Taiko no Tatsujin: TaTaCon de Dodon ga Don

Taiko no Tatsujin: TaTaCon de Dodon ga Don
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Namco
Release date(s)	October 24, 2002
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Rating
CERO	A

Taiko no Tatsujin: TaTaCon de Dodon ga Don (Japanese: 太鼓の達人 タタコンでドドンがドン, Taiko no Tatsujin: Tatakon de Dodon ga Don) is a Taiko no Tatsujin game released for PlayStation 2 and is the first Taiko no Tatsujin game ever released on a video game console.

The bundle version, bundled with the first TaTaCon peripheral, first released on October 24, 2002 before the standalone game release on March 27, 2003.

Gameplay

The core gameplay is exactly the same as the Taiko no Tatsujin 3 arcade, with the only inputs being "Don" and "Ka" during the song play; By hitting the notes at the right timing, The Soul Gauge will fill up. If the Soul Gauge reached a certain point at the end of the song play, the song is cleared.

The main mode, the Arcade Mode, is what exactly it is; It emulates the arcade cabinet's behaviour. If a donder fails to clear the song in one of any three songs, it is count as a game over.

TaTaCon de Dodon ga Don includes modes that are exclusive to the console releases. They are:

• The Free mode, which behave similarly to Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum Session!'s training option but without the rewinds/stop functionality and hit rate measurement, doesn't have the same limitation as the Arcade mode but won't records any scores.
• The 2-player only Battle Mode put two donders against each other. Two of the donder's Soul Gauge will be pushing each other and whoever missed a note will have the donder's Soul Gauge pushed away. During the song play, a small but slowly enlarging bomb will slowly but obstructing the drum lane view, and will explode after enlarged to a certain size, depleting the Soul Gauge of the one who is at disadvantage. The one with the most Soul Gauge win.
• The 1-player only Survival Mode has the donder playing a number of randomly-selected songs at the set difficulty. Note that the Soul Gauge won't refill in this mode and completely depleted the Soul Gauge is considered game over. The one who managed to clear all songs without completely depleted the Soul Gauge wins.

The game also features the Mini-Game Mode and features two mini-games. They are:

• 100 Meter Run - In this mini-game, Don is facing against Mecha-Don and his various allies. Donder will have to hits the don input rapidly to make Don run faster, but be warned, Don will start rolling and won't able to move for a moment.
• Boston Marathon - Unlike the 100 Meter Run mini-game, this mini-game requires donder to hit specific inputs at the steady paces. After the certain amount of time, Don will starts running faster and donder is required to drumrolling as much as possible before Don returns to normal jogging. The one who managed to get the finish line first in the marathon win.

Starting with this game, the Donderful difficulty was renamed to Oni in Japanese language releases.

Characters

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

• Don Wada
• Katsu Wada
• Master Bachio
• Mecha-Don*
• Donko
• Inu Wada
• Kabuki Kids
• Turtle
• Lantern Eel
• Ika
• Namahage
• Shishimai
• Cotton Candy Quadruplets
• Takoyaki Brothers
• Suzudon
• Ms. Mariko
• The Chicks
• Goldfish
• Lantern

