Although that was my first experience with the vaunted Taiko no Tatsujin series, it was more than enough to get me to fall in love with it.
In fact, I fell in love with it to such an extent that I've since bought (but not yet received) copies of the second and third Taiko no Tatsujin DS games, and I'm seriously considering picking up one of the PSP Taiko titles soon as well.
While we all wait for those copies to make their way to my doorstep, why don't we ogle some of the physical products that are associated with Taiko no Tatsujin DS?
The front cover of this 2007 release can be seen in the photo above, of course, while the back cover can be seen below.
Copies of all three of the DS games--and the first 3DS one, which is known as Taiko no Tatsujin: Chibi Dragon to Fushigina Orb--come with a pair of Taiko-themed styli packed inside their cases, in case you weren't aware.
Here are the two that came with my particular copy of Taiko DS:
Completely adorable, right? Strangely, I've yet to actually use them. Instead, I've used the stylus that came with my original (red) 3DS and the stylus that came with my pink-and-white XL.
As for Taiko no Tatsujin DS' cartridge, well, it's far from amazing in terms of label art, but I snapped a photo of it anyway.
This game's instruction manual is rather nice, though, despite the fact that it was made for a DS title. (In general, I'm not a fan of DS instruction manuals, as they tend to be too long, with too many words and too few photos and illustrations. Of course, the same could be said of most manuals made since about 2001.)
The page above isn't one of the manual's best, mind you, but I'm sharing it here anyway because I love how, in the last of the three boxes explaining how to use the included Taiko styli while playing this game, the document's designers felt the need to point out that you shouldn't stab your 3DS' bottom screen like it's one of the eyeholes in Jason Vorhees' hockey mask.
Pages like the ones above, on the other hand, are nearly worth the price of admission, if you ask me. In fact, I'd do some pretty nasty things if it would net me a poster-sized (and text-free) version of this illustration.
How will the second and third Taiko no Tatsujin titles for DS stack up to this effort? I don't know, but I'm very much looking forward to finding out--and soon. And of course I'll let you know the results of that fact-finding mission as soon as I am able (likely in a post similar to this one).
See also: my #ADecadeofDS write-up about Taiko no Tatsujin DS
12 comments:
Lovely! I must get this for my collection as well. The styluses are just adorable!
Yes, I think they're a definite highlight, Linnea ^^
Shame I only got my copy from a local secondhand store. The box and styli look really nice :( It's really really fun and addicting though!
Oh, were the styli and even manual not included in your copy? If so, I'm sorry :( The styli are the real stand-out, though, so don't feel *too* bad if you don't have the manual. Hell, maybe I'll scan and share it (here) soon for my "Manual Stimulation" series!
I've only seen that character on the Mario Kart arcade version. I was wondering what it's from. There's also a local GameStop near me that has one of these games for... Ps2 I think. With a drum set? I don't get it... Is it a drum game?
Yep, a drum-based rhythm/music game. It's a LOT of fun to play, Evan. If you like rhythm/music games, you should try one of them at some point.
How would you play this? I thought the DS couldn't support more than one pressure point on the touchscreen at a time.
Good question, Jess! Actually, for starters, you can play the game using the system's buttons and d-pad, and that's surprisingly fun and effective. When you use the touch screen, though, I'm pretty sure you can get away with just hitting the screen with one stylus at a time, even when you're supposed to use two. Which probably sucks for people who have a long history with this series, but it hasn't bothered me much yet...
I've absolutely no clue what these games are about but I've long appreciated the crazy characters that adorn the associated artwork, especially those drum weird things :P
Those "weird drum things" are what finally pushed me to try this series, Simon, which is kind of crazy, as you'd think I would've played at least one of them before now due to the fact that they're music/rhythm games. (And I looooove music/rhythm games.) Anyway, if you tend to like music/rhythm games, you should try one of them sometime soon, too, as they're a lot of fun!
I liked rhythm heaven on ds. I'll have to try this game out
Yes, try it, but realize that Taiko is quite different from Rhythm Heaven. Taiko is more like ... the Hatsune Miku games, perhaps?
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