its tracklist kinda sucks tbh
wheres kagekiyo? where's tombeau de couperin?
at least there's natsumatsuri and the free dlc was good

but party mode is honestly really fun

sep 10 edit: after spending more time with it, the online multiplayer really feels like the heart of the game, but the tournament mode is a ghost town

Syncing the drum controller with the Nintendo Switch was one of the worst experiences I've had with a piece of hardware, but once the dust settled, Drum 'n' Fun was, well, a ton of fun!

There's an alright selection of songs, including some strong originals and several picks successfully mining that seemingly endless sense of nostalgia for after school cartoons, and the game's simple "red" and "blue" note structure made for a system that was easy to grasp and enjoyable to master.

The visual flare for this adaptation of Taiko no Tatsujin is colorful and fantastic, as it always seems to be. I'm not sure where this game would be without it, honestly; Taiko no Tatsujin is so conceptually straightforward, it'd be easy to otherwise produce a competent competitor. (Having the keys to the Bandai Namco soundtrack vault sure doesn't hurt, though.)

I don't know if the Switch adaptation needed to so aggressively plug Nintendo by sneaking Kirby and an Inkling into the avatar slot, and by adding a few soundtrack medleys, but I'm always happy to see some Splatoon representation, I suppose.

Always knew I would love this but importing the drum was intimidating.

Finally bit the bullet and ordered the thing, and have spent the last two weeks since absolutely obsessed with Taiko no Tatsujin; As of now, I have cleared every song on Hard, started working through the Extreme difficulty. I even made it into the top 500 players in the Hard difficulty online ranked league.

I missed having a good plastic instrument game, and this offers a great tactile percussion feel while taking up significantly less space than a Rock Band drumset or even a Guitar Hero controller.

This is a rabbit hole I see myself falling down for a good while. Already looking at sensitivity mods for the Hori drum kit.

One of the few Taiko no Tatsujin games to make it to the West (along with the PS4 sister game), it presents the current state of the arcade game in its best form for home consoles. It's got quite a variety of songs at launch, with plenty of DLC to satiate the need for more. There's great party games that I enjoyed with friends, and the recent online mode is a plus for this version. I wish I could play it as often as other rhythm games but I am not the greatest with this one, nor do I care for the harsh difficulty spikes between modes. Still, it's been like this for the franchise for years so I can't really complain there. I would recommend this as a great entry into the franchise, and happy drumming to you if you're able to acquire the taiko accessory only available to Europe and Japan.

"ARITTAKENO YUME OOOOOO KAKIATSUMEEEEEE"
"BE THE ONE, BE THE ONE, ALRIGHT"
"ZAAAANKOKU NO TENSHI NO TEEKE"
"KIMI NO SENSENSENZE"

Sí, bueno, como que me lo pasé guay.

Addictive arcade rhythm game which, while simple on the surface, demands speed and precision once you move from easy/normal difficulties to hard/oni. The standalone package is solid at 74 songs available + a decent online mode + a bunch of rhythm heaven-style multiplayer minigames, but there's about $200 worth of DLC with all manner of songs, from anime music, to remixed classical pieces, to touhou music, to songs from the taiko series' past on offer, and many more (although be aware there's a number of songs only available in the Japanese version).

Easily one of my favorite game franchises.

Knocking off one star simply because I wish the Switch version had some of the Vita game features like practice mode and built-in quests. Would have been great if the Adventure pack (which I love, don’t get me wrong) had been incorporated as DLC rather than released as a separate game, because switching between all three titles is a pain. But that’s pretty minor, and was probably a licensing issue, so oh well. Still….. no practice mode…….. alas…..

But yeah, other than that, it’s pretty much straight unadulterated serotonin.