I started Taiko a few days ago, and did... eh, not that bad, but not well either. So I just mash some keys still trying to figure out how the large ntoes work, when I noticed my old GameCube drums collecting dust.
So I did an experiment with them.
As stated in the video, each drum has two buttons, which are being mapped to different keys. I used Joy2Key for this, mapped button 1 to Inner Right, 2 to Outer Right, 3 to Inner Left and 4 to Outer Left (also 8, the START button, to Escape). I also turned around the drums because I like it better, so if you use them the right way you need to turn around the button mappings.
I used this adapter because I also have a PS2 Controller and you can plug in multiple controllers and use them all at once. I think it should work with most adapters, though I have heard of some adapters only working with controllers, not these drums.
After playing with it a bit, I think this way of playing is just as accurate as with a keyboard, but has no real advantages. Some might find this to be easier to use (my sister does), but I'll just stay with my keyboard and play with the drums if I don't feel like playing seriously.
So I did an experiment with them.
As stated in the video, each drum has two buttons, which are being mapped to different keys. I used Joy2Key for this, mapped button 1 to Inner Right, 2 to Outer Right, 3 to Inner Left and 4 to Outer Left (also 8, the START button, to Escape). I also turned around the drums because I like it better, so if you use them the right way you need to turn around the button mappings.
I used this adapter because I also have a PS2 Controller and you can plug in multiple controllers and use them all at once. I think it should work with most adapters, though I have heard of some adapters only working with controllers, not these drums.
After playing with it a bit, I think this way of playing is just as accurate as with a keyboard, but has no real advantages. Some might find this to be easier to use (my sister does), but I'll just stay with my keyboard and play with the drums if I don't feel like playing seriously.