Trombone Champ

Nintendo LifeRoland Ingram

8/10

Trombone Champ is a game about perfection. Before you play, it asks you to select a stance for your tromboner: 'estudious' or 'jubilant'. Neither of these is appropriate when you know your performance will be as ear-abusive as an excited puppy mauling a bulb horn. Or are they? The true lesson is perhaps to hold your head high anyway. In life, as in Trombone Champ, faced as we all are with certain doom, be estudious if you like, be jubilant, parp like crazy, and be your very best you – no matter how imperfect that invariably is.

GameGrinPezh J.

8/10

Though slightly held back by its visual presentation and potentially polarising humour, Trombone Champ is a respectable rhythm game with enjoyable gameplay that fans of the genre are bound to enjoy.

GamingTrendDavid Flynn

80/100

Trombone Champ may suffer from the joy-con curse, but it’s still a laugh out loud good time with a surprising amount of secrets to find. You’re not supposed to be good at Trombone Champ, but playing with friends will make you feel like a master tromboner.

WayTooManyGamesLeo Faria

8/10

Every now and then, the internet becomes enamored with a small game that shows up from out of nowhere, captivating people with its simple gameplay loops, new ideas, or streamer-ready comedic elements. Back in 2019, the memeable darling ended up being Untitled Goose Game. A few years later, Among Us became the game of choice. I’d go as far as to say that the 2022 equivalent to this odd trend is the one-person-developed Trombone Champ, one of the weirdest things I’ve played this year, and I...

Pure NintendoKirk Hiner

7.5/10

Trombone Champ doesn't really want you to become good at it. In some songs, I'd argue it doesn't even let you. The songs feel more like slapstick comedy sound queues, and that means the game is more fun to play with your (band) mates.Read More