Yes. For this tournament, players may use the drumsticks attached to the arcade game cabinet or their Taiko no Tatsujin Official Mybachi. However, Mybachi which have been modified may not be used.
Official Mybachi will not be approved for tournament play unless all of the above conditions are met.
In addition to the above, tournament organizers may prohibit the use of any drumsticks they judge to be unsafe. In that event, please use the drumsticks attached to the game cabinet.
*There is no age restriction for the General Division.
Participants may submit entries to multiple Preliminary Contests. However, regardless of division, participants chosen to advance past the Preliminary Contests even once may no longer participate in the preliminaries at another arcade. (One participant cannot become the representative for multiple arcades.)
If a participant chosen to be an Preliminary Contests representative voluntarily withdraws their qualification, they may not participate in preliminaries held at other arcades at a later date. If they are found to have participated in other preliminaries in violation of this rule, they will be disqualified.
Receive the following three items at the arcade you participated at on the same day as the tournament.
Regardless of the division, only those who have submitted an entry to the tournament may participate. If a participant is found to have played in the tournament in another person's place, they will both be disqualified. Please contact the tournament management with your intent to withdraw from the tournament.
At the Preliminary Contests, the staff chooses one of the three unused songs, and the tied participants have a playoff.
If the playoff also ends in a tie, the two remaining songs will then be used for another playoff.
At Regional Tournament preliminary rounds, staff choose one of the two unused preliminary round songs, and the tied participants have a playoff.
At the Regional Tournament final round, the unused final round song will be used for a playoff, and the total score for all three songs will be used to determine the Regional Tournament winner. The total score of the three final round songs will be recorded in the Worldwide Ranking list.
Purchase a new Bandai Namco Passport at the arcade.
Register it with the same Donder Name at all stages of the tournament.
As a rule, participants must use the same Bandai Namco Passport throughout the tournament to allow for final confirmation of their play records. In the case of loss or card error, you may report to the tournament staff and use another card in its place, but it must be registered with the same Donder Name at all stages of the tournament.
Minors selected as arcade preliminaries representative require the signature of their legal representative (parent/guardian) on a consent form in order to advance. It is requested that minors bring their legal representative (parent/guardian) with them on the day of the tournament if possible.
During all parts of the tournament, including the Preliminary Contests, Regional Tournaments , and the Donder WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 event itself, transportation to venues, lodgings, and any other related costs are the responsibility of the participant. However, for Donder WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2024 qualifiers from area tournaments held outside of Japan, transportation to the championship and lodgings will be paid for by Bandai Namco Amusement Inc.(applies only to the participant).
In World Tournament Mode.the only custom parameters set by the player that are allowed are the music note position and voice. All others are locked to their default settings.