First Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen details and screenshots

Famitsu has shared concrete details about Taiko Drum Master: Atsumete Tomodachi Daisakusen for Wii U.

Here’s what we know thus far:

– New “Tomodachi Daisakusen!” mode (“The Great Friend Operation” mode)
– In the mode, Kacchan becomes the hero and must collect lots of friends in order to become the most popular person in the neighborhood
– Do so by meeting friends in towns
– Become close with people by performing songs and building up the “Nakayoshi Gauge” (“Good Friends Gauge”)
– The friends you make will turn up at the Wada House
– Popular features like “Mecha-Don Gasha” (lottery to unlock new songs and costumes), “Baton Touch Ensou” (four players performing the same song), “Intro Don” (four player mode where you guess a song just by hearing its intro), and costume changes will also return

And here are the first screenshots from the game:

Head past the break for a listing of the initial confirmed songs. The game will feature J-Pop, anime, video games, and more.

J-Pop

• “Oh! Rival” (Case Closed: Sunflowers of Inferno)
• “360 Degrees” (Doraemon: Nobita Drifts in the Universe)
• “OLA!!” (Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack!)
• “Muteki no Girlfriend”
• “Anata ni Koi wo Shite Mimashita”
• “Hello, World!”
• “Netsujou no Spectrum”
• “RPG”
• “Ai wo Komete Hanataba wo”
• “Ai Uta”

Vocaloid

• “Karakuri Piero” (40mP)
• “Tokyo Teddy Bear” (Neru)
• “Imitation Black” (SCL Project [NatsuP] feat. VanaN’Ice)

Anime

• “Day x Day” (Gintama)
• “Hard Knock Days” (One Piece)
• “Jiriki Hongan Revolution” (Assassination Classroom)
• “Ashita no Hikari” (World Trigger)
• “Kaze” (Naruto Shippuden)
• “Dream Parade” (PriPara)
• “Getta Ban Ban” (Pokemon X / Y)
• “Lapis Lazuli” (The Heroic Legend of Arslan Warriors)
• “Believe in Yourself” (Baby Steps)
• “Miracle Go! Princess Pretty Cure“
• “Database” (Log Horizon)

Video Games

• “God Mission Series Theme Song” (Dragon Ball Heroes)
• “Brave Sword, Braver Soul” (Soulcalibur II)

Variety

• “Rainmaker” (New Japan Pro Wrestling Kazuchika Okada Entrance Theme)
• “8.6-Second Bazooka” (Lassen Gorelai)
• “Attakain Dakara”

Classic

• “Bolero” (Ravel)

Namco Original

• “Issho ni Asobo”

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