Taiko No Tatsujin: Drum ‘N’ Fun! - Out now!! (avoid the PS4 drum controller)

[parrapatheslapper]

I want drums. 

[Azrael]

They've missed a trick by not having the drum also double up as a stand for your Switch. 

[Freeman]

Ah crap. Everything about this wants to be bought by me. The drum looks awesome, and those joycon! 

[Bushtopher]

1 hour ago, Treble said:

The game's up for pre-order at Play-Asia now, but just the regular edition. Not the pretty one with the beautiful joy cons I desperately want/need. 

 

https://www.play-asia.com/taiko-no-tatsujin-nintendo-switch-version/13/70by39

 

 

£44.24

 

£60 with import duty and shipping!!

 

How likely is it that I’ll be able to pick this up more cheaply from eBay?

[Nequests]

I think those Joycons turned out to be a fake, which is a shame.

[Treble]

[Jackson]

Looks awesome, like Donkey Konga. Will definitely be picking this up, if anyone sees it at a reasonable price please link it here

[Kevvy Metal]

On 15/05/2018 at 22:47, Bushtopher said:

 

£60 with import duty and shipping!!

 

How likely is it that I’ll be able to pick this up more cheaply from eBay?

 

You can just get this digitally off the Japanese eShop surely?

 

It's those Joy-con's and defo the Drums that I want. 

[b00dles]

So buying this, not even worth discussing. I unfortunately gave my donkey konga drums away and who doesn't love some insane drumming action while you're approaching 40?

 

They just need to make a switch version of that table flip arcade game as well just for extra silly peripherals.

[jonamok]

5 hours ago, b00dles said:

Who doesn't love some insane drumming action while you're approaching 40?

 

Me.

 

I’m all over this and those joy-con, and I’m 50* in a week.

 

* Going on 25. 

[VN1X]

Does it have an English option then? 

[Stanshall]

I had intended to be all over this but on further reflection, I think I'd sooner just play it at Arcade Club once every couple of months.

 

That said, I'll probably buy it when I'm drunk.

 

Hmm, then I'll practise loads so when I go to Arcade Club, I can nail one song on extreme difficulty and there will be a crowd growing around me, first nodding with approval, like they recognise the skills, then gasping because they're seeing something pretty damn good, then they stop trying to be cool and pretend they're one percent as good and they start cheering and clapping and I'll be hammering that drum pulling off extra solos the game can't even process and I'll get a counter stop on the high score table and everyone will be going going crazy and filling every corner of the 18+ floor whooping and yeah probley be some babes stripping down to their undies and the other arcade games and pinball machines will short circuit because of the extra electricity the drum needs to process all my drumming and people will be spraying champagne everywhere and roaring with ecstacy and on the last double handed drum note climax the machine's circuit board will melt and trickle out of the insert coin slot like a mechanical creampie (genuinely sorry) and I'll tip my shades down onto my nose, click my fingers and point at the hottest most bouffant babe in the room and say, "Now who's the Drum Master?"

 

My wife will go apeshit if I'm always tapping on a bit of plastic so probably won't go through with any of the above. 

[jonamok]

Have yourself a forum creampie.

[MrPogo]

6 hours ago, VN1X said:

Does it have an English option then? 

 

The PS4 game had an English version released (Japanese only in Japan, but English a “rest of Asia” version), so hopefully. Probably not going to be too heavy on text though, so I’m sure someone could produce a simple guide. I managed to navigate an arcade machine version without knowing a word of the language!

[Bushtopher]

The drum controller is up for preorder on play-Asia. It’s limited to one per person. 

 

The game plus controller plus shipping etc comes to £130!! Will be giving it a miss at that price

[VN1X]

130 quid eh? Fiddlesticks!

[jonamok]

I’m happy to just play it with the JC. Is the game fully in english?

[bobontheway]

On 16/05/2018 at 01:56, Nequests said:

I think those Joycons turned out to be a fake, which is a shame.

 

Nooooooooooooooo, really?! 

[jonamok]

What? Shit. Didn’t spot that. 

[Nequests]

English day-one patch announce for the Southeast Asian release. 9th August.

 

 

This'll be the one for me. Imagine it'll be cheaper for me to import from HK to China than from Japan, so it's all good.

[Kevvy Metal]

4 hours ago, Nequests said:

English day-one patch announce for the Southeast Asian release. 9th August.

 

 

This'll be the one for me. Imagine it'll be cheaper for me to import from HK to China than from Japan, so it's all good.

 

Every one talking about importing the game...

But is it still not the case that buying off the eShop in other regions is the easiest thing?

[Fletch]

Totally getting this what a wonderful present to myself for turning 41

[Nequests]

2 hours ago, Kevvy Metal said:

 

Every one talking about importing the game...

But is it still not the case that buying off the eShop in other regions is the easiest thing?

 

If I were living in the UK I'd probably go that route. Cheaper to just import a copy from Hong Kong to China for me, though, and I also have a little group of Switch-owning friends here that all swap games. 

[Keyboard Koala]

Heading to the West?

 

 

 

As we know, Taiko Drum Master Switch will already be offered in English, but not in the traditional sense. The game will be sold with an English interface in Southeastern Asian markets, and English text will be patched in on August 9.

 

Last month though, Taiko No Tatsujin: Drum ‘N’ Fun! was rated in Australia. The Switch is also listed specifically as the platform. There aren’t any other titles in the series on Nintendo’s console. Localizing it as Taiko No Tatsujin: Drum ‘N’ Fun! would certainly make sense.

 

That'd be awesome!

[VN1X]

English logo spotted:

 

 

[Stanshall]

Meant to say but you can download a demo on the JPN store. It felt (to me) just a tiny bit laggy, unfortunately. I've had the Joycon issues since day one, though, just never bothered getting them fixed because I don't use them outside handheld. Might be part of it but anyway I went from day one to day none. 

[parrapatheslapper]

12 minutes ago, Stanshall said:

 It felt (to me) just a tiny bit laggy, unfortunately.  I went from day one to day none. 

 

Wow - it's a demo - pretty sure that will be sorted before launch?

 

Either way this getting a UK release would be great.

[Stanshall]

Well, there's not really anything else to the game besides the fundamental drumming mechanics and if they haven't got that right for the demo, I'm just less confident that it's possible to get it tight enough over BT. 

[Nequests]

Did you run the TV calibration in the settings? I found it much better after that.

 

I'm tempted by the drum but will hold out for a while and see if it gets discounted here later.

[MrPogo]

Probably just a matter of practice to get the technique, but using the joy cons to drum at thin air really isn’t working for me. Registers the wrong sort of hit far too frequently, and also loads of false hits (often thinks I’ve drummed again when lifting the imaginary stick up again after doing a hit). The joy con aspect is a novelty which doesn’t really work based on my preliminary findings, so it needs be drum controller or nothing for me (never got into button mashing on a standard controller for rhythm games!).