Xylophone Home
Xylophone Home
Appears in Mario Party: Island Tour
Type General minigame
Time limit N/A
Music track Super Mario Bros. overworld

Xylophone Home (Strike a Chord in the British English version) is a General minigame from Mario Party: Island Tour. The American name is a pun on E.T.'s phrase "phone home".

IntroductionEdit

A sheet of musical keys is seen, and four notes drop down to the players. The Touch Screen shows how to play, and then the minigame begins.

GameplayEdit

The players must hit the key which the musical note is hovering over in time to the music. They can get one or two points by note based on the tempo. The player with the most points is the winner. The song playing is a remix of the Super Mario Bros. overworld theme.

ControlsEdit

  •   – Hit keys

In-game textEdit

  • RulesAmerican English "Tap the keys in time with the musical notes."
  • RulesBritish English "Hit the keys with the right timing to get the musical notes."

Names in other languagesEdit

Language Name Meaning
Japanese リズムでたたけ
Rizumu de tatake
Strike in Rhythm

Dutch Mario-melodie
Mario Melody
French (NOA) Xyloconcerto
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French (NOE) Accords majeurs
Major Chord
German Flotte Töne
Quick Sound
Italian Tieni il ritmo
Keep the rhythm
Korean 리듬에 맞춰 딩동댕
lideum-e majchwo dingdongdaeng
Ding-Dong-Ding to the Rhythm

Portuguese Xilorritmo
Xylorhythm
Russian Заводной ритм
Zavodnoi ritm
Clockwork rhythm

Spanish ¡Dando la nota!

Pun on the Spanish Expression Dando la nota, (dar la nota means to stand out) and nota (note))
Dando la nota is also the Spanish name for the Rhythm Recital game mode in Mario Party: Star Rush.