I was thinking about possible card system of Arcade Taiko no Tatsujin, and more importantly, availability of that card system and new AC Taiko in Korea. Namco's upcoming Tekken Tag Tornament 2 will adapt 'Bana Passport' card system, which is already used in some other card-using namco games. Fortunatly Koreans love Tekken and Namco know it. Actually Namco already sold some limited edition of Bana Passport card once in Korea, so I guess card system itself isn't that much problem.
But availability of card and availability of service aren't always same. Currently no Taiko AC14 is available in Korea, and even 13 is somewhat rare. I don't know exact reason, but lots of players here thing it's due to economic problem. When AC11 was released Yen was quite cheap so lots of owners of arcade center decided to upgrade their machine, but it seems current economic situation isn't that good for buying new and expensive software from Japan directly. (Though they might know that there will be new Taiko arcade build... But I don't think possibility is that high.) New AC Taiko has quite high possiblity of requiring new arcade build, and the price of that thing is... *sigh*. If there's not many new machines + new version of Taiko soft available in Korea, Namco might not launch online Taiko no Tatsujin service here, and that might lead no more new AC Taiko in Korea... lol.
Since new arcade build won't work if there's no connection, on-line features would be quite important in new AC Taiko. Unfortunatly, if that's true, We might not be able to see new Taiko no Tatsujin anymore in Korean arcade center, unless lots of owners of arcade center decide to buy new AC Taiko. Namco will make international version of some card-using games, I guess we Koreans can expect that.... (You know, they made two Asian ver. before. But I'm not so sure they will make modified one of Taiko no Tatsujin for oversees market...)
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@anongos: So that is amage-don, lol.
