Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do-Don to Nidaime!

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do-Don to Nidaime!
Developer(s)	Taiko Team
Publisher(s)	Bandai Namco Entertainment
Release date(s)	November 19, 2009
Platform(s)	Nintendo Wii
Genre(s)	Rhythm
Rating
CERO	A

Taiko no Tatsujin Wii: Do-Don to Nidaime! (Japanese: 太鼓の達人Wii ドドーンと２代目！, Taiko no Tatsujin U~ī Dodōn to Nidaime!) is the second Taiko no Tatsujin game on the Nintendo Wii. It was released on November 19, 2009.

Unlike the previous games, it comes in two retail packages: one with the game itself and one that bundled with the TaTaCon controller.

Gameplay

The gameplay is largely the same as the previous installment, but for the first time in the Taiko no Tatsujin series for video game consoles, it includes the Ura Oni tracks for certain songs.

Like the first Wii release, the story is also integrated into Play Mode, in which players can eventually unlock new features as they progress. Additionally, boss battles are a first in home console releases as they were originally first found previously on Meccha! Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Great Adventure of the Seven Islands!. The objective of the game is to fill up the tamashii battery to help bring back the memories of the robot, Alumi.

Plot

One night, Don and Katsu came across a broken robot while walking around the festival. The Taiko duo decided to bring it to the Municipal Wadaiko Laboratory and asks Professor Otowa and his assistant Kodama see if it could be fixed. With the help of the Taiko power from the Taiko duo, the robot is fixed and awake. The robot, now known as Alumi, doesn't remember anything except her name. Hearing this, Don and Katsu promise to help her recover her memories.

Later, Mecha-Don crashes into the laboratory out of nowhere, who explains that he was attacked by something that is ruining the festival. Surveying the surveillance footage, Don and his company see the havoc throughout the festival. Soon, evil scientist Dr. Waruru, who despises festivals, infiltrate the festival with his robots he designed himself. Don and Katsu transform their appearances to manage each of the robot's attacks and conditions before battling every one of them.

After all of Waruru's robots are destroyed, he turns to Alumi under his control and brainwashes her into a more hateful nature. Don and Katsu try to use their taiko power to restore her back to where she was before. However, her memories slowly return but has broken down and ends up dead. With help from Bachio Sensei, Don and Katsu are instructed to use their taiko power to restore Alumi.

Enraged at losing all of his robots, Dr. Waruru invades the Wadaiko Labaratory in an attempt to dominate Don and Katsu himself, all the while Alumi is restored back to her old self. Don and Katsu transform into a Shisa costume to tackle the conditions and battle Dr. Waruru, eventually causing him to be sent flying out of sight, restoring peace to the town.

Characters

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

Main Characters

• Don Wada
• Katsu Wada
• Alumi*

Villians

• Dr.Waruru*
• Antimony*
• Yttrium*
• Gallium*
• Tantal*
• Germa*
• Tungsten*
• Tellu*

NPCs

• Professor Otowa
• Kodama (as Assistant Kodama)
• Mecha-Don
• Lantern Eel
• Lantern
• Tetsuo Wada
• Inu Wada
• Hana Takahashi
• Botan
• Dorabot
• Nyanky
• Donko

Song list

Music/song name

Original Artist

Note(s)

Extra

J-Pop

Haruka 遥か

GReeeeN

Ending theme song for live-action movie Rookies -Graduation-.

No

Himawari ひまわり

Yusuke

No

Kimagure Romantic 気まぐれロマンティック

Ikimono-gakari

Theme song for TV drama series Serebu to Biboutarou.

No

Nihon no Mikata -Nevada Kara Kimashita- ニホンノミカタ -ネバダカラキマシタ-

Yazima Beauty Salon

No

Be your wings

GIRL NEXT DOOR

No

Family Don-Don! ファミリードンドン

YMCK (Composer, Lyrics) Midori Kurihara (Vocal)

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

Love Story wa Totsuzen Ni ラブ・ストーリーは突然に

Kazumasa Oda

Theme song for TV drama series Tokyo Love Story.

