Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Games (under the publisher brand Namco)
Release date(s)	July 1, 2010
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Rating
CERO	A

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle! (Japanese: 太鼓の達人DS ドロロン! ヨーカイ大決戦!!, Taiko no Tatsujin Dīesu: Dororon! Youkai Daikessen!) is the 3rd and final Taiko no Tatsujin game released on Nintendo DS. It was released on July 1, 2010.

It borrows gameplay mechanics from both Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! and Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!. Like the previous installment, Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle! features a story mode, and in this case it is known as 'Yokai Great Decisive Battle mode', and features a RPG-style gameplay.

The game features 51 songs, 13 of which are Namco Original songs.

Yokai Great Decisive Battle Mode

Gameplay

In Yokai Great Decisive Battle mode, the player controls Don in a RPG gameplay. When the player encounters an enemy, the taiko drum battle starts.

Like in Great Adventure of the Seven Islands, the player must hit the notes to deplete the enemy's health point, otherwise missing a note will deplete the player's HP. The player wins when the enemy's HP is completely depleted. Players can level up by gaining EXP via taiko drum battles. When leveling up, Don's HP, attack and defense stats will increase. Equipments such as head gears and clothes will also affect stats as well. In addition, some head gears like the bronze key can unlock special doors, depending on the type of door in question.

Plot

One night while the sky had a full moon, Don and Katsu were standing outside of their house, watching the beautiful view of the night sky. Suddenly, Don heard a creepy crying voice, and he asked Katsu if it is his voice, but Katsu said he did not hear anything. Don think he must have misheard.

Then, the voice was heard again, and it was from inside the house, this time both Don and Katsu heard it and freaked out. Once they were inside, they saw the ghost of a raccoon-human girl. Said ghost said something like "Father, where are you?" while crying, and Don wondered if she was lost. Then she disappeared, and suddenly the door beside Don and Katsu opened up, revealing a portal and the Taiko duo were pulled into it.

When Don came out of the portal, he found himself alone in the forest of the Iga village in the Edo period of Japan. There, he saw the same raccoon-human girl, named Ponko, was going to searching her father on her own but the old ninja Master won't let her do so because the Yokai were targeting her. Don interrupted by asking Ponko if she is the same girl he saw before, but the Master mistook Don for a yokai and had a taiko battle against Don, from which Don coma out as a winner.

Master apologized to Don for mistaking him for a Yokai, but then a real Yokai (Wanyuudou, a flame wheel Yokai) appear edand saw the leaf-like hair ornaments on Ponko's hair, thinking that she is a Yokai and the DemonKing's daughter. But when he tried to get her, he couldn't stop himself flying, resulting in getting himself out of village empty handed.

Once in the house of the village, Master asked Don if he can defeats the Yokai across Japan. Don agreed, but just then Ponko asked Master if she could come with Don so she could search for her father. After a thought, Master agreed. And so the epic journey begins...

Song List

Music/song name

Original Artist

Note(s)

Extra

J-Pop

Kiseki キセキ

GReeeeN

Theme song for TV drama series Rookies.

No

Joyful じょいふる

ikimono-gakari

No

Shukashuutoo 春夏秋冬

Hilchryme

No

RIVER

AKB48

No

Choo Choo TRAIN

Exile

No

Melt メルト

Ryo of supercell feat. Miku Hatsune

No

Anime

Uchuu Senkan Yamato 宇宙戦艦ヤマト

Isao Sasaki, Musical Academy

Opening theme song for TV anime series Space Battleship Yamato.

No

Sign

Flow

6th opening theme song for TV anime series Naruto Shippuden.

No

W-B-X ~W Boiled Extreme~

Aya Kamiki feat. TAKUYA

Opening theme song for TV tokusatsu series Kamen Rider W.

No

Tensou Sentai Goseiger 天装戦隊ゴセイジャー

NoB (Project.R)

Opening theme song for TV tokusatsu series Tensou Sentai Goseiger.

No

Alright! Heartcatch Pretty Cure! Alright! ハートキャッチプリキュア！

Aya Ikeda

Opening theme song for TV anime series Heartcatch Pretty Cure!.

No

Happy Happy ハピハピ

Becky

11th opening theme song for TV anime series Crayon Shin-Chan.

No

Odore Dore Dora Doraemon Ondo 踊れ・どれ・ドラ　ドラえもん音頭

Dorakko Team, Doraemon (CV. Wasabi Mizuta)

1st ending theme song for TV anime series Doraemon (2005).

No

Saikou Everyday! サイコー・エブリデイ！

Fumie Akiyoshi with The Greatest-Band

3rd opening theme song for TV anime series Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl.

No

Tonari no Totoro となりのトトロ

N/A

Ending them song for anime movie My Neighbor Totoro.

No

Gake no Ue no Ponyo 崖の上のポニョ

Fujimaki Fujioka, Nozomi Ohhashi

Ending them song for anime movie Ponyo.

