Xylophone Home

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

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".

Introduction

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

Gameplay

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 an arrangement of the Super Mario Bros. Ground Theme.

Controls

• – Hit keys

In-game text

• Rules – American English "Tap the keys in time with the musical notes."
• Rules – British English "Hit the keys with the right timing to get the musical notes."

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	リズムでたたけ[?] Rizumu de tatake	Strike in Rhythm
Dutch	Mario-melodie[?]	Mario Melody
French (NOA)	Xyloconcerto[?]	-
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.