Footage Of Alleged Taiko No Tatsujin Drum Robbery At Japanese Arcade

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Taiko no Tatsujin is one of Japan’s most iconic arcade games. Recently in Nagoya, two kids appear to have stuffed one of the drums into a plastic bag and walked out of the arcade.

Below is security camera footage of the alleged incident.

But why would anyone steal a Taiko no Tatsujin drum? As one Twitter user pointed out, the drum covers go for several hundred dollars

Apparently, drum covers have gone missing before at the same arcade!

source: gamezpot.com