Highlights
- Bandai Namco’s Nintendo Switch unique sport Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable can be delisted and discontinued from Nintendo’s eShop on November 30, 2023, however the sport will nonetheless be playable and DLC can nonetheless be bought after delisting.
- The delisting of Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable could also be as a result of expired licenses, however the precise cause has not been clarified.
Bandai Namco broadcasts that its Nintendo Switch unique title Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable can be delisted and discontinue its gross sales from Nintendo’s eShop on November 30, 2023. The Taiko no Tatsujin video games are a sequence of Japanese rhythm video games developed and revealed by Bandai Namco, with the primary launched in 2002 on the PS2. Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable is one of many newer entries within the long-running sequence, releasing in 2018 as a digital-only title.
As a Nintendo Switch unique, Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable makes use of the Switch’s Pleasure-Con controllers in an effort to simulate the sensation of enjoying a drum, with the controllers appearing because the drumsticks. In a collaboration with third-party {hardware} producer HORI, gamers can even use a particular controller that is formed like an precise Taiko drum to play the sport. Followers may be unhappy to listen to that Bandai Namco can be discontinuing the gross sales of Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable beginning on the finish of November.
This announcement was made on Taiko no Tatsujin‘s official Twitter account, stating that gross sales of the sport will cease on November 30 at midnight. “We wish to specific our heartfelt gratitude to all our clients who’ve bought or performed the sport, and we kindly ask in your understanding on this matter,” says the Twitter submit. The Nintendo Switch unique will nonetheless be playable even after the sport has been delisted, and any DLC for Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable will nonetheless be accessible to buy after the primary sport has been taken off the eShop. Not solely that, gamers can redownload any bought DLC after gross sales have ended.
The submit highlights how followers can proceed supporting the sequence by buying Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Competition on the Nintendo Switch. Launched in 2022, Rhythm Competition accommodates a number of the identical songs as Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable, together with songs from anime like Dragon Ball, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Assault on Titan. Extra songs for Rhythm Competition could be bought by means of the sport’s in-game subscription service and DLC.
We wish to specific our heartfelt gratitude to all our clients who’ve bought or performed the sport, and we kindly ask in your understanding on this matter.
Taiko no Tatsujin: Rhythm Competition is a little bit of an upgraded model of Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable, having options not discovered within the latter sport. Whereas Rhythm Competition accommodates over 500 songs, some shared between Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable, there are some songs unique to the latter sport. It is seemingly the delisting of Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable was as a result of expired licenses, however that has not been clarified on the time of this writing. Some followers are nonetheless unhappy to see this Nintendo Switch sport get delisted, as Drum ‘n’ Enjoyable containes some songs, like Tremendous Mario Odyssey‘s “Leap Up Celebrity,” that are not accessible in Rhythm Competition.
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Switch
A late addition to the eighth console technology, the Nintendo Switch is a hybrid platform that may be skilled as a house or transportable system. Launching with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, the platform has amassed a big selection of triple-A and indie titles. For the reason that console’s debut, Nintendo has launched two different fashions: the Switch Lite and OLED.
- Model
- Nintendo
- Weight
- Switch: 0.88 LBS; Lite: 0.61 LBS; OLED: 0.93 LBS
- Authentic Launch Date
- March 3, 2017
- {Hardware} Variations
- Switch, Nintendo Switch Lite, Nintendo Switch OLED Mannequin
- Authentic MSRP (USD)
- Switch: $299; Lite: $199.99; OLED: $349.99