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Taiko no Tatsujin series

Taiko no Tatsujin 5

A sequel to Taiko no Tatsujin 4, featuring 34 new songs, selecting songs before the difficulty mode, but can't choose the Donderful difficulty in this mode; The Futsuu difficulty added for all Namco Originals…

6 October 2003

Taiko no Tatsujin 5 is an arcade developed by Namco, released 6 October 2003 on Arcade.

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What Taiko no Tatsujin 5 is

Taiko no Tatsujin 5 is an arcade game developed by Namco and released in 2003. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A sequel to Taiko no Tatsujin 4, featuring 34 new songs, selecting songs before the difficulty mode, but can't choose the Donderful difficulty in this mode; The Futsuu difficulty added for all Namco Originals, and the ability to choose the same song more than once per play.
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Taiko no Tatsujin series

Taiko no Tatsujin 5 is the fifth of 33 entries we hold in the Taiko no Tatsujin series. It arrived 10 months after Taiko no Tatsujin 4. The next entry was Taiko no Tatsujin: Appare Sandaime in 2003.

See all 33 Taiko no Tatsujin games in release order →

What it launched against

Taiko no Tatsujin 5 launched on 6 October 2003, within three weeks of Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, SSX 3 and Tony Hawk's Underground.

Released around the same time: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, Jak II, SSX 3, Tony Hawk's Underground.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Taiko no Tatsujin 5 come out?
Taiko no Tatsujin 5 was released on 6 October 2003 for Arcade.

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