Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment (Under the publisher brand Namco)
Release date(s)	July 26, 2007
Platform(s)	Nintendo DS
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Rating
CERO	A

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! (Japanese: 太鼓の達人DS タッチでドコドン！, Taiko no Tatsujin Dīesu: Tatchi de Dokodon!) is the first Taiko no Tatsujin game to released on Nintendo DS. It also marks the turning point for the franchise as it brings many features which are not in the past titles.

This game grants the use of the touch-screen input function of the Nintendo DS, as such, Touch de Dokodon!, and in extension all subsequent Taiko no Tatsujin games on DS and 3DS were comes with a pair of stylus-like sticks known as "Bachi Pen" to enhance gameplay.

Song list

Music/song name

Original Artist

Note(s)

Extra

J-Pop

Sakuranbo さくらんぼ

Ai Otsuka

Ending theme song for TV variety show Mecha Mecha iketerū!

No

Kibun Joujou 気分上々↑↑

mihimaru GT

Ending theme song for TV variety show Sukipaba.

No

Natsu Matsuri 夏祭り

Whiteberry

No

Ketsui no Asa Ni 決意の朝に

Aqua Timez

Ending theme song for anime movie Brave Story.

No

WON'T BE LONG

Exile and Koda Kumi

Cover song of Da Bubblegum Brothers's song of the same name

No

Mata Ai Mashou マタアイマショウ

Seamo

Opening theme of anime OVA Tokyo Marble Chocolate.

No

DANCE2 .feat Soy Sauce DANCE2 feat.ソイソース

Orange Range}

Music from Pocky commercial

No

Anime

Touch タッチ

Yoshimi Iwasaki

First opening theme song for TV anime series Touch.

No

Together

Fumie Akiyoshi

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

No

Juken Sentai Gekiranger 獣拳戦隊ゲキレンジャー

Takayoshi Tanimoto (Project.R) feat. Young Fresh

Opening theme song for TV tokusatsu series Juken Sentai Gekiranger.

No

Pretty Cure 5, Smile Go Go! プリキュア5 スマイルGoGo!

Mayu Kudo

Opening theme song for TV anime series Yes! Pretty Cure 5.

No

Doraemon no Uta ドラえもんのうた

Kumiko Ohzumi, Nobuyo Ohyama

1st opening theme for TV anime series Doraemon (1979 series) and Doraemon (2005 series).

No

Detective Conan Main Theme 名探偵コナン メイン･テーマ

Katsuo Ohno

Main theme music for TV anime series Detective Conan.

No

Anpanman no March アンパンマンのマーチ

Dreaming

Opening theme song for TV anime series Soreike! Anpanman.

No

Children/Folk

Mori no Kuma-San もりのくまさん

N/A

No

Inu no Omawari-san いぬのおまわりさん

N/A

No

Variety

Tarako Tarako Tarako たらこ･たらこ･たらこ

Kigurumi

Music from Kewpie Pasta Sauce commercial.

No

Classic

From Symphony No. 7 交響曲第７番から

Ludwig van Beethoven

No

William Tell Overture ウィリアム･テル序曲

Gioachino Rossini

No

Overture from 'Orpheus in the Underworld' 「天国と地獄」序曲

Jacques Offenbach

No

Flight of the Bumblebee 熊蜂の飛行

Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov

No

Classical Medley (Wedding Celebration) クラシックメドレー (ウェディング編)

Masako Ohgami

Composite of the classical music, consists of "Here Comes the Bride from Lohengrin" by Richard Wagner, "Libiamo ne' lieti calici from La traviata" by Giuseppe Verdi, "Liebesträume No.3" by Franz Liszt, "In the Hall of the Mountain King from Peer Gynt No. 1" by Edvard Grieg and briefly "Étude Op. 10, No. 3" by Frédéric Chopin.

No

Fantaisie-Impromptu 幻想即興曲

Frédéric Chopin (Original) Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange)

No

Game Music

Super Mario Bros. スーパーマリオブラザーズ

Koji Kondo

Main theme music from video game Super Mario Bros.

No

GO MY WAY!!

IM@S ALLSTARS

Song from video game The Idolm@ster.

No

Namcot Medley ナムコットメドレー

Masako Ohgami

Rendition of Famicom versions of Namco-released titles including Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Mappy, Family Stadium, Galaga, Xevious, Valkyrie no Bouken: Toki no Kagi Densetsu, StarBlade, Family Tennis, Family Jockey, The Tower of Druaga, Sky Kid, Galaxian, and The Quest of Ki

No

Namco Original

Kimi ni Touch! キミにタッチ！

Masako Ohgami

Main theme song for Touch de Dokodon!

No

Mojipittan Medley もじぴったんメドレー

N/A

Medley music from video game Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan.

No

KAGEKIYO ～The Genji and the Heike Clans Medley～ KAGEKIYO ～源平討魔伝メドレー～

Yuji Matsubuchi

Arranged music from arcade video game The Genji and the Heike Clans.

No

Fuun! Bachi o Sensei 風雲！バチお先生

Go Shiina

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3.

No

Kurofune Raikou 黒船来航

Kakumi Nishigomi

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 10.

No

Taiko Ranbu - Honoo no Maki 太鼓乱舞 炎の巻

Yuji Matsubuchi

Song debut in Touch de Dokodon!

No

Taiko Ranbu - Mizu no Maki 太鼓乱舞 水の巻

Yuji Matsubuchi

Song debut in Touch de Dokodon!

No

Taiko Ranbu - Kaze no Maki 太鼓乱舞 風の巻

Yuji Matsubuchi

Song debut in Touch de Dokodon!

No

Tenjiku 2000 てんぢく2000

LindaAI-CUE, Gingitsune

Song debut in Touch de Dokodon!

No

Trivia

• A game-breaking bug was discovered in that, where all three save slot were used up and all three Dons have costumes other than the default one, the game freezes on the title screen and won't load anything. This was fixed later in the same year, when Bandai Namco Games (Now Bandai Namco Entertainment) announced that anyone with the defective game can trade it in for the updated version for free.
• This release introduces the first of several features:
  • Don's room, a central hub of the side options of the game, features changing Don's body color and costumes, and a new unlock system introduced in the form og notifications from in-game characters by the way of letters, which will let players know what challenge to attempt in order to unlock a specific reward, or in other words, has unlocked a reward, such as a costume or song.
  • A new drumroll-type note named the "Denden" (でんでん) note is introduced, where players must alternate between the "don" and "ka" sides of the drum during each drumroll. This is only exclusive to this game and other Taiko games for DS.
  • The daily dojo mode was introduced, where players can rank up by completing challenges on an assigned song on a specific difficulty in a daily basis. This feature ran up until Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Chogouka-ban.
  • A new tutorial on the basics on how to play the game is introduced, marking this the first game since Taiko no Tatsujin RT not to have any sung songs with it,
  • The "Don Point" system that was featured on several PS2 and the first two PSP releases was permanently removed. The reason is unknown, but it is possible that it was removed to simplify the unlocking system.
  • This game marks the first time where players can freely select modifiers while selecting a song (found in the "Options" tab next to the difficulty settings tab). In several PS2 predecessors, players had to enter the actual names (such as "Baisoku", "Yonbai", "Sanbai", "Doron", "Kanpeki", and "Abekobe") in order to enable the modes.

Official Website

• Taiko no Tatsujin DS Official Website