This Is My First FAQ

Taiko No Tatsujin, Go-! Go-! Godaime
太鼓の達人ゴー!ゴー!五代目

Intro
My Name is Lloyd, i've submitted codes before but this is my first FAQ, 
so please be gentle, any and all Help would be appreciated


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version 1.0

	first release of FAQ
	highlights
	song list
	characters	
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version 1.1 
	minor changes to song list area
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version 1.2
	fixed typos
	added secret items/songs
	added rank
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1:manual translation
2:song list
3:characters
4:unlockable
5:special thanks and other info

1:Manual translation
一:解説書 英語訳

highlights-
	
	-Tatakon タタコン
	Face (right and left) used for "don" sounds (red faces)
during game play, accepting a choice in menu screens
	sides (right and left) for "ka" sounds (blue faces)
during game play, moving left or right respectively during menus
	select (Left button) for starting or stopping "auto play"
for songs (prior to entering songs)
	Start (right button) for opening menus or canceling out 
of the menu
	
	-Controler アナログコントローラ
	Directional buttons - don (left side), moving curser in menus
	O,X,tri,cir - don (right side), cir - accept, X - cancel
	L1,L2,R1,R2 - Ka (left and right respectfully)
	select for starting or stopping "auto play" for songs (prior 
to entering songs)
	Start for opening menus or canceling out of the menu

	-sound types-
	-音符の種類-

	>don どん(little red face)
	tap the don button
	>don dai どん(大)(big red face)
	tap the don button
	>ka カッ(little blue face)
	tap the ka button
	>ka dai カッ(大)(big blue face)
	tap the ka button
	>renda 連打(long yellow mark)
	hit don as fast as you can until its gone
	>renda dai 連打(大)(long fat yellow mark)
	hit don as fast as you can until its gone
	>tetsunagionbu 手つなぎ音符(faces with hands, only 2p mode)
	both players hit don at same time to get bonus points
	>fusenonbu 風船音符(face with baloon)
	hit don button until it pops
	>oimoonbu お芋音符(big sweet potato)
	hit don until the sweet potato is gone (in 2p mode the one
who eats the most is the one who gets the bonus)




	-Player selection プレイヤー選択
	8 slots and 1 guest per save game
	
	-Name Entry ネームエントリー
	Enter your name via "hiragana" small kana and altered kana
are selectable after the base kana have been selected, move cursor 
left and right to choose option, and confirm on choice, when finished
choose the "confirm icon" on bottom right

	-Mode selection モード選択

	-Musical game 演奏ゲーム
	play a regular game (1 or 2 players)

	-mini games ミニゲーム
	choose from 4 mini games
	
	>Dash to home ダッシュで帰宅
hit the don buttons as fast as you can to go fast, hit ka to use 
cheeta speed (1 time)
	
	>takoyaki panic たこやきパニック
move left and right to catch the takoyaki, ka buttons to move left 
and right, cir and <- to jump
	
	>dango epic warriors だんご大作戦
	play a group of four of the "suzudon" and try to steal the
dango from the old man when he's not looking, use don to move, the 
faster you move the more noise you make so be careful.

	>sweet potato eat and fart いも食ってプッ
	*couldn't think of a better way to translate
	hit don until your sweet potato is gone, when you are in the 
air if you hit don at the right times you will fly farther into
the air (when you hit don it makes you fart yourself higher and higher),
when you hit left ka you go left, right ka and go right.

	-Wai Wai taiko battle わいわい太鼓合戦の流れ
	can't play it due to not having anyone to play with :(
	if someone could help it would be appreciated
	
	>team formation チームを組む	-> competition 対戦 ->
(from competition you can choose to play a song or do a mini game) 
song relay 演奏リレーゲーム -> team results and judgement 総合結果の判定

	-taiko report card 太鼓の通信簿

	>personal results 個人成績 
	tells scores of selected person on mini games, 
regular mode, and completion rate

	>items obtained ごほうび図鑑
	red box shows songs obtained (5 in all), blue box shows
other items obtained (12 in all)

	>song rankings 曲別ランキング
	choose the difficulty you want to see the scroll through
songs for your scores

	>A/V room 視聴覚室
	view opening movies and when unlocked watch ending movies
can also see a special movie about the making of the taiko no tatsujin
claymation

	-Game Configuration ゲーム設定

	>sound config サウンド設定
	choose what your drum sounds like, sound balance
(sound effect volume, and song volume), stereo/mono

	>Memory card (ps2) メモリーカード(PS2)
	save, load, autosave on/off

	>controller config 操作設定
	analog controller settings for 1p & 2p, controller test

	>screen adjust 画面位置調整
	move screen left, right, up, down, restore default,
end

	>difficulty selection config 演奏曲選択設定
	choose song by difficulty or by choose difficulty by song

