Trivia / Taiko no Tatsujin

• Acting for Two:
  • The Wada drum duo, Don and Katsu, as well as Mecha-Don, Turtle, Currycutta Dondy and Yomogimaru, were voiced by Miki Narahashi.
  • In Do-Don to Nidaime for Wii, Both Professor Otowa and Dr.Waruru were voiced by Takashi Nagasako.
  • Also in Do-Don to Nidaime, both Alumi and Tellu were voiced by Akane Ueda.
  • In Chibi Dragon to Fushigi na Orb, Nao Tōyama (who also sings the game's theme song) voices Princess Soprano, Raruko (her guardian and the titular little dragon), and Levaa, one of the game's bosses.
  • In Kettei-Ban, Fuuga, Mirai and Arashi were voiced by Minami Fujii.
• Avoid the Dreaded G Rating: Taiko no Tatsujin Rhythmic Adventure Pack is the first game in the series to receive a T rating, due to suggestive themes and use of alcohol and tobacco. The Drum Master for XBOX/PC is the second one to receive the same rating, due to suggestive themes and a drug reference.
• Bad Export for You:
  • All third-generation Taiko no Tatsujin arcade cabinets outside of Japan have fewer songs than the Japanese version have due to licensing issues. Also, Asia version of the arcade doesn't have the web-only Katsu medal reward shop as Japanese version do, making buying unlockable songs extremely difficult if missed.
  • Similarly, the Chinese version of V Version has less J-pop and anime DLC songs for the same reason.
  • In a similar fashion to Hatsune Miku: Project mirai DX, the song "Senbonzakura" was excluded from the "Hatsune Miku" DLC pack for Drum Session in South Korea due to its culturally-sensitive lyrics.
  • The Western versions of Drum Session did not have a package that included the HORI Taiko drum peripheral that was released in Japan and Asia regions; however, text and diagrams referring to it are still present and this version supports it. Furthermore, the music "Theme of Ryu" was removed from both US and EU version of the base game as well. It is even worse for the European version of the game, where it features less DLC songs than the Japan, Asia and North America versions has at the time the game launched in European regions.^note Though the number of DLC songs had finally catching up with the JP/AS and US version's as of recently.
  • The localizations for both games in the Rhythmic Adventure Pack have stiff dialogue and the occasional mistranslation and also leave the end credits completely in Japanese.
  • As of this writing, there are no available drum peripherals that are natively compatible in the XBOX version of Taiko no Tatsujin: The Drum Master. You may, however, use another drum peripheral and slap it with a compatible adapter, but your mileage may vary.
• Fan Community Nickname: Fans tend to call themselves “Donders”. Bandai Namco officially acknowledged this in Rhythm Festival.
• Late Export for You: The 3DS games Don to Katsu no Jikuu Daibouken! and Dokodon! Mystery Adventure! waited six and four years respectively to get a localized Updated Re-release on the Switch.
• No Dub for You: The characters retain their Japanese voices in nearly every game that was released outside of Japan. The only exception is Taiko: Drum Master for PS2 and the Chinese version of the arcade.
• No Export for You:
  • Bandai Namco stated that they have no plans for introducing the newest arcade installment (including updates) to regions outside Japan. However it didn't last long as they re-introduced the arcade Taiko games to Asian countries, starting with the Momoiro version.
  • Most of the console and handheld editions suffer greatly from this for reasons unknown, with the series having a single localized game in 2004 before going dead silent for over a decade. It wasn't until 2017 when Bandai Namco started reversing the trend, with both Drum Session and Drum 'n Fun getting localized simultaneously, and Rhythmic Adventure Pack (containing two of the three 3DS games) coming just two years after.
• Regional Bonus: Asian versions of White get Rin by a_hisa on March 1 2016, a month earlier than the Japanese version.
• Similarly Named Works: Both the 2011 release and the 2020 release of arcade Taiko games are simply called Taiko no Tatsujin.

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