Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!

Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment (Under the publisher brand Namco)
Release date(s)	April 24, 2008
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Rating
CERO	A

Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands! (Japanese: めっちゃ！太鼓の達人DS ７つの島の大冒険！, Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin Dīesu: Nanatsu no Shima no Daibouken!) is the 2nd Taiko no Tatsujin game released on Nintendo DS. It was released on April 24, 2008.

It borrows game mechanics from the first Taiko no Tatsujin DS game. For the first time ever in Taiko no Tatsujin series, it includes a story mode. Since then All Taiko games on handles and consoles includes story mode.

It contains 50 songs, 10 of which are Namco Original songs.

Gameplay

The core gameplay is the same as the the first Taiko no Tatsujin DS game. As it was designed to take advantage of DS's touchscreen, player can playing the song using the bachi-pens and the DS/3DS's touchscreen.

In the Dojo Conquest mode (道場やぶりモード), the game's main story mode, player takes controls of Don as he conquers all the dojos across the seven islands and taking them from the Dokon Gang.

In some battles, the player will need to clear specific conditions to clear the stages. Some are four-way battles that requires player to get the highest score points. On boss battles, player will need to hit the note to depletes boss's tamashii gauge. However, some obstacles will shows up such as bomb notes and note covering during boss battles.

Story

Don have built his own dojo just above his (and Katsu) house and running it since then, and he got a new apprentice (the player) who wanted to be the best taiko drum master like Don was.

Then one day, their training was interupted when a bird deliver a mail to them. The mail is from no other than granpa Kiyoshi and in the mail, he reveals that recently there's the lot of dojos that were built near his dojo. To make matter worse, those dojos are making loud noises like no end and the neighbors couldn't sleep at all due to this. He ask Don if he can conquers all the dojos to solve this problem once and for all, and so the new adventure of Don and his new apprentice has begin...

Characters

Note: The * mark indicates that this is the character's first appearance in the franchise.

Main characters

• Don Wada

Villians

• Gigadon*
• Dokon*
• Botan*
• Dorabot*
• Nyanki*
• Waru Mecha-Don*
• Noisebot 1*
• Noisebot 2*
• Noisebot 3*

NPCs

• Lantern Eel
• Bachi Sensei
• Takoyaki Brothers
• SuzuDons
• Kiyoshi Wada
• Neko and Shaxy
• The Chicks
• Kasedori
• Namahage
• Shishimai
• Yatsushika
• Mask Kids
• Hana Takahashi
• Mizu-Mariko
• Donko

