Overview
Taiko no Tatsujin 3 is the third Taiko no Tatsujin arcade game released on March 15, 2002.
Along with additional songs, the third arcade release is the first to introduce balloon notes, as well as the battle mode between two players. Instead of having their own Tamashii gauges, both players share one. Hitting the notes will increase the tamashii meter, while missing the notes will cause the tamashii meter to reduce. The player who has the longer tamashii meter at the end of the song wins.
Starting from this version, an icon of the difficulty level is shown on the gameplay screen.
