Well, this is getting out of hand.
Last week, Sabec launched Calculator for Nintendo Switch. The $10 app (which literally is a calculator, by the way) immediately achieved meme status, with Switch owners having far too much fun sharing their reviews, and some even jokingly performing speedruns.
Now, you'll be pleased to know that the studio's back for more, launching Xylophone just one week after last week's multiplication hit. "Xylophone is the fun way for anyone to start learning to play the Xylophone," the eShop listing reads. "Turn your Nintendo Switch into a Xylophone and learn to play anywhere, anytime."
Xylophone comes with nine songs included (the coloured bars light up to show you which notes you need to hit), and also boasts a "free play mode" where you can play your xylophone however you like. "Maybe after enough practice learning, you can play one of the included songs without any assistance and amaze your family and friends," the listing helpfully suggests!
If this all looks a bit familiar, by the way, that's because it is. Xylophone appears to be a reskin of Piano, another Sabec release that includes the exact same nine songs in an identical layout.
Just like Calculator, Xylophone will cost $9.99 / £8.09. It launches tomorrow, so you'll be able to download it for yourself very soon indeed – who knows, Sabec might be really onto something here.
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Nintendo really needs to get a grip on the kind of shovelware that’s been getting released on their system. It’s made worse by the really poor design of the eShop.
Got to be useless than the calculator app. What's the next instrument, the Triangle?
At this point one would be excused for suspecting that Sabec is blatantly TROLLING eShop complainers. Although I'm sure the income from the occasional actual purchases doesn't hurt either.😄
@Fake-news If they release a triangle app within the next year, I'll be convinced it's your fault.
All the people online being "funny" and reviewing the calculator are to blame for this.
On average producing more "essential" content on Switch than Nintendo ever could. wonder what their E3 showings will be like? It'll blow the MP 4 logo out the water.
(All in jest and for entertainment).
Nintendo should not be facilitating this company's trash!
Yeah, this company makes shovelware nonsense for the Switch, but I hate when people act like this is an indictment on Nintendo and blow it out of proportion for whatever reason.
Every platform has shovelware.
Stop being so dramatic about it.
Man I loved my li'l Xylophone as a kid 10/10 must buy!
https://www.youtube.com/user/sabecltd/featured The games look awful and even hobbyst.
https://sabecltd.com/
@nhSnork
what i was think, they want too see how many idiots will buy their stuff at these absurd prices, they cant be that stupid/greedy can they!
@elias84631
"Developers of ground breaking Video Games since 1993"
i nearly choked on my drink when i went too there site and saw that, think someone needs too buy them a dictionary and look up ground breaking or maybe not as that will be their next app, a dictionary
Did Calculator chart? DS/3DS had quite a few useful productivity apps like organisers and alarm clocks as I recall.
As a musician, I don't mind this, but the price? I hope it has a customizable screen, different sounds, etc. But, it probably doesn't.
“Donkey DonKey”?!?
Nintendo has at least a miniscule of quality control right?
@suikoden The LJN of today indeed
@JuiceMan_V Pretty much. The Switch is really successful and eShop games have been selling really well so naturally everyone wants a piece of the pie. It's pretty unrealistic to expect Nintendo to go through each one and decide which are and aren't worthy of being on the platform. People just need to stop being lazy and do their own research and quality control.
Calculator has a sequel already? I must say, I was skeptical at first, but this game improves on it's number-based predecessor in almost every way. It is a completely immersive experience and incredibly addictive. I am very excited to see this franchise continue.
The memes gonna make this company rich.
After they made that first masterpiece they became one of my favorite developers.
@Entrr_username
I can tell you right now that Calculator and Xylophone will be much more fun to play than Dragon's Lair on the NES and that trash cost 50 quid and came with the "Seal of Quality".
Not that I'm bitter.
Where's the protractor?
If they release a drum set with the JoyCons as sticks then we will be talking.
No. Just no. I'm not spending $10 on a xylophone and wasted storage space. GOTY
@Automated_Unit_4937
Your avatar is perfect for your comment!
Why are these not getting physical releases?
@elias84631
It looks like they are programming in a Python or Java/Flash/Web based type language for most of the games which are similar to cell phone games. It is not a true 3D engine based on the lack of actual physics and vectoring.
When you take that into consideration they look adequate.
Not a lot of money, but easy money.. I guess
Y’all out here getting hyped for ‘Triangle’, but I won’t be satisfied until we get the sequel, ‘Rectangle’. Which is just the Switch’s screen with nothing displayed on it.
That’s when this company will have peaked.
@FragRed This is just insane.
@Zidentia Reminds me of those cheap Wii U eshop games when Nintendo didn't have too much indie support as today. Over the years the indie game development tools have been improved so much.
My lifelong dream is to learn the Xylophone and thanks to this company I might finally realise it.
My family is going to be really proud!
Limited Run, bundle Calculator, Xylophone and Piano and take my money!
I really wish that NIntendo would curate the eShop better - and stop it being full of absolute trash like this clogging the listings up. Blech.
It's stuff like this that literally clog up the eshop. At this rate, I wouldn't be surprised if the eshop would literally crash under all of this shovelware. Imagine if the eshop was unable to run because of the amount of games and "games" being loaded into the Switch's poor amount of RAM (Only 2 GBs, IIRC) Nintendo really needs to do some house cleaning soon, otherwise they're going to have an app more useless than the Nintendo Switch Online app.
as a free game on club house games I actually enjoyed the piano game, but this is getting ridiculous . these are the type of things that would have been nice to have as free DLC for club house games. but nothing more.
Keep tight PS5, with AAA Switch games like this🤣
Triangle? Why not Tamborine. You just shake the switch and it generates noise. Historically the most useless band member always shook the Tamborine anyway
@suikoden The games could be ground breaking ... if customers have been burying them like the old ET game.
Bro if they release "Door bell" I'm gonna lose it!! 🤩🤩
I was going to joke about this being $10 as well, but those greedy devs beat me to the punch. Well played.
@Fake-News : Followed by "Flute Up Nose".
Cowbell next, please. We need more cowbell!!!
It’s the current gen RCMADIAX
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