Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure screenshots, tons of details

A whole bunch of content has come in for Taiko Drum Master: Dokodon! Mystery Adventure. View some screenshots below, and head past the break for a ton of details. All translations were made by Gematsu.

Modes/functions

– Musical Performance game: elect your favorite song, and interact with the buttons and touch screen in accordance with the song to play a musical performance
– Mystery Adventure Mode: while traveling around the world’s mystery spots, a great adventure story full of mystery will unfold
– Music Performance Battles have also seen a big evolution
– 8 vs. 8 grand battles
– Over 100 monsters
– Using the allies you trained in Adventure Mode, you can play cooperative and competitive multiplayer modes
– Download Play is also possible, allowing two to four users to play
– Free and paid DLC are planned
– Stamp Book is a side element; clear a variety of areas, you’ll receive various rewards
– Costumes: Don-chan’s costume options include color changes and body and head attachments
– StreetPass: exchange your Donda Card, which contains your personal play results
– StreetPass battles also supported
– QR Codes distributed in magazines and shops can be scanned to unlock bonus elements

Songs

– Over 70 songs
– Yo-kai Watch, One Piece, Pokemon, Assassination Classroom, Doraemon, Kirby, Monster Hunter, and more

The current list of announced songs (new/old):

Anime

“Dramatic Jinsei” (from Yo-kai Watch)
“Youkai Taisou Daiichi” (from Yo-kai Watch)
“Warera Omou, Yueni Warera Ari” (from Kamen Rider Ghost)
“Hard Knock Days” (from One Piece)
“Korokoro Koko Tama” (from Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama)
“XY&Z” (from Pokemon XY&Z)
“Untaka Dance” (from Eiga Doraemon Shin Nobita no Nihon Tanjou special support song)
“Umi no Mieru Machi” (from Kiki’s Delivery Service)
“Question” (from Assassination Classroom)

J-POP

“Nai Monoo Nedari”
“Hikaru Nara Hikaru Nara”
“Watashi Igai Watashi Janai no”
“Sugar Song to Bitter Step”
“Himawari no Yakusoku” (from the movie Stand By Me Doraemon)
“360 Degrees” (from the movie Doraemon Nobita no Uchuu Eiyuuki)
“Koioto to Amazora”
“Silent Jealousy”

Vocaloid Songs

“Setsuna Trip” (Last Note.)
“Happy Synthesizer” (EasyPop)
“Lost One no Goukoku” (Neru)
“Gigantic O.T.N” (Gigareworu)
“Children Record” (Jin)

Variety

“Name Kono Uta”
“Honnou Tera no Hen” (Explosion)
“Night of Knights” (Touhou Project Arrange Beat Mario)
“Chiruno no Perfect-san Suu Kyoushitsu” (Touhou Project Arrange ARM + Yoshimi Yuuno (IOSYS) feat. Miko)
“Utakata, Ai no Mahoroba” (Touhou Project Arrange Yuuhei Satellite)

Namco Original

“Sekai ha Itsu demo Mystery”
“Hoshikuzu to Linear to Boku” (feat. Yuiha (Plum Sonic))
“Diet Fighter”
“Seitoku Taiko no [Hi izuru made Hichou]” (Yuuya Kobayashi (IOSYS) feat. Miko)
“Aka no Senritsu”
“Shiryu”

Game Music

“Hoshi no Kirby Medley” (from Kirby’s Return to Dream Land)
“Travel-na” (from Monster Hunter Generations Reo Uratani feat. Neko-jou Kati voiced by Reina Ueda)
“Gyakuten Saiban 123 Medley”

Classic Music

“Utsukushiku Isogashiki Donau”

– Weekly free songs
– Purchase before August 31 to receive 3 bonus songs
– The first confirmed song is the J-POP song “Umi no Koe”
– Songs two and three will be announced later