	>restore default settings 初期設定にもどす
	choose to restore all settings at once to default

	

	-page for page copy of text (so someone can help 
if my translations are not the best)-
全ての日本語の解説書
(under construction)


2: song list (sorted by music style)

40 songs + 5 secret songs

* = secret song

format		            music difficult levels
Name		            easy normal hard demon

kanji and kana              e1-10 n1-10 h1-10 d1-10
romaji

	-J-Pop-

夏祭り                           E3 N2 H5 D6
natsumatsuri                  

ココロオドル                    E4 N4 H5 D8
kokoroodoro                   

CHOO CHOO TRAIN    E3 N2 H4 D7
choo choo train               

そばかす           E3 N3 H3 D7
sobakasu                        

リンダリンダ                    E4 N4 H3 D5
rinda rinda                      

伝説の男〜ビバ・ガッツ〜E5 N5 H4 D6
densetsu no otoko
~babi/gattsu~                 

プレイバック part 2          E4 N5 H5 D8
pureibakku part 2           

お祭り忍者                    E4 N4 H5 D8
omatsuri ninja                

瞳をとじて                     E4 N4 H3 D5
hitomi wo tojide            

	-Anime-
	−アニメー

ignited −イグナイテッドー  E3 N4 H5 D8
ignited -igunaiteddo-      

アララの呪文                  E2 N3 H2 D6
arara no jumon               

君にこの声が届きますように  E3 N3 H6 D8
kiminikonokoega todokimasuyouni            

ドラえもんのうた             E1 N1 H2 D3
doraemon no uta           1  1  2  3

アンパンマンのマーチ     E1 N5 H4 D2
anpanman no ma-chi     

ケッチュウ!らぶらぶぅ?! 「ふたりはプリキュア」より   E2 N3 H3 D5
kecchuu! raburabuu?! (futariha purikyua)yori             

ミッドナイト デカレンジャー「特捜戦隊デカレンジャー」より     E2 N2 H3 D5
midnight dekarenja- (tokusoudekarenja-) yori             

愛をとりもどせ 「北斗の拳」より              E3 N5 H2 D8
aiwotoridose (hokuto no ken)yori                  

キューティーハニー        E3 N3 H6 D8
kyu-tei-hani-              

	-Children's songs-
	ー動揺ー

ジングルベル               E2 N2 H2 D3
jinguruberu                  

手のひらを太陽に         E2 N1 H2 D8
tenohirawotaiyouni      

	-Variety-
	−バラエティー

ミッキーマウス・マーチ E3 N4 H4 D8
mikki- mausu ma-chi   

マツケンサンバU         E5 N4 H5 D8
matsuken sanba II        

TRUTH                       E5 N6 H5 D7
TRUTH                       

最初から今まで 「冬のソナタ」より          E2 N1 H1 D4
hajimekaraimamade (fuyu no sonata)yori     

DADDY MULK  「タイトーニンジャウオーリアーズ」より     E4 N5 H7 D10
DADDY MULK (taito-ninja uo-ria-su)yori      

村祭り                        E1 N1 H1 D1
muramatsuri                

	-Classical-
	−クラシックー

「天国と地獄」序曲 オッフェンバック        E5 N4 H5 D8
(tenkokutojikoku)jokyoku offenbakku                  

威風堂々 エルガー     E4 N5 H6 D8
ifuudoudou eruga-       

「レクイエム」より 「怒りの日」 ヴェルディ          E4 N4 H6 D7
(rekuiemu)yori(ikari no hi verudi                          

ラデツキー行進曲J.シュトラウス(1世)         E5 N4 H5 D7
radetsuki-koushinkyoku J.shutorausu(1sei)        

*ヴァイオリン協奏曲ホ短調 メンデルスゾーン         E3 N4 H4 D4
vaiorinkyousoukyokuhotanchou menderusuzo-n              

	-Namco originals-
	−ナムコオリジナルー

今日のご飯は太鼓盛り          E4 N3 H4 D4
kyounogohanhataikomori

*シシハゲマイ                 E4 N3 H3 D4
shishihagemai 

タ・コ・タ・イ・コ                  E5 N6 H6 D7
ta/ko/ta/i/ko

シャイニング65                 E5 N5 H6 D7
shainingu 65  

*今夜はホーミー                E3 N2 H3 D6
konya ha ho-mi-         

福袋餃子自慢商店街の歌 池袋餃子スタジアム         E3 N3 H4 D5
fukubukugyouzashotengai no uta ikebukugyouza sutajiamu

