This little clip below is all the coverage about the collab in AOU's October newsletter. We now know the scale of the event, involving 777 arcade centers across Japan (nice number). The tourney songs will be added to cabinets in 1329 shops. And that's it. Being a industry-focused publication, it is reasonable that player-centric information (like what songs are in) would be skimped largely. Oh well, we still have two weeks to the update, so patience young cricket. (Namco Taiko Blog tomorrow!)
As an interesting statistic, Taiko no Tatsujin can boast as the more widespread game among the four, being in 1231 shops out of the above-mentioned 1329 (92.6%). maimai has 562/1329 (42.2%), Groove Coaster has 562/1329 (42.3%) and jubeat 640/1329 (48.1%).
From Page 1, AOU October newsletter
[RUMOR] added later October 15: Meanwhile rumors has surfaced about the first batch of song candidates. This rumor is half-confirmed with stuck cover art in this inner page, despite "content not open for access yet".
- FLOWER by DJ YOSHITAKA from jubeat
- Garakuta Doll Play by t+pazolite from maimai
- Got more raves? by E.G.G. from Groove Coaster
- Kita Saitama 2000 from Taiko (Come on, you should know KitaSai. I am not linking this.)
We have also located a claimed official Twitter account for the collab, which tweeted a hint of an announcement tomorrow afternoon with all the games' makers, after a final check tomorrow morning.
こんばんは、いよいよ明日、ＡＯＵ加盟店のみに先行配信される楽曲名が発表されますね。さっきまでＨＰ製作担当者が行方不明？だったので、ちょっと焦りましたが、明日の午前中に発表内容の最終チェックを経て、午後には公開と共に各メーカー様からも発表となる予定です。大変お待たせいたしました。
— AOU 天下一音ゲ祭 (公式) (@AOU_Tenkatui) October 15, 2014
Also the final number of shops getting first-hand access for the new collab songs is 1335, counting in some last-minute new AOU member, to a total of 3001 points (multiple cabinets of the same game in the same shop counts as one). The list of confirmed shops and locations will also be announced tomorrow.
最終の配信店舗数１３３５店舗、４機種合計３００１カ所（１店舗に同一機種が複数の場合は１としてカウント）。。確定しました。
ホームとされる店舗が配信対象の店舗かどうかの問い合わせにつきまして、昨日の夜で返答を終わらせて頂きました。明日の発表にてご確認下さい。
— AOU 天下一音ゲ祭 (公式) (@AOU_Tenkatui) October 15, 2014
