Tips so you can get better at Taiko

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You can either be bad as me or you can be stuck doing Kantan difficulty over and over again.
[tbh everything below 90pp means nothing...]

Here's some [pro] tips I suggest doing if you can't get anything right/ or your muscle memory is fuk'd.
First of all: Play Taiko everyday. You will not get good just from reading these tips! If you will play everyday for atleast 2h, then you will develop a muscle memory.

Second tip: Find a perfect osu! skin which suits your needs. I suggest Yugen for everyone because it's simplistic and doesn't rape your eyes like default osu skin.

Third tip: Map buttons so you can feel comfortable. It's up to you, I mapped mine as Red drum: Z, X and Blue drum: [Keypad 1, 2]

Fourth tip: Focus. If your eyes can't take some Taiko madness then turn leave background brightness at 50% seriously, it helps alot. If you still can't get reading right, focus on middle center and watch as circles appear. If you developed muscle memory then you will easily tap them. You will have decent contrast between circles and background itself.

Fifth tip: Don't get easily "angered". If you fail, try again. No matter how shit your score is, you will learn the map more and more. And you will also improve.

Kinda last tip: Listen to the damn music. Don't mash buttons as soon as you see circles appearing. Mash them to the RHYTHM. That means you have to go with the flow, not with the gun.

Last tip: You don't get Taiko at all? Try playing some games from Taiko no Tatsujin series. No one will laugh at your scores. No one will call you a noob. Just you, and a keyboard. [or TaTaCon drum]
Especially if you have Wii U. Change HIDtoVPAD config and play with your keyboard. This way you will develop your muscle memory even faster.

Very last tip: Watch someone play Taiko. You will watch his every burst, every drum hit and overally, you will learn from him. Even if it's just a YouTube video. [Don't instantly watch someone beat a Onii diff map, like seriously, you will be confused af]

I wasn't perfect either, some Kantan maps were hard for me. The more i wasted my life playing TnT, the better i became. [I still suck but whatever] osu!Taiko is has different elements than TnT [Ex. Appearing circle, requiring you to mash Red and Blue drum, otherwise it doesn't count] and also, Sliders. Those thing only work when you either tap to rhythm or burst to rhythm, otherwise they will not count anything.

I hope my tips helped some people, if it didn't then... play till you will learn?
You will know amazing feeling when you beat a very hard map. It might not be hard for others but you're still proud of yourself.
Question to you: Have you ever played a(n) Taiko game? If yes, did it go well?

See ya in next blog post!
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@smileyhead Goodluck using those 2 buttons on 260bpm map, lol
 
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@Nikki_swap Still, $200 for drums and $40 for shipping? ;o;
 
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Yeah, sadly. @nikki_swap
Those aren't cheap anymore
 
I actually got some shitty Chinese Wii Taiko drums a few years back from DealExtreme for like 30$ with free shipping, lol. I don't think they sell those anymore though.
 
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Well, in October, PS4 is getting Taiko no Tatsujin. Online doesn't require PSN Plus either -


http://taikops4-ses.taiko-ch.net/ps4/
Game: 6,100¥
Game and Drum: 9,980¥

Game: £42.00
Game and Drum: £68.71

I'd be getting it, it has some of the newest songs Taiko has, and apparently there might be English too
 
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@FAST6191 Too bad osu doesn't have that song, or any other song worth its salt
 
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@VinLark
Too bad that even TnT doesn't have worthwile songs. And you're bitching rn btw.
 
or just don't bother with others seing your scores, that's sorta why I don't care if a map is qualified or not, though I still wish there was an easier difficulty for this ( https://osu.ppy.sh/s/439241 ) song as the only difficulty available is absolutely hell with how hard it is, just looking at the beats go by even if I'm not trying to play it I can't mentally keep up, I'm talking about it in taiko mode of course
 
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@jt_1258 Inner Taiko marathon maps suck... And mostly everything after 40 pagw in beatmap search is Oni disguised as Muzukashii map.
 
why can't there be an easier version available, I wana play the song so bad but it's just sitting there ready to destroy me any time I try
 

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