餃子ブギウギ 浪花餃子スタジアム            E3 N3 H4 D7
gyouza bugiugi naniwagyouzasutajiamu                         

僕の地球 僕らの地球  ミスタードリラードリルランド       E4 N3 H4 D7
bokunochikyuu bokurano chikyuu misuta dorira-dorirurando           

ドルアーガの塔メドレー        E5 N6 H7 D10
dorua-ganotoumedore-      

rotterdam nation (foo mix) リッジレーサー  E5 N6 H7 D10
Rotterdam Nation (foo mix)  rijjire-sa-

blue topaz レイブレーサー   E4 N5 H7 D9
Blue Topaz reibure-sa-                      

ダイエット・パダライス         E5 N5 H7 D9
daietto/padaraisu              

*画竜点睛           E5 N6 H6 D9
garyoutensei                    

*恋文2000                       E6 N7 H8 D10
koibumi2000                    

	3: characters

	>和田どん wada don
	the red face drum
	>和田かつ wada katsu
	the blue face drum
	>魂 tamashii
	when you miss a beat you see a tamashii (soul)
	>バチお先生 bachi osensei
	drumsticks
	>和田イヌ wada inu
	light colored dog with basket
	>和田ジョン wada jon
	dark colored dog with flag
	>和田テツオ wada tetsuo
	little boy
	>おじいちゃん ojiichan
	grandpa
	>はなちゃん hanachan
	little girl
	>猫と杓子 neko and shakushi
	the cat and little spoon, always seen together
	>和田ミミズ wada mimizu
	the little worm
	>ちょうちんおなぎ chochinunagi
	the eel with a lantern on his head
	>どん子 donko
	little drum girl
	>かめ kame
	turtle
	>イカ ika
	squid
	>お面山僧 omenkozou
	masked mountain preast
	>ししまい shishimai
	lion dancer
	>なまはげ namahage
	cute deamon twirls a stick
	>すずどん suzudon
	little bells
	>きんぎょ kingyo
	goldfish
	>ちょうちん chouchin
	lantern
	>たこやき takoyaki
	little balls with sticks (Tastes good BTW)
	>わたがし watagashi
	cottoncandy
	>ひよこ hiyoko
	ducklings
	>水マリ子 mizumariko
	little water baloons


	4:Unlockable items
	
	-songs
	
	A シシハゲマイ shishihagemai
	B 今夜はホーミー konya ha ho-mi-
	C ヴァイオリン協奏曲ホ短調メンデルスゾーン
vaiorinkyousoukyokuhotanchou menderusuzo-n
	D 画竜点睛 garyoutensei
	E 恋文2000 koibumi2000

	-other items
	*except for oni level im not sure what you get
from these items, the japanese web page says "tone colors"
but i don't notice3 anything different in my game, it's possibly
the change in "don"'s or katsu"'s clothing, not sure, could someone
please confirm?*

	F 超おなら - super fart
	G ラップ - wrap
	H レジ - register
	I おに - demon level songs
	J おなら - fart
	K えいご - english?
	L スケバン - female gang leader?
	M 力士 - rikishi (sumo)
	N ドルアーガの塔 - dolarga's pagoda

	-rank acchieved
	*the numbers are "don" points, the japanese word is your rank
the english is the translation of that rank (some of them thier
translation doesn't make sence in english), the letter after them 
corresponds to the item earned (above)*

	>0〜499 へたっぴ - unskilled
	>500〜1199 素人 - amature (F)
	>1200〜2199 初心者 - beginner (A)
	>2200〜3499 見習い - apprentice (G)
	>3500〜4999 駆け出し - novice (B)
	>5000〜6799 修行中 - learning (H)
	>6800〜8799 半人前 - half-man (C)
	>8800〜11999 一人前 - one-man (I)
	>12000〜15999 腕きき - ambidextrous (D)
	>16000〜21999 すご腕 - great arm (J)
	>22000〜29999 玄人 - expert (E)
	>30000〜41999 名人 - master (K)
	>42000〜57999 鉄人 - strong man (L)
	>58000〜76499 達人 - master expert (M)
	>76500〜99999 大達人 - great master expert (N)



	5: special thanks
	first i would like to thank/curse namco for making such an 
addictive game, sony for making the PS2, my GF izumi for helping me 
with some of the kanji and proof reading it for me, my little sister 
for letting me play such an "annoying" game.

	-I made this please don't plagerize this, or post anywhere 
except gamefaqs.com

	-emails regarding changes to this will be accepted until i have 
my final version made, email me at roido_medasu@yahoo.com

THANKS ありがとう grazzi gracias 
Lloyd ロイド