17621536/taiko-drum-master-nintendo-switch-ps4-release-date

@moody00 well I can always import it. Would have been nice to save some cash though...

@Mando44646 I've not had much luck with the gyro on this game anyway so I don't recommend it. Button and touchscreen controls work just fine.

@GrailUK Yep. Since I neglected to get the Ps4 version I'll get that domestic. I Miiiiiiiiiiight double dip on the switch version to buy my brother a copy. Depends on the track list.

I swear I have never been this happy to be wrong.

Wohoo!

Woooot!

Interesting, not only are they localizing it but it looks like they're just branding it under the romanized "Taiko no Tatsujin" rather than the "Taiko Drum Master" brand. Very interesting.

No drum peripheral, no purchase though....

we think the bundle might come in around $99.99 yes?

I imported the Ps4 drum bundle and I will get this one even if my drum is not compatible.

@moody00 Oh well. I’ll still have fun with either motion or button controls. So excited for this!

@Ryu_Niiyama Hehe, well, I learn something new everyday!

Knowing Bandai Namco, this is probably a digital-only release for North America (and maybe Europe). So I'm not going to cancel my order for the imported physical copy.

I wonder if the soundtrack is identical to the Japanese version, Donkey Konga 1 and 2 replaced some of the soundtrack with well known artists in the west.

@Krisi People will still call it Drum Master, because that's what it was known as for a long time. Does it personally offend you if people call it either way? You'll still understand what they're talking about, regardless of if they call it one or the other.

Actually very interested in both this and Gal Metal. I really need to download the JP demo!

@LN3000 No, it doesn't bother me at all (because as you said, it was the title of the only Western release), it was just weird how he writers on this website referred to it as such even when talking about the leaked trademarks that actually all said Taiko no Tatsujin. So I'm just glad that they will probably use the game's actual title since it's now officially announced.

@Eef Even with that, it still says the games have the Japanese songs and exclusive songs from other franchises. Also it states that no drum controller is coming to the west.

@Magician Considering how the physical box art was revealed with the ESRB and Pegi ratings, I believe there is a physical release, which is good news

No 'Be The One', no buy.

@Vorsun Right. Actually i'd like if they added EXCITE and Uchuu Sentai Kyuranger too.

Saw it coming, as for if I'll try it, it's a maybe. Even though I enjoy rhythm/music games, I'm not much into the whole "guitar hero" type gameplay. (you know what I mean, lol)

Is there a demo coming for it?

Bandai Namco really need to patch the game as soon as possible to address all the problems when playing with detached Joy-Cons. The game is still very much playable but there are A LOT of false inputs like registering a full movement even if you only moved the Joy-Con just a little bit or confusing one movement with another... As it is now, it is very difficult to get proper combos, although the game is still lost of fun if you just want to burn some stress.

I picked it up on a whim, and it is fun, but I am rather disappointed at how small the list of songs is. I really expected quite a few more. And a lot of ones I like from the arcade versions of the game are absent.

I suspected this might get a western release. But I didn't want to risk them modifying the game to suite western tastes and then missing out on any of the extreme Japanese goofiness. So I just shelled out the money for the import.

@Joeynator3000 There is a demo on the Japanese eShop, if you have a Japanese account.

So no drum sticks and no physical release in Europe.
Ok, I'll pass then... :/

@justin233 yes

Is it time to dig out the old Donkey Kongo bongos and Gamecube to USB adapter last used on Super Smash Bros?

Yassss