Song List

Song	Original Artist	TV Show/Game
J-POP
PEACH	Ai Otsuka	Ending theme song for TV drama series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007)
Ai Uta 愛唄	GReeeeN
Age Age Every Knight アゲ♂アゲ♂EVERY☆騎士	DJ OZMA	Cover song of DJ DOC's 'Run to you'
Lifetime Respect -Onna Hen- Lifetime Respect -女編-	RSP
Ikenai Taiyou イケナイ太陽	Orange Range	Opening theme song for TV drama series Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007)
Tentai Kansoku 天体観測	BUMP OF CHICKEN	Insert song for TV drama series serchin'for my polestar
Love So Sweet	Arashi	Theme song for TV dramam series Hana Yori Dango Returns
LINDA LINDA リンダ　リンダ	The Blue Hearts
Anime
Anpanman Taisou アンパンマンたいそう	CHA-CHA	3nd ending theme song for TV anime series Soreike! Anpanman
Oshiri Kajiri Mushi おしりかじり虫	Oshiri Kajiri Mushi	Opening theme song for TV anime series Oshiri Kajiri Mushi
Yume wo Kanaete Doraemon 夢をかなえてドラえもん	mao	3nd opening theme song TV anime series Doraemon (2005)
Engine Sentai Go-Onger 炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー	Hideyuki Takahashi (Project.R)	Opening theme song for TV tokusatsu series Engine Sentai Go-Onger
Pretty Cure 5, Full Throttle GO GO! プリキュア5、フル・スロットル GO GO!	Mayu Kudoh	Opening theme song for TV anime series Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo
GeGeGe no Kitaro ゲゲゲの鬼太郎	Shigeru Izumiya	1st opening theme song for TV anime series GeGeGe no Kitaro (2007)
Fukou no Kuni no Ohime-sama フコウの国のお姫さま	Moririi	Fukomori merchandises by Bandai
Sousei no Aquarion 創聖のアクエリオン	AKINO	Opening theme song for TV anime series Genesis of Aquarion
A Cruel Angel's Thesis 残酷な天使のテーゼ	Yoko Takahashi	Opening theme song for TV anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion
Cha-La Head-Cha-La	Hironobu Kageyama	1st opening theme song for TV anime series Dragon Ball Z
Daybreak's Bell	L'Arc-en-Ciel	1st opening theme song for the first season of TV anime series Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Children/Folk
ABC no Uta ABCの歌
Alps Ichiman Shaku アルプス一万尺
Classic
Bolero ボレロ	Maurice Ravel
Rhapsody in Blue ラプソディ・イン・ブルー	George Gershwin
Carmen Prelude カルメン　組曲一番終曲	Georges Bizet
La Campanella ラ・カンパネラ	Franz Liszt
Kare Kano Kanon カレ・カノ・カノン	Johann Pachelbel (Original) Keiichi Okabe (Arrange) Mamechiyo Nakamura (Vocal)
The Nutcracker Suite 行進曲「くるみ割り人形」から	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 5 "Fate" 交響曲第五番「運命」	Ludwig van Beethoven
From the New World 新世界より	Antonín Dvořák
Entertainer エンターテイナー	Scott Joplin
Classic Medley (Rock ver.) クラシックメドレー（ロック編）	Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange)
March of the Toy Soldiers おもちゃの兵隊の行進	Leon Jessel
Game Music
shiny smile	IM@S ALLSTARS	Song from video game Idolm@ster Live For You!
Agent Yoru o Yuku エージェント夜を往く	IM@S ALLSTARS	Song from video game The Idolm@ster
Bambini バンビーニ		Music from video game Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
Koi wa Mizuiro 恋はみずいろ	Yukana	Ending theme song for video game Mizuiro Blood
Spleunker スペランカー		Arranged music from video game Spleunker
Ridge Racer		Music from ideo game Ridge Racer
Soulcalibur II ~Brave Sword, Braver Soul~ ソウルキャリバーⅡ ~Brave Sword, Braver Soul~	Yoshihito Yano	Music from video game Soulcalibur II
Dragon Spirit Medley ドラゴンスピリットメドレー		Remix of music from video game Dragon Spirit
Namco Original
Nanairo Harmony 七色ハーモニー	Asami Imai	Ending theme song for Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!
Taiko Samurai 太鼓侍	Yuji Masabuchi	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3
Wasure Na Gusa わすれなぐさ	Mika Satoh	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 11
Go Go Kitchen ゴーゴー・キッチン	Yuri Misumi	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin
Numujika ac.10 ヌムジカac.10	Masako Ohgami	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 10
Hyakka Ryouran 百花繚乱	Kakumi Nishigomi	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 11
Warera Muteki no Dokon Dan われら無敵のドコン団	Chiaki Takahashi	Song debut in Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!
Yami no Tamashii 闇の魂	Yoshihito Yano	Song debut in Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!
Saitama 2000 さいたま2000	LindaAI-CUE Vocal: Fushigi Yamada (as Don-chan)	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin: Appare Sandaime
EkiBEN 2000	LindaAI-CUE Vocals: Kidaruma/MC Linn	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 11

Guest Character

As with other Taiko no Tatsujin games, there are characters that are from other franchises. This game includes:

• The core Go-ongers from Engine Sentai Go-Onger by Toei (seen in the song 'Engine Sentai Go-Onger' and in the mail message (Go-On Red only))
• CoroCoro Dragon from CoroCoro comic magazines by Shogakugan (seen in the mail messages)
• Characters from Oshiri Kajiri Mushi (seen in the song 'Oshiri Kajiri Mushi')
• Characters from Idolm@ster series (seen in the song 'shiny smile' and 'Agent Yoru wo Yuku')
• The main characters from GeGeGe no Kitaro series (Based on the 5th anime series, seen in the song 'GeGeGe no Kitaro')
• The main characters from Doraemon (seen in the song 'Yume o Kanae te Doraemon')
• Characters from Spleunker (seen in the song 'Spleunker')
• Characters from Fukoumori (seen in the song 'Fukou no Kuni no Ohime-sama')
• Characters from Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan (seen in the song 'Bambini')

Official Website

• Taiko no Tatsujin DS2 official website