Song list

Music/song name Original Artist	Note(s)	Genre(s)	Extra
Don-chan Ondo Yuri Misumi どんちゃん音頭 みすみゆり	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 2.	Ondo	No	2	2		1
Susume! Driller Mitsuko Horie すすめ！ドリラー 堀江美都子	First Opening theme for Mr. Driller video game series.	Namco	No	4	3		2
Don-chan Ekaki Uta Fushigi Yamada どんちゃんえかき歌 山田ふしぎ	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3.	Drawing Song	No	4	4		2
From the New World Antonín Dvořák クラシック　新世界より アントニン・ドヴォルザーク		Classical	No	5	5		3
Classical Medley (Sport Event) Yuji Masubuchi, Tomoko Tatsuta クラシックメドレー(運動会編) 増渕裕二、辰田朋子		Classical	No	5	5		3
Doraemon Ondo Nobuyo Ohyama, Koorogi '73 ドラえもん音頭 大山のぶ代・こおろぎ'73	Insert song of TV anime series Doraemon (Second series).	Ondo	No	1	1	1	1
Mr. Moonlight ~Ai no Big Band~ Morning Musume Mr. Moonlight ～愛のビッグバンド～ モーニング娘。		J-Pop	No	4	3	1	4
STEPPING WIND Kaze no Klonoa 2 Kumiko Watanabe STEPPING WIND 風のクロノア2 渡辺久美子	Song from the video game Klonoa 2.	Namco	No		4	1	4
Piece of a Dream Chemistry PIECES OF A DREAM CHEMISTRY		J-Pop	No	3	3	2	5
Fun-Filled Drum-Filled Taiko Dojo Jesahm たのしい太鼓道場 自営山	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3. Unlockable song.	Namco	No		4	2	5
Osakana Tengoku Hiromi Shibaya おさかな天国 柴矢裕美		J-Pop	No	1	5	2	5
Tankou Bushi 炭坑節		Children & Folk	No	3	4	2	5
Hamtaro Tottoko Uta Hamchanz ハム太郎とっとこうた ハムちゃんず	First opening theme song for TV anime series Hamtaro (first series).	Animation	No	2	2	3	6
Mojipittan Medley Satoru Kousaki もじぴったんメドレー 神前暁	Medley music from video game Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan.	Namco	No		4	3	6
Minimoni. Telephone! Ring Ring Ring Minimoni ミニモニ。テレフォン！リンリンリン ミニモニ。		J-Pop	No	3	2	3	6
LOVE Machine Morning Musume LOVEマシーン モーニング娘。		J-Pop	No	3	3	4	7
Hello! Don-chan Yuri Misumi ハロー！どんちゃん みすみゆり	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin.	Pops	No	2	3	4	7
Nijiiro Yumeiro Taikoiro Yoko Takahashi 虹色･夢色･太鼓色 高橋洋子	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3.	Namco	No		5	4	7
Mappy Ondo Nobuyuki Ohnogi (Original), Yuri Misumi (Arrange) マッピー音頭 大野木宣幸 (原曲)、みすみゆり(編曲)	Remix of music from video game Mappy.	Namco	No	3	5	4	7
Theme from Lupin III '78 Yuji Ohno ルパン三世のテーマ'78 大野雄二	1st opening theme music for TV anime series Lupin the Third Part II.	Animation	No	4	5	5	8
Natsu Matsuri Whiteberry 夏祭り Whiteberry	Opening theme song for TV drama series Fushigi na Hanashi.	J-Pop	No	4	6	5	8
traveling Hikaru Utada traveling 宇多田ヒカル		J-Pop	No	4	3	5	8
Marionette BOØWY Marionette　-マリオネット- BOØWY		J-Pop	No	3	4	5	8
Gachaman no Uta Masato Shimon, Colombia Yurikagu Kai ガッチャマンの歌 子門真人、コロムビアゆりかご会	First ending theme song and second opening theme song for TV anime series Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.	Animation	No	4	6	5	8
Sazae-san Ikka Yuuko Uno サザエさん一家 宇野ゆう子	First ending theme song for TV anime series Sazae-san.	Animation	No	2	2	5	8
Lovely-X Yoshihito Yano ラブリーX 矢野義人	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 2. Unlockable song.	Namco	No		6	6	9
Go Go Kitchen Yuri Misumi ゴーゴー･キッチン みすみゆり	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin. Unlockable song.	Ska	No		6	6	9
Classical Music Medley (Rock version) Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange) クラシックメドレー（ロック編 増渕裕二(編曲)		Classical	No		5	7	10
Taiko Zamurai Yuji Masabuchi 太鼓侍 増渕裕二	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3. Unlockable song.	Namco Original	No		5	7	10
Fuun! Bachi o Sensei Go Shiina 風雲！バチお先生 椎名豪	Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3. Unlockable song.	Namco Original	No		3	7	10

External link

• Taiko no Tatsujin: TaTaCon de Dodon ga Don official website (Japanese)