Mystery Adventure Mode

– While traveling around the world’s mystery spots, a great adventure story full of mystery will unfold
– RPG mode
– Defeat enemy monsters that appear one after the other in Musical Performance Battles while progressing the story
– The setting of this adventure is the world’s mystery spots
– Greece, Easter Island, Antarctica, and more
– It’s an adventure where you’ll grab the world by its horns
– Enemies will appear on the field
– Battles are carried out via Musical Performance Battles
– These battles control the same as Musical Performance games
– Playing skillfully will damage the enemy
– You’ll take damage if you make mistakes
– You can take allies into battle with you
– Level them up to deal more damage in a shorter performance
– You’ll win if you defeat all of the enemies by the time the performance is over
– Loose if all of your allies fall
– If you don’t defeat all of the enemies by the time the performance is over, the battle will be a draw

Story summary from Gematsu:

In the city where Don-chan and Kacchan live, a museum that showcases the wonders of the world has opened. The pair are invited to the museum as its special first-time customers, and encounter a girl with a mysterious atmosphere named Tia and a mysterious creature named Popokaka. Suddenly, there appeared a questionable group called the “Magic Society Hekisaguria,” who stole the Greek treasure known as the “Necklace of the Lion Fangs” from the museum.

The “Necklace of the Lion Fangs” is known as an OOPArt (out-of-place artifact), one of the treasures that protects the world. Tia, who wants to regain the artifact by all means, proposes to work together with Don-chan and Kacchan. The four companions travel to Greece in pursuit of Hekisaguria, but a town and temple of Ancient Greece somehow revived with a completely new appearance there. And at the same time, the Moai statues on Easter Island have disappeared, the Antarctic ice has begun to melt, and other accidents begin happening all over the world.

But as you’d expect, Don-chan and Kacchan locate the mysterious phenomenons happening all over the world to try and save the world from disaster.

– Don-chan: series protagonist; kind drum who comes to help when others are in trouble
– Tia: girl with a mysterious atmosphere about her; goes on a journey with Don-chan and company seeking the OOPArt, which protect the world
– Popokaka: mysterious, fluffy animal that floats in the air; knows various things very well and is reliable, but is flawed in that he can be a bit sarcastic
– Magic Society Hekisaguria (Lily, Arnold, Debra, and Mateus): mysterious group gunning for the OOPArt
– Their magical power makes them a formidable foe
– Don-chan and company will face them on their journey.
– Maximum of 8 in your party
– Up to 16 characters can clash in a Gocha Character Clash Battle
– Choose your favorite characters from a number of allies
– Arrange your tougher party members in the front to stop the blow of enemy attacks
– Place your higher powered party members in the back to deal great damage to the enemy
– Over 100 ally characters and enemy monsters
– Consider their formation, strengthen them through synthesis, and more
– New element: Drum Magic
– This releases Don-chan’s drumming power
– Drum Magic can deal damage to the enemy, heal allies, etc.
– Clash Notes appear when you and an enemy clash and must battle by touching the screen consecutively
– You’ll deal great damage to the enemy if you win
– If you lose, you’ll undergo great damage yourself

Multiplayer

– Co-op and competitive multiplayer
– Gather the allies you trained in Adventure Mode, challenge friends, family, and mighty enemies, and compete for the best time
– Co-op: for enemies you cannot defeat alone, bring in the characters you’ve trained and have them all challenge the enemy; different quests are being prepared
– Competitive: With your trained allies and personal musical performance techniques, compete for quickest enemy defeat time, highest combo number, and more
– Download Play: for people who don’t own the game; play a multiplayer Musical Performance Battle

Misc.

– Donda Card for StreetPass has your play history, title, and Drum Magic
– You can have auto-battles against other StreetPassed players’ Adventure Mode parties
– Stamp Book: by clearing various challenges, you’ll obtain a number of fun elements, such as costumes, tone colors, wallpapers for your Donda Card, and more
– Customize Don-chan with costumes
– Obtain these through Adventure Mode treasure boxes, shopping, or as Stamp Book rewards
– In Adventure Mode, costumes have parameters and skill abilities, and are not just for changing appearance