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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Namco Taiko Blog (17 January 2017) - Red Version's First Update of the Year

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The title says it all, so hear more about it after the jump! The Game Version V7.04 update is supposed to go live at the end of this month, on January 31st.

New Songs: January 31st
 Tulip NEW!
          THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
 S(mile)ING! NEW!
          THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
 Never say never NEW!
          THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
 TOKIMEKI Escalate (TOKIMEKIエスカレート) NEW!
          THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls
 Sotsu Omeshiki 2-ban (そつおめしき2ばん) NEW!
          feat. unmo
 Sacred Ruin (セイクリッド ルイン) (Ura Oni)

At long last, the release date for the song quartet featured in the third Cinderella Girls collaboration has been revealed, coupled by the inclusion of console Taiko games's Ura Oni of Sacred Ruin and the first of the "creation foreshadowings" that have been teased by the end of 2016 in tweet form!

For unmo's return into Taiko after Jikuu Chou Jikuu 1-Ka, the singer has been commissioned a task that is a first original "song of a song" in the series! From the Youtube preview clip below, it's already easy to tell the similarities with her first Taiko work...



This also goes without saying, but the iM@S-related collaboration will also start together with the four new Game Music songs's release. Get ready to earn tickets all over again!

WONDER! School Kisekae Contest Winner Distribution

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The free outfit from the 3DS title Dokodon! Mystery Adventure's DLC content will soon be available to arcade players as well! In order to get it, Banapassport users will only need to play once between January 31st and February 25th and it'll be automatically unlocked at the end of the play.

New Dojo Ranking Gaiden Courses

Four new Gaiden courses are set to be added with this software update! No limited trials were added last time, so there won't be any course removal this time around.

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-) Challenge! Namco Original  (挑戦!ナムコオリジナル)
Comparable difficulty-wise to the regular Nikyu course, here's a trio of 7* Oni for rookie players to score a jackpot with! The last of the three tracks is making its arcade debut as well, with Ramen de Yo-Men!! being a Dojo Ranking Gaiden exclusive for the time being.

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-) Challenge from the Taiko Team!  (太鼓チームからの挑戦!)
Between the Godan and Rokudan trials lies a new Gaiden trial whose songs have been charted by only one of the Taiko Team notecharters, with Shika@ni~san (しか@に~さん) being the protagonist this time around. The trial will also host another Gaiden-only song at the end of its run, so watch out for that Zetsubo e no Toccata from V Version!

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-) Challenge from the Taiko Team!  (太鼓チームからの挑戦!)
While the previous trial's preview picture only had one Ura Oni pick blurred out, this Hachidan-comparable trial made entirely of Ura Oni picks will have two songs covered up instead! Plus, aside from the combo counter and the 100% Soul Gauge full, the clearing criteria can't be read.

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-) Challenge! 3.33 Million Points!! (挑戦!333万点!!)
The last new Gaiden trial for this update is comparable to the Juudan regular rank and is up to offer a similar challenge to the 3500 Combo Gaiden trial, as the focus of this Classic-based trial is based on the score achieved instead. For some reason, the overall combo counter is blurred out as well...

Other Notices

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This time around, the Taiko Team's pre-update reminders are about the New Year's Holiday Title Parts Gacha (which is ending on January 31st) and the removal of J-Pop song Rising Star, which won't be playable anymore once that the V7.04 update goes live.

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