Erik Johnson Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 Well after weeks of waiting for my drum to arrive, I now have Taiko in my home with Volume 4. As I am typing this Leanne is beating up our new Taiko drum. She seems to really like the opening theme to Urusei Yatsura, as well as do I. Yeah its a lot of fun!!! Leanne really loves Taiko! We love Taiko! Look Taiko finally arrived!!!
SharkTums Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 Awesome! We just got the newest Japanese import one in yesterday and I haven't had time to play it yet...should be fun at our party on Saturday!
Erik Johnson Posted September 15, 2005 Author Posted September 15, 2005 (edited) Cool....we are planning to get all the volumes now, heh....very addicted. I noticed as we are playing it seems that we keep getting new stuff, but since I cant read Japanese, have any idea what those "notes" we keep winning are for? Edited September 15, 2005 by Erik Johnson
SharkTums Posted September 15, 2005 Posted September 15, 2005 ^They mean that you've unlocked new songs and new difficulty levels! I'm learning Japanese through this and Katamari right now!
Erik Johnson Posted September 15, 2005 Author Posted September 15, 2005 Awesome! We just got the newest Japanese import one in yesterday and I haven't had time to play it yet...should be fun at our party on Saturday! Oh is this the Anime one?
Erik Johnson Posted September 15, 2005 Author Posted September 15, 2005 ^They mean that you've unlocked new songs and new difficulty levels! I'm learning Japanese through this and Katamari right now! The US edition is coming out real soon of Katamari 2...I cant wait!!! Taiko 4 had the Katamari song, that was a lot of fun. Our poor drum is getting so abused...
YoshiFan Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Good to hear you finally got the drum from Toys N Joys. I have the US version. They really Americanized the songlist compared to the imports though (Good Charlotte for example). I chose the US version over the import because like you mentioned, they are in Japanese (whereas Konami's Bemani games are 95% in English) It's fun but the drum is very loud. I like the game but prefer Konami's Drummania series more. I don't think it sold well in the US though considered Best Buy has the game and drum for $19.99 (if you want a second drum, it's much cheaper than buying it standalone).
SLUSHIE Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 How durrable is the drum? It looks like I could destroy it in one sitting. Maybe I just need to learn to be delicate with things.
Erik Johnson Posted September 16, 2005 Author Posted September 16, 2005 How durrable is the drum? It looks like I could destroy it in one sitting. Maybe I just need to learn to be delicate with things. Actually the drum seems like it was built to take quite a beating. So I don't think you can break it. Just make sure if you have a dog in the house that you keep the drum sticks out of its reach. They would make a great chew toy.
Sir Clinksalot Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Alright, I gotta jump in on this one. The first time I took Karen to Orlando, we went to X-S at PointeOrlando. They had one of the arcade games there. We went back three times during the course of our week in town, only to find on the last day that the game had been removed due to some kinda copyright issue. We've both been jonesing hardcore for this game ever since. Heres my questions: American version - worth talking about, or really no comparison (I have to assume the latter, since Good Charlotte isn't the kinda music that I think I want to play a taiko drum to). Import - how? Does that require a modded PS2 (I don't even have a PS2 at this point. If I get one, it's going to be for this and Kingdom Hearts). Will a modded (or is it chipped) PS2 play US games, or will it be only usable for imports? And where the hell do you get this stuff?
YoshiFan Posted September 16, 2005 Posted September 16, 2005 Alright, I gotta jump in on this one. The first time I took Karen to Orlando, we went to X-S at PointeOrlando. They had one of the arcade games there. We went back three times during the course of our week in town, only to find on the last day that the game had been removed due to some kinda copyright issue. We've both been jonesing hardcore for this game ever since. Heres my questions: American version - worth talking about, or really no comparison (I have to assume the latter, since Good Charlotte isn't the kinda music that I think I want to play a taiko drum to). Import - how? Does that require a modded PS2 (I don't even have a PS2 at this point. If I get one, it's going to be for this and Kingdom Hearts). Will a modded (or is it chipped) PS2 play US games, or will it be only usable for imports? And where the hell do you get this stuff? I think the one at XS Orlando was Percussion freaks, the Korean version of Drummania. Unfortunately, there is some stupid copyright with the MTV Drumscape "game" which is probably why it was removed. The Amercain version of the game does have a wide mix of music. Besides modern songs, it has some classical songs, some Namco original songs (like the Katamari Damacy song) but a lot of the songlist is mainstream US music including some oldies and 80's songs like Walking on Sunshine. In order to play imports on a US PS2, you need a mod chip or a flip top. A flip top is much easier to install from what I have heard. I don't know if I can link to the sites since they talk about how to play burned games on the site but do a search for flip top to find out the specifics. Modded or flip top systems can play both import and US games usually (always with the case of the Fliptop). There are sites that sell the Fliptop cover and mod chip sites that sell mod chips and pre-modded systems. You can get import games from Import sites such as Play-asia.com, NCSX.com, Japanvideogames.com etc. There is also EBay of course which is where I buy most imports because they are cheaper.
Erik Johnson Posted September 16, 2005 Author Posted September 16, 2005 (edited) ^^ I use Swap magic which does not require any type of modding whatsoever. Basically you put in the swap magic DVD or CD, take it out after a minute then put in the import game. There is a little plastic thingy that comes with it which keep the top of the PS2 open while you are playing. So far its has been working great for me. Edited September 18, 2005 by Erik Johnson
YoshiFan Posted September 17, 2005 Posted September 17, 2005 Yeah, that's the flip top. Both modding and installing a flip top looked to complicated for me considering I'm really not good with that type of stuff. It took me almost 15 minutes just to replace the spindle hub on my Playstation 1, so I took the easy (though expensive) route and got a Japanese PS2.
Sir Clinksalot Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 ^^^Sweet! I had never heard of the Flip Top stuff before - that looks hella cool. Now I just need to get a PS2 (I'm generally the last guy to get a console. Heck, we just got a SNES a year and a half ago). Thanks for the intel, everyone!
robbalvey Posted September 18, 2005 Posted September 18, 2005 I would highly reccomend the Japanese versions. You do not need to know Japanese to play them and you will figure out what to do really quickly. In fact, to play the game you just keep beating on the drum and you'll get right into it in about 5 times hitting it. The US version did a couple of weird things that I just do not like at all: 1. The Americanized music. Ugh, its REALLY bad. How many times do we need to hear Love Shack or Tubthumping in a music video game? There are a few classical songs which have been mentioned here (which I really like BTW) and some Namco music, but for the most part, out of about 40 songs, there are less than 10 I really like. 2. The two player mode is entirelly done rythmical. Meaning each person plays a different set of beats and it's supposed to sound like you play in rythem. It actually just sounds like noise. And with the Japanese versionw where both players play the same set of notes, when it sounds like noise it means you're screwing up! It's MUCH easier to play a two player game on the Japanese version. Anyway, hope that helps! --Robb "I love my Taiko No Tatsujin for my PSP!" Alvey
Meteornotes Posted September 19, 2005 Posted September 19, 2005 So if I get the US game and drum, will it work with the Japanese version of the game? Having played both, I like the Japanese version better. Although since either version involves hitting something, they're both good... dt
Erik Johnson Posted September 19, 2005 Author Posted September 19, 2005 So if I get the US game and drum, will it work with the Japanese version of the game? Having played both, I like the Japanese version better. Although since either version involves hitting something, they're both good... dt Do you mean does the American drum work with the Japanese version of the game? I believe so, I think the controller is the same in both the US and Japan.
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