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HAPPY! Taiko no Tatsujin DS sequel's menu translated photo

Today is a beautiful day, folks. No only did a new Taiko no Tatsujin game (Taiko no Tatsujin DS 7-tsu no Shima no Daibouken) come out for the DS a few days ago, but thanks to the glory of the internet, I can read the menus in English instead of blindly stabbing at the DS screen with my stylus until something recognizable happens. Happy! I think the guys in the picture above may be almost as thrilled as I am (but I hear Taiko hats have that effect on people.)

If you too love Japanese rhythm games and can't resist lots of inanely happy faces and strange phenomenon like unidentifiable dancing animals, I'd advise you bounce over to Siliconera and check out the menu translation, If you have no idea what I'm talking about, go back and read my previous posts about the title, in which I get overexcited to the borderline of meltdown. By the way, if you are turned off by trying to read a game in Japanese but are thinking of trying out the US version of Taiko Drum Master instead, I have to urge you to pass on that -- this game is all about the music, folks, and the American version just don't got it goin' on.

[Thanks Adam!]








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Colette Bennett is a Destructoid features editor from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is also a founding member of Destructoid's sister sites Tomopop, a toy lover's blog and Japanator, our anime site. Likes Nintendo DS, NES, Silent Hill series, Rhythm games, RPGs Meet the rest of the team



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Passionate Styos's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 14:57
Passionate Styos
I'm already enjoying it, I <3 it very much. And the good thing is that it's a import friendly game.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 14:58
Arttemis
Ah, HappyHead Crabs!
So that's what a de-beaked crab looks like after "joining"...
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 15:09
Knivy
You're even happier than the guys in the picture, aren't you Colette?
PaperBowser0's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 15:31
PaperBowser0
Dang....I really want those hats. But damn Colette, your pretty much the happiest person alive right now huh? :)
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 15:31
king3vbo
HAPPY!
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 15:32
mistic
Oooh now I'm tempted to import it :-)
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 16:00
GuitarAtomik
I loves me some Taiko no Tatsujin. I actually learned Katakana so I can traverse the menus a lot easier. Really most Japanese game menus are either in katakana or english so if you learn katakana (which is pretty easy to do actually) it becomes a lot easier to navigate your import games. PRO TIP!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 16:24
Cheeburga
Haaaappppyyyyy
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 16:34
Guagloves
SO MUCH HAPPY!!!
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/25/2008 16:38
Holyetheline
That's sweet that there's some translation going on for this now!
Delaric's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/15/2008 15:00
Delaric
I clicked on this article because I liked the super happy faces...but seriously wtf is this game.
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