No

Tentai Kansoku 天体観測

BUMP OF CHICKEN

Insert song for TV drama series Serching for my polestar.

No

Linda Linda リンダリンダ

The Blue Hearts

No

Kurenai 紅

X Japan

No

Anime

High Touch! ハイタッチ！

Satoshi (CV: Rica Matsumoto) and Hikari (CV: Megumi Toyoguchi)

2nd opening theme song for TV anime series Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl.

No

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger 侍戦隊シンケンジャー

Psychic Lover

Opening theme song for TV tokusatsu series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

No

Let's! Fresh Pretty Cure! ~ Hybrid ver ~ Let's! フレッシュプリキュア！ ～Hybrid ver～

Mizuki Moie and Momoko Hayashi

2nd opening theme song for TV anime series Fresh Pretty Cure!

No

Hotaru no Hikari ホタルノヒカリ

Ikimono-gakari

5th opening theme song for TV anime series Naruto: Shippuden.

No

Dragon Soul

Takayoshi Tanimoto

1st opening theme song for TV anime series Dragon Ball Z Kai.

No

Kero! To March ケロッ！とマーチ

Nobuaki Kakuda and Juri Ihata

1st opening theme song for TV anime series Sergeant Frog.

No

Yuuki Rinrin 勇気りんりん

Dreaming

1st ending theme song for TV anime series Soreike! Ampanman.

No

Yuruyuru de DE - O! ユルユルでDE-O!

Akiko Yajima

9th opening theme song for TV anime series Crayon Shin-Chan.

No

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.

No

Cutie Honey (Koda Kumi version) キューティーハニー

Kumi Koda

Ending theme song for live-action movie Cutey Honey.

No

Touch タッチ

Yoshimi Iwasaki

First opening theme song for TV anime series Touch.

No

Children/Folk

Omocha no Cha-cha-cha おもちゃのチャチャチャ

N/A

No

Variety

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

Perrey & Kingsley

Disneyland's/Disney World's Main Street Electric Parade Theme

No

Classic

Symphony No. 5 "Fate" 交響曲第五番「運命」

Ludwig van Beethoven

No

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

Jacques Offenbach

No

Eine kleine Nachtmusik アイネクライネナハトムジーク

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

No

Carmen Prelude カルメン　組曲一番終曲

Georges Bizet

No

La Campanella ラ・カンパネラ

Franz Liszt

No

Swan Lake ~still a duckling~ 白鳥の湖 ~still a duckling~

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Original) Satoru Koosaki (Arrange) Mari Kano (Vocal)

No

American Patrol アメリカンパトロール

F. W. Meacham

No

Nocturne Op.9-2 夜想曲Op.9-2

Jesahm

No

Minuet メヌエット

Christian Petzold

No

Etude Op.10-4 練習曲Op.10-4

Frédéric Chopin (Original) Yuji Masubuchi (Arrange)

No

Game Music

Overture IX 序曲Ⅸ

Kōichi Sugiyama

Music from video game Dragon Quest IX.

No

“HELLO!!”

Ai Hidaka (CV: Haruka Tomatsu), Eri Mizutani (CV: Kana Hanazawa), Ryo Akizuki (CV: Yuko Sanpei)

Theme song for video game The Idolm@ster Dearly Stars.

No

I Want

LindaAI-CUE (Composer) Haruka Amami (CV: Eriko Nakamura) (Vocal)

Song for video game The Idolm@ster SP.

No

Mappy Medley マッピーメドレー

Nobuyuki Ohnogi

Remix of music from video game Mappy.

No

Symphonic Druaga シンフォニック ドルアーガ

Junko Ozawa, Katsuro Tajima

Music from arcade video game The Tower of Druaga.

