Early 2000s arcade nostalgia concentrated into pure percussive joy. Taiko no Tatsujin Red from 2003 is basically a greatest hits of Japanese pop culture filtered through taiko drums, and the Namco team nailed every arrangement.
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The Lupin III Theme '78 adaptation swings so hard it makes you want to find the nearest arcade cabinet immediately. Classic Medley in both its sports day and rock versions takes pieces like William Tell Overture and Beethoven's Ninth and gives them this playful, thumping energy that totally works.
Xevious Taisou turning the old shoot-em-up into an exercise rhythm track. That's the kind of thing only this series would try. If you want to understand why Taiko became a cultural institution in Japanese arcades, Red is where the identity really locked in.