New Taiko Drum Master Game Revealed for 3DS

I had the DS game and a few of the Japanese PS2 versions. Such a fun game. Too bad we will likely never see another one in the west.

Kawaiiiiiiii~ it's a shame that a lot of Japanese influenced games like this never make it out to the west I like Japanese cutesy things for their art style and approach hopefully it does come out here at some point

Fun fact,i like elite beat agent far better than ouendan
Thats one hilarious game

i bought all of the DS and PSP games while I was in Taiwan; even modded my Wii solely so I could play the Taiko no Tatsujin. still, one taiko game is is good as another, basically. I cannae justify the expense of continuing to import MORE drum games, love them though I might. Especially as I'd have to buy a Japanese 3DS.

they'll never release these games intact in the west- the cost of licensing the tracks outweighs the profits in issuing a niche music title. we get Rhythm Heaven and Project Diva only because the music is original. only about 1/5 of the music in any given taiko game fits that description.

Nintendo really should remove that stupid region lock. I have to give Kudos to how Sony manages it. Love playing Gundam Extreme Vs Full boost on my PS3

Having a Jap 3DS, I love playing the first Taiko 3DS but it lacks online DLC (on Wii u, they give us 4 songs per month since 6 months).

day 1 import for sure!

love these games.

I got into this series by importing the first one to come out on PSP. Shame we can't really do that on 3DS without the expensive/risk of buying a whole new device.

I got my import of Dororon! Yokai Daikessen on DS. Too bad 3DS is out of the question.

I'm still waiting for the Wii U port. Forget Tochadami Collection! Bring this!

These games are so much fun, the DS games were just hands-down awesome. Although Ouendan takes the cake for my favorite music game on DS, Taiko was a super close second!

I've never played any of these games, but I loved the hell out of EBA! it is definitely one of my favourite games. Honestly though, its clear a game like this wouldn't take off in the west, its just too.... japanese. Just look at ouendan and EBA, sure its easy enough to change the characters/stages/songs/story - but the basic mechanics of the games remained the same.

How could you possibly westernize a game like this?

@therube

For me, the more recent entries in the Taiko series on the DS and 3DS are different enough to justify importing them. Their story modes are pretty distinct.

I loved Little Dragon & the Mysterious Orb, and I'm looking forward to trying Don and Katsu's Space-Time Big Adventure soon. These two games alone have made importing a Japanese 3DS worth it for me.