No

Burning Force Medley バーニングフォースメドレー

Yoshinori Kawamoto

Arranged music from video game Burning Force.

No

Naked Glow

Kohta Takahashi

Music from video game R4: Ridge Racer Type 4.

No

SAMURAI ROCKET

Kouta Takahashi

Music from video game Ridge Racer V.

Yes

Namco Original

Lalala☆Happiness ららら☆ハッピネス

Miki Narahashi and Akane Ueda

Main theme song for Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

SORA-I Earth Rise SORA-I アースライズ

Satoshi Ishikawa

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

SORA-II Gliese 581 SORA-II グリーゼ581

Ryuuichi Takada

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

Hikari no Kanata e ヒカリノカナタヘ

Takayoshi Tanimoto

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

Waruru-sama no Uta o Ki ke! ワルルーさまの歌を聴けぇ！

Takashi Nagasako (Vocal)

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

Hello! Halloween ハロー！ハロウィン

Masako Ohgami

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Buru-chan no Oya 2 ブルちゃんのおや2

Yasuaki Matsuda (Composer) Tomomitsu Kaneko, Mio Ishida (Vocal)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Future Lab フューチャー・ラボ

Yukiko 'YMY' Yamamoto

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Many wow bang!

Yuri Misumi

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

PaPaPa Love

Kani Prince

Song from video game Muscle March.

No

Negaigoto☆Puzzle ねがいごと☆ぱずる

Yozora Orihime

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Angel Dream エンジェルドリーム

Youko Takamitsu

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 10.

Yes

DON'T CUT

Nami Nakagawa

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

Yes

Yuujou Pop 友情ぽっぷ

Chata

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Yuugao no Kimi ユウガオノキミ

Tomokazu Sano

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Kissa Rain 喫茶レイン

Hiromi Shibano

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Obsession Latino オブセッション・ラティーノ

Hiromi Shibano

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Dun Aonghasa no Fuefuki ドン・エンガスの笛吹き

Yukiko 'YMY' Yamamoto

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Akuukan Yuuei ac12.5 亜空間遊泳ac12.5

Yuji Masubuchi

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Fuun! Bachi o Sensei 風雲！バチお先生

Go Shiina

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 3.

Yes

Rumble Ranbu らんぶる乱舞

Ayako Saso (Sampling Masters AYA)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

Yes

Yozakura Shanikusai 夜桜謝肉祭

Kakumi Nishigomi

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 11.

Yes

Fuun Shishi 風雲志士

Kakumi Nishigomi

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime!

No

Ryougen no Mai 燎原ノ舞

Tatsuya 'Xeami/Tatsh' Shimizu

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Senpuu no Mai 旋風ノ舞

Tatsuya 'Xeami/Tatsh' Shimizu feat. Ayane

Song debut in Do-Don to Nidaime! Listed as Senpuu no Mai. Actual song title is "Senpuu no Mai [Earth]". (旋風ノ舞【地】)

No

Kikyoku ~Seasons of Asia~ 季曲 ～Seasons of Asia～

Cai Feng Le Fang

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 11.

Yes

Chikuzei~GEAR UP~ 蓄勢 ～GEAR UP～

Zhan Xun Wei of Cai Feng Le Fang

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12

Yes

Rotter Tarmination

Shinji Hosoe (Sampling Masters MEGA)

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin Wii and Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

Yes

Haya Saitama 2000 はやさいたま2000

LindaAI-CUE

Song from Taiko no Tatsujin 12.

No

Trivia

• Officially, there are 70 songs in total in the game. However, a 71st song ID named "1STPAI" was discovered via datamining and only contained the song's file and nothing else, even lacking the notechart. According to Hiroyuki "Takahashi" Takahashi, a former staff of the Taiko Team, that the team forgot to remove said song ID when the game was released.

External links

• Taiko no Tatsujin Wii 2 official website (Japanese)