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Aug 09 2005
Taiko no Tatsujin Portable Review
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I was skeptical at first when I read this game was being ported to the PSP. I was a huge fan of the original Japanese series and just didn't see how much fun this game would be without the Tatakon. But I was wrong.
The game works remarkably well on the PSP. D-Pad is used as left face hit, buttons for right face hit, L and are for left and right rim hits respectively. There are 35 tracks normally, 3 that are also unlockable (although I've only unlocked two). Most are Japanese pop-songs, with some Namco game tunes, random anime songs, and believe it or not Queen's We Will Rock You and Brittany Spears' I'm a Slave 4 U. The game shines with headphones (speakerwise it's okay but you don't get the same sensation, there is even an option to change what audio method you're playing). It sounds great and is faithful to the other versions.
Visually the series retains its quirky graphical presentation. It's nice and looks just as it does on the other versions.
There are three minigames. The first being a disco dancing game that prompts you to hit simulataneous button presses reflexively as soon as possible. The longer you play, the more complex the combinations and the shorter time you have to input it. The second is Japanese paper sumo wrestling, but all you really do is play against someone else (on the same PSP!) or CPU, and you have to hit a sequence of Face or Rim hits as fast as you can. The last is a mecha drum game where you use the analog stick and play the game vertically. Mechanical parts drop from the top and you have to use these tilts to make them fall into robot parts. You get points when you complete a robot. All the minigames are pretty fun.
There's single song mode, and a mode where you pick how many minutes you want to play for and it'll pick random songs that will match those number of minutes. There's also some multiplayer modes although I haven't had a chance to test them out, although game sharing seems to be supported as well.
There are some other options I can't seem to make out as my Japanese isn't great. That being said, the game is completely in Japanese, mostly hiragana but a lot of kanji. Still even if you don't know Japanese it's totally playable, and if it makes it stateside I'm pretty sure Namco is going to change the song list again.
There's also a game sharing mode as well as other adhoc multiplayer options.
If you're at all a fan of the series, highly consider purchasing it. Great fun on the go. My only complaints are that my hand cramps up during the more difficult songs and that there aren't enough songs!
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I love Taiko No Tatsujin and can't wait for my UMD to arrive from Hong Kong...
The song list seems kind of limited though.... I wish Sony would make it possible to download new ones.
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All of the Taiko games have limited song lists, except for the one combopack that combined two games into one.
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paull said: "The song list seems kind of limited though.... I wish Sony would make it possible to download new ones."
I picked this up in Tokyo yesterday.
This game is a LOT better than I thought it would be!
I fumbled through some of the options menus...
There is a download menu!!!
So... I tried to hook up through WiFi today... but, nothing available.
But... I'm thinking NAMCO will make additional songs available in the future.
There is also a menu option that lets you change the sound of the face and rim hits.
One of the sound sets is two-tone farts!
There is another one where a girl or a boy say, "Don't cut!"
I'm not sure what that's about.
I never played this game until I bought it for my PSP.
It's GREAT!
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ridestowe said: "booo, give us ddr!"
hell yeah dude!!! who cares if you dont have the pad? i play with my controller all the time!
damn, im fat
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The download option isn't for downloading new songs. It creates a save file on the memory stick which is used for gamesharing.
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Got mine yesterday and I've played it for about an hour. Simply put, if you like Taiko No Tatsujin, you should buy this game. It's thoroughly enjoyable with excellent graphics and sound. I'll be playing this game a LOT.edited: Aug 12 2005
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