No

Variety

Maneki Neko Duck no Uta まねきねこダックの歌

Takuya-kun and Mayuminu

No

BAROQUE HOEDOWN ~Electrical Parade Theme~ BAROQUE HOEDOWN ~エレクトリカルパレードのテーマ~

Perrey-Kingsley

No

RHYTHM AND POLICE

N/A

TV Drama Odoro Dai Sousa Sen opening theme music.

No

Thriller スリラー

Michael Jackson

No

Okashi Deka no Uta お菓子刑事の歌

YMCK

No

Papa Mama Mc パパマママック

N/A

Taiko Team x McDonalds collaboration song.

No

Classic

Ninth Symphony 第九交響曲

Ludwig van Beethoven

No

Hungarian Dance No.5 ハンガリー舞曲　第5番

Johannes Brahms

No

Symphonic Medley No.1 シンフォニックメドレー第1番

N/A

No

Turkish March トルコ行進曲

Ludwig van Beethoven (Original) Hiromi Shibano (Arrange)

No

Funiculi Funicula フニクリ・フニクラ

Luigi Denza

No

When the Saints Go Marching In 聖者の行進

K.D.Brosia (Arrange)

No

Le Tombeau de Couperin クープランの墓

Maurice Ravel (Original) Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange)

No

Le Tombeau de CouperinO Vreneli クープランの墓おおブレネリ

N/A

No

Holdiridia ホルディリディア

N/A

No

Game Music

Symphonic Valkyrie シンフォニック　ワルキューレ

Manuel de Falla (Original) ZHiroyuki Kawada (Arrange)

Arranged music from Vakyrie series.

No

KAGYUKIYO

N/A

Music from video game Genpei Tōma Den.

No

Nanori (Tenjou) 名乗り（天上）

Norio Nakagata

Music from video game Mirai Ninja.

No

Knuckle Heads ~Ouburoukou~ ナックルヘッズ ~鷹舞狼吼~

Takayuki Aihara

Music from video game Knuckle Heads.

No

Metal Hawk BGM1 メタルホーク　BGM1

Shinji Hosoe

Music from video game Metal Hawk.

No

Tatakae! T3 Booei Tai~GDI mix~ 戦え！T3防衛隊 ～GDI mix～

Naomiki Yanagisawa, norion5, Aru Majirou, Linda Ai-CUE

Music from video game Tank! Tank! Tank!.

No

relations

IM@S ALLSTARS

Song from video game Idolm@ster: Live For You.

No

Namco Original

Dororon Girl どろろんガール

Asami Shimoda

Ending theme song for Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Youkai Dochuuki Ondo 妖怪道中記音頭

Hiroyuki Kawada (Composer)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin: Atsumare! Matsuri da!! Yondaime.

No

Lovely-X ラブリーX

Yoshihito Yano (Vocal) Yuri Misumi (Composer)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 2.

No

Hyakki Yakou 百鬼夜行

Kakumi Nishigomi

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Tenyou no Mai 天妖ノ舞

Zeami feat. Asami Imai

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Sweet Lay

Kyah (Vocal) Hiroto Sasaki (Composer)

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Bubbly☆Queen バブリィ☆クイーン

Hiromi Shibano

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

mint tears

ribbon room

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 13.

No

Tokoyami no Mori ~Prologue "Night of the Evil God's Resurrection"~ 常闇の森 ~序章｢邪神復活の夜｣~

Keigo 'MONACA' Haashi

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 13.

No

Daidara 8551 大多羅捌伍伍壱

Yukiko 'YMY' Yamamoto

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Jigoku no Daiou 地獄の大王

Yoshihito Yano

Song debut in Dororon! Yokai Great Decisive Battle!.

No

Hataraku 2000 はたラク2000

Tomomitsu Kaneko, LindaAI-CUE

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 13.

No

Total Eclipse 2035 ~ Total Solar Eclipse of Space/Time Girl ~ トータル・エクリプス 2035 ～少女の時空皆既日食～

Kaori Aihara (Vocal) Mitsuhiro Kaneda (Composer)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 13.

No

Guest Characters

As with every Taiko no Tatsujin game, there are characters hailing from other franchises. These include:

• Characters from vocaloid series made by Crypton Future Media (seen in the song 'Melt')
• Characters from Idolm@ster series (seen in the song 'relations')
• Characters from Okashi Deka by Avex (seen in the song 'Okashi Deka no Uta')
• CoroCoro Dragon from CoroCoro comic magazines by Shogakugan (seen in the mail messages)

Guest brands

• The McDonald brand appears the song 'Papa Mama Mc'.

Gallery

TaikoDS3CM

TV Commercial.

TaikoDS3PV

Promotional Video.

Official Website

• Taiko no Tatsujin DS3 official website