Satirical ‘Trombone Champ’ game catches a mighty wind of viral success

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Trombone Champ” — a humorous take on the successful “Guitar Hero” franchise exclusively using the titular brass — has rapidly become a player’s favorite with many already calling it game of the year, dethroning Wordle for good.Using a Wii villager look-alike as a musician, now you can “toot your way through over 20 tracks” ranging from classical Beethoven to crowd favorites like “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” “The better you play, the more toots you earn!” boasts the PC game (a Mac release is being looked into), which launched for $15 on Steam Sept.

15.While players earn coveted points for hitting the music on the head like in its precursor games, many play to get the songs wrong on purpose since there’s an equal satisfaction in hearing the trombone squeak silly and sour notes.Trombone Champ is the best game ever made pic.twitter.com/GH58eHGXHV“It’s a joke first and a game second,” the game’s “surprised and happy” creator Dan Vecchitto told the Guardian. “I don’t know why there’s not more comedy in games, because games can be so funny.”“I was kind of concerned that other people wouldn’t get it,” he added of the game that features 50 “tromboner cards” and “baboons on nearly every screen.”My brain when I sit down and try to do literally anything. #TromboneChamp pic.twitter.com/vgmKbs9JPtNevertheless, Vecchitto is sitting on symphonic gold with “Trombone Champ” as major brands such as Skittles and fans alike are tweeting about his creation — one that does anything but blow smoke to devoted players.“Game of the year has been set in stone,” tweeted @PNDMustard.The original trombone champ pic.twitter.com/MKjpkQLrwEOne woman wants to see “O Canada” played on the game ahead of the Ottawa Senators hockey games.“Petition to have.