Keep up the neighbours with four player Drum Master

by James Konik { May 3rd 2007 at 10:30AM }

Namco Bandai have announced that Taiko: Drum Master will feature a four player mode in its forthcoming DS incarnation. Previously popular in the arcades and on PS2, the rhythm action title is based on Taiko, the Japanese drum.

The game will support download play from one cart, so maybe you'll want to start persuading a friend to head down to your local import shop. Players can drum along to a variety of musical styles, ranging from Jpop to classical via the theme from Super Mario Brothers. You'll also be able to customise your drum with a selection of cute costumes. With this due out in summer, and Ouendan 2 on its way soon, it looks like rhythm action fans are in for a treat over the coming weeks.

Screens after the break.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

PocketGoddess @ May 3rd 2007 1:10PM

Import shop? I guess that means I'll have to hop on over to Play-Asia. I must have missed that bit in the original news story, I thought that Taiko DS had been announced for the US.

I've already imported it for the PSP and have loved every second of time I've spent with the game. It looks like the DS version will be a little bit easier, since I've only seen one drum type in the screenshots and video. The touchscreen interface will be very cool though, more like playing a real drum. Wonder if there's going to be a free drumstick stylus bonus??

In the PSP version, there's two, or four if you want to count the single and double versions of each drum. So far I can only do the 3 & 4 star difficulty songs--even on easy mode there are 6 star difficulties, and there are three harder difficulty settings!