Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon!
Developer: Bandai Namco Publisher: Bandai Namco Platform: Nintendo DS Released in JP: July 26, 2007 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has revisional differences.

To do: Make sense of the chart format (but see if it's used in prior games first)

Taiko no Tatsujin DS: Touch de Dokodon! is the rhythm game series' first DS installment.

To work with the limitations of the console's hardware, many downgrades had to be done, both in the graphics, which are much choppier, and audio, which is entirely in mono. Among the features it introduced are Denden notes, which are hit by alternating between the center (Don) and edge (Ka) of the drum, and the ability to dress up your drum character, which would make its way into future console games, and eventually arcade installments as well.

Build Dates

Found at the beginning of list.bin, as well as at offset 0x9BC20 (Rev 0) / 0x9BF74 (Rev 1) of the ARM9 binary is a build date.

Rev 0	Rev 1
2007-06-05-11-39	2007-08-01-14-02

Revisional Difference

The original release of the game was affected by a game-breaking bug involving all three save game slots' characters wearing both clothing items (hats and outfits); should the player attempt to enter one of these slots, the game will freeze. Bandai Namco quickly took notice, and a fixed version was made available around mid-September.