My drum head is setting a few marks on it, I don't think it's anything more than cosmetic damage but I'm considering getting a second one as a spare. Are these still in production or was it a limited run?
This was one of the few games me and my wife kept coming back to when in arcades our time in Japan.
How can i play this on a PAL console. Wii U/Wii. OP says that playing import games is simple but I have never done so.
Tatacons definitely start showing marks real quickly (Wii ones faster than PS2 ones in my experience due to the material). It bugged me a lot when I first got mine, but I've sorta gotten over it since, lol. I use the packaged ones, though, so it's not nearly as much of a big deal when I can replace them for under $50 (not that smudging should make them any less usable... hopefully). If I ever get the Hori drum then I'd definitely need to start thinking about taking better care, though.
... but I need to not think about ever owning the Hori drum, lol. The "importing a Wii U" seed has already been planted in my brain, and that's more than dangerous enough. It's hard keeping up with official releases D:
amiami has some decent prices for Tatacon bundles for the earlier Wii games, but I dunno if you already have those. If you don't, it's a pretty good deal.
Right now, the bundles for the Wii U games are going down in price, so I guess you could get one of those and hope that someday a region free exploit is found so you can play them, lol. Or you could resell the game and keep the drum. I can't really find any official standalone drums for cheaper than the bundles, unfortunately. Checking out whatever reviews I can find for unofficial ones, it seems like you're better off paying a bit more for one that will last longer and work better.
Oh, one more option: if you have experience with package forwarding services, you could purchase one from a Japanese online retailer. I don't really know much about that myself, or how much that will add to the price, but Japanese stores are selling standalone official controllers for a bit over half the price you'd pay for bundles. Amazon Japan has it for 3300 yen, for instance.
Yeah I'm getting to the point where I'm thinking I might just get a bundle. Unfortunately it's the shipping that is killing the prices on most of this stuff, it's looking like regardless of how I buy a Tatacon that I will probably be paying about $30 for shipping.
Yeah, doing some more thorough investigation, even package forwarding for something that size will run you about $30. And some of the older bundles actually aren't in stock, though they weren't labelled as such on list view :/
Seems like the main options at this point are to eat the extra $30 shipping/forwarding (or pay the whole $60 at once either on eBay or Amazon), or lurk eBay for a good bundle listing. I guess it's a bit of a tricky time to get into the Wii games, unfortunately.
Got excited when I read the OP and saw that I could buy Taiko no Tatsujin+ song packs without a japanese credit card on my non-japanese iTunes account. Turns out it isn't the case, I got an error when trying to purchase a song pack with my main iTunes account (brazilian), alleging that I needed to first own the app with such account
That information is outdated, but it's still possible. Delete the version of Taiko Plus you have, switch your main iTunes account's region (the one you'll be making purchases with) to Japan (you don't need to enter any credit card, but you'll need to enter a real postal code for the prefecture you choose for your Japanese address). Redownload Taiko Plus with that account, switch back to your original region, then you're good to go to buy song packs (though I think you need to give it about half an hour before making any purchases or it'll lock you out of IAPs until you contact support). iOS didn't restrict you to the account you downloaded the app with when I first played, so I got confused.
That information is outdated, but it's still possible. Delete the version of Taiko Plus you have, switch your main iTunes account's region (the one you'll be making purchases with) to Japan (you don't need to enter any credit card, but you'll need to enter a real postal code for the prefecture you choose for your Japanese address). Redownload Taiko Plus with that account, switch back to your original region, then you're good to go to buy song packs (though I think you need to give it about half an hour before making any purchases or it'll lock you out of IAPs until you contact support). iOS didn't restrict you to the account you downloaded the app with when I first played, so I got confused.
A word of warning: if you are using Family Sharing you will not be able to do this without dissolving the family first.
If you don't wan to bother with all that, you could stick to using your Japanese account for purchases, and buy JP iTunes codes online. Granted, this ends up being a bit more pricey, but the currency conversion iTunes uses is already kinda fucked so it's not quite as much of a loss as it appears (600 yen converts to $5.99 USD, for instance).
Also: is the online store searchable at all, or do I have to pick through every pack to find the tracks I want?
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I'm guessing bluetooth would involve some kind off added latency? But if it's constant that's not much of an issue I guess.
The Taiko no Tatsujin Bachi Pen DX set might be of interest to you then, I grabbed a pair of these after struggling with the 3DS stylus for long enough, it's made the game just that more comfortable for me and my giant hands.
It looks like playasia have them on offer right now for about $13.
Amazing OP! Well done.
I've been wanting to check out the series for a long time now.
I have an import 3DS and I'm considering picking up the latest one. I'm slightly concerned that my poor Japanese skills will stop me from enjoying the game.
Just wanted to ask which one of the two Taiko 3DS games is better? Keep in mind that I'll be importing using the RegionThree trick and so I won't be able to access any internet download content - I heard the second one has download tracks?
Thanks in advance