Taiko no Tatsujin 20th Anniversary Stream Will Happen This Month

Kite Stenbuck

Published: Feb 1, 2021 09:15 am

Bandai Namco will hold a special live stream to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Taiko no Tatsujin on Saturday, February 20, 2021, at 15:00~17:00 JST (1am to 3am ET). The stream, which will be available on YouTube and Twitter, will deliver new information while looking back at the series’ history. [Thanks, Gamer!]

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More details on the anniversary stream will be revealed in the coming days. In the meantime, Bandai Namco is currently opening applications for residents in Japan to appear on the stream and help celebrate the major anniversary milestone. This application is open for a whole week until Sunday, February 7, 2021.

Taiko no Tatsujin will officially celebrate its 20th anniversary on February 21, 2021. The popular rhythm game franchise started when Namco launched its first arcade game iteration in 2001. While the arcade game has been receiving new upgraded versions every year, Bandai Namco has also released numerous games related to the franchise on consoles.

The mainline Taiko no Tatsujin rhythm games available on current-gen consoles are Drum Session for PlayStation 4 and Drum ‘n’ Fun for Nintendo Switch. Last year in 2020, Bandai Namco also released Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythmic Adventure Pack, a remake of the two 3DS RPG spinoffs for the Switch. All of the aforementioned titles received a worldwide English localization.

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Kite Stenbuck

Kite is a Japanese translator and avid gamer from Indonesia, Southeast Asia who learned the language mostly by playing Japanese games from the PS1 era. He primarily translates news about Japanese games and anime straight from Japan. After initially starting with a focus on Dynasty Warriors communities from the mid-2000s, he eventually joined Siliconera in 2020. Other than Dynasty Warriors, Kite is also a big fan of Ace Combat and other games featuring mechs, especially Gundam.