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This thread has been linked to the game 'Taiko Drum Master'.
I've always enjoyed quirky Japanese music-based titles, but after learning about this, I *had* to have it, what with being a drummer an' all ^^
What can I say? It's absolutely fantastic. Well worth the money I shelled out for it. Dare I say it, it's better than Sega's Samba De Amigo for me. The drum peripheral is actually quite bigger than I thought and is well-built and can take a fair bit of "stick" too! The whole package looks the business. Oh, why oh' why can't Namco bring this sort of thing over here?
In anycase, I fired up the game and jumped straight in and went for a medium setting and managed to obtain a semi-decent 90% ranking, then I made the foolish mistake of going for the throat and attempting the hardest setting - and you could probably guess what happened. Like DDR, it's easy to get into, but difficult to master.
Here's more information on the game - http://boards.gamers.com/messages/ REMOVE THIS SPACE message_view-topic.asp?name=tekcadet&id=zznmn
I can see this one quickly establishing itself as a party favourite round mine. So much so, I just forked out an extra £40 for an additional drum so I can take on any challengers ^^
What can I say? It's absolutely fantastic. Well worth the money I shelled out for it. Dare I say it, it's better than Sega's Samba De Amigo for me. The drum peripheral is actually quite bigger than I thought and is well-built and can take a fair bit of "stick" too! The whole package looks the business. Oh, why oh' why can't Namco bring this sort of thing over here?
In anycase, I fired up the game and jumped straight in and went for a medium setting and managed to obtain a semi-decent 90% ranking, then I made the foolish mistake of going for the throat and attempting the hardest setting - and you could probably guess what happened. Like DDR, it's easy to get into, but difficult to master.
Here's more information on the game - http://boards.gamers.com/messages/ REMOVE THIS SPACE message_view-topic.asp?name=tekcadet&id=zznmn
I can see this one quickly establishing itself as a party favourite round mine. So much so, I just forked out an extra £40 for an additional drum so I can take on any challengers ^^
OK, seen one on eBay and there's no way that's compatible with Drummania!! I think I'll go for DM first as it appears to be a little bit more hardcore (plus the guitar freaks session mode will be amazing). But if this game is a rival for Samba then I'll have to check it out in the future :-)
Darwock wrote:
> Been planning to get this myself lately, but I wasn't sure about the
> quality of the controller. I've never seen an official one... where
> did you get it?
>
> Also, is it compatible with the Konami drummania games?
The controller is of a high-quality. I've been bashing it and it still works fine, it's a sturdy piece of kit.
As to where I got it, I actually got it through Tokuda, a kind fellow who trades on the NTSC-UK boards.
> Been planning to get this myself lately, but I wasn't sure about the
> quality of the controller. I've never seen an official one... where
> did you get it?
>
> Also, is it compatible with the Konami drummania games?
The controller is of a high-quality. I've been bashing it and it still works fine, it's a sturdy piece of kit.
As to where I got it, I actually got it through Tokuda, a kind fellow who trades on the NTSC-UK boards.
Been planning to get this myself lately, but I wasn't sure about the quality of the controller. I've never seen an official one... where did you get it?
Also, is it compatible with the Konami drummania games?
Also, is it compatible with the Konami drummania games?
Bleeders, I have a URL for a site that will convert Jap web pages into English, if it's of any use/interest I will dig it out.
I've always enjoyed quirky Japanese music-based titles, but after learning about this, I *had* to have it, what with being a drummer an' all ^^
What can I say? It's absolutely fantastic. Well worth the money I shelled out for it. Dare I say it, it's better than Sega's Samba De Amigo for me. The drum peripheral is actually quite bigger than I thought and is well-built and can take a fair bit of "stick" too! The whole package looks the business. Oh, why oh' why can't Namco bring this sort of thing over here?
In anycase, I fired up the game and jumped straight in and went for a medium setting and managed to obtain a semi-decent 90% ranking, then I made the foolish mistake of going for the throat and attempting the hardest setting - and you could probably guess what happened. Like DDR, it's easy to get into, but difficult to master.
Here's more information on the game - http://boards.gamers.com/messages/ REMOVE THIS SPACE message_view-topic.asp?name=tekcadet&id=zznmn
I can see this one quickly establishing itself as a party favourite round mine. So much so, I just forked out an extra £40 for an additional drum so I can take on any challengers ^^
What can I say? It's absolutely fantastic. Well worth the money I shelled out for it. Dare I say it, it's better than Sega's Samba De Amigo for me. The drum peripheral is actually quite bigger than I thought and is well-built and can take a fair bit of "stick" too! The whole package looks the business. Oh, why oh' why can't Namco bring this sort of thing over here?
In anycase, I fired up the game and jumped straight in and went for a medium setting and managed to obtain a semi-decent 90% ranking, then I made the foolish mistake of going for the throat and attempting the hardest setting - and you could probably guess what happened. Like DDR, it's easy to get into, but difficult to master.
Here's more information on the game - http://boards.gamers.com/messages/ REMOVE THIS SPACE message_view-topic.asp?name=tekcadet&id=zznmn
I can see this one quickly establishing itself as a party favourite round mine. So much so, I just forked out an extra £40 for an additional drum so I can take on any challengers ^^