HOW TO DOWNLOAD TAIKO NO TATSUJIN PORTABLE SONGS

Do you guys know you can download new songs into your Taiko no Tatsujin Portables??
And here's the guide on how to do it:


You need:

1) A copy of Taiko No Tatsujin Portable.
2) A PSP.
3) A USB cable capable of connecting your PSP to your computer.
4) Basic reasoning skills.


FIRST:
Start Taiko No Tatsujin Portable. Select your profile, and then go to the Options Screen (far right option).

Pick the second option from the left (pictured below):




Pick the second option from the left on this screen (pictured below):



Quit the game, and pick USB Connection. Connect the PSP to your computer.


SECOND:
After connecting you PSP to your computer, go to the following path: /(YOURPSP)/PSP/SAVEGAME/PPCD00765NAMCOTAIKO/. You'll find a download.htm - open it in your IE or Mozilla Firefox web browser. There will be a single link on the page. Click it.

On the ensuing page, click on the Green button (pictured below).



On the resulting page, you'll find red buttons and rectangles. Each one of these is a song, so open each one for the following steps:



On the resulting page, you'll see a DON link and a KAT link (pictured below). Right-click each one (both .DON and .KAT) and save the linked file into /(YOURPSP)/PSP/SAVEGAME/PPCD00765_NAMCO_TAIKO/ (the same folder you found download.htm).





The .DON files are 1.3-1.9 MB; the .KAT files are .1 kb.
You need to download BOTH of .DON and .KAT files in order for the songs to work.


THIRD:
After you're done downloading all the songs, disconnect your PSP and relaunch Taiko No Tatsujin Portable. If you're successful, you'll see an extra step in the load sequence where it'll load some more stuff off the memory card. Then, once you hit the song list, you'll see the extra songs at the end of the song list:



The songs don't have any sort of preview in Portable One Series, but they definitely do work.


**Credits goes to Dan, 2005**

Do you have a KAT file you can send me, I want to look at it. I don't have a PSP, so I can't open the download.htm. ):
I wanted to look at a KAT file because it is obvious that the KAT file is the data for the rhythm part, and the DON file is the song. I just want to see if I can deconstruct the file to learn from for the simulator I am working.... Andy KAT file would do.

Thank you for this fantastic tutorial! I didn't know that I can play custom songs on my PSP!

Lolz, those are downloadable songs to add in your collections =D

But is it true that in taiko no tatsujin portable 2 you can't download it by the computer instead only through wi-fi??

Well for me, I downloaded all the songs available through wi-fi.. so I really don't know if its okay with a computer..

I downloaded it using my computer and then transferred it via USB.

Can anyone tell me the list for DL songs in portaburu 2?

If you're fine with just the Japanese names then I'll put them up soon

my favs in taiko 2 psp dl songs :still a duckling and taberuna2000

Haha bcoz of downloading my memory stick gonna full already...
Do they have rotter now? I cant find it..

Have Portable 2 owners been keeping up to date with the latest download songs?

Namco have just announced December's download songs: Future Lab and Toccata and Fugue and Rock. I'm very pleased about Toccata especially - it's one of my favourite Classic songs!