Mario, Luigi and others appear in the newest Taiko title from Namco Bandai, Taiko Drum Master Wii 3. Coming right alongside tracks from New Super Mario Bros. Wii are the brothers themselves, Mario and Luigi. In the screens you can also see Koopa and the kids and some Toad.
There are over 70 songs in this new title, with tracks pulled from games like Ace Combat X2, Ridge Racer 4, God Eater and Pokemon Diamond/Pearl. Other cameos include Idolmaster's idols and the Felynes from Monster Hunter.
If that wasn't enough, there's also seven minigames, says Andria Sang. In them you'll play with up to three other players to keep good rhythm to do things like bonk alligators with hammers, or keep the lights lit in a haunted house. One of the minigames, To the Heavens: Cake Tower, has you ascending a cake tower with a friend. You work as a team to climb up. If you get caught in a "creme avalanche" you have to pound on the taiko as fast as you can to escape. That sounds fantastic!
Taiko Drum Master 3: Everyone's Party comes out in Japan this December.
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10:30 AM on 11.22.2010 | 
This is by far my favorite rhythm game of all time, and one that has only been localized once. It's still fun, but replacing Idolm@ster music with Smashmouth and Britney Spears is never a good thing no matter what country you live in. I'm getting by with Taiko No Tatsujin Portable 2, but if I want actual drums I have to drive 30 minutes to Gameworks.
Or I guess I just need to import a Japanese Wii...ugh. I have an addiction to this game and I can't get my fix.
I swear that Reggie Fils-Aime would shit out a stupid excuse like "it's too japanese" like he did with Fatal Frame 4.
I'd believe that if the Wii didn't have titles like Domino Rally or Ultimate Shooting Collection or Trauma Center and Phoenix Wright. Or Onechanbara and Muscle March. The Wii has far too many offbeat Japanese games for Reggie to justify the lack of other equally obscure-but-still-with-a-solid-fanbase games like Taiko and Fatal Frame.
Hell, games like that are the reason I still own a Wii. PS3 and 360 are very much lacking in the Japanese obscurity quotient.