Yes, you read that headline correctly. Outright Games has today announced that it is collaborating with The Pinkfong Company (the team behind the Baby Shark IP) to release Baby Shark: Sing & Swim Party, a video game based on the immensely popular/annoying YouTube video which will be making its way to Switch on 15th September.
Sing & Swim Party is a rhythm adventure game where you will play as one of the five members of the Shark family (Baby, Mommy, Daddy, Grandma or Grandpa) making your way to the Fin-Tastic Festival. The gameplay seems to consist of either a 'Rhythm Mode' or a 'Runner Mode' where the objective is to keep to the beat of a variety of popular Baby Shark songs.
The game allows for up to four-player co-op and contains 30 songs from the YouTube series.
To some, the Baby Shark music has grown to sound like nails on a chalkboard, but if you are still able to tolerate the tunes or you are looking for a way to introduce a very young fan to the world of gaming, then this might just be a gentle way in.
For a little more information on the game itself and a look at some screenshots, check out the following from Outright Games:
Swim across the wide waters with the Shark Family to enjoy the Fin-tastic Festival where you can watch performers sing, dance, and rock! Baby Shark™: Sing & Swim Party.
Sing and swim to fin-omenal songs from original videos including Baby Shark Dance and more. Journey through iconic ocean locations, like Tropical Bay, Ocean City, and more.
Choose from five customizable playable characters! Play your way with either runner or rhythmic modes and get rewarded with tons of musical cards that can be added to your album.
Will you be diving in to get a copy of the Baby Shark game? Let us know in the comments.
[source outrightgames.com]
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Out of the way Starfield, there's new September competition
Oh, I know somebody lurking around these parts who is going to LOVE this and proudly boast of his intent to buy both the Switch and PS5 versions.
Watch out Tears Of The Kingdom! SOMEONE just might be taking your game of the year reward
As somebody who teaches English classes I have essentially banned this song in them. It was good for a while, but five to ten times a day, 5 - 6 days a week for two years..... it was driving me to extremes.....
The fact that they are asking money for this is just wrong. These kind of games are available for free in better form on Roblox. This should not belong on Switch.
This article gave me ptsd
Finally, the true GOTY to put the games thus far in their place!
Huh? Wasn't one already announced?
Or maybe I'm confusing it with another game.
This game is "time for new hardware" personified.
I think I'll wait for the sequel, Teenage Shark, when the sharks are wearing emo/goth attire and it's an open world RPG.
NOOOOOOOOO GOD! NO GOD PLEASE NO NO! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO-
I can't wait to dive into the rich lore of the Baby Shark universe, discovering that the sharks, the ocean, the stars and the shrimp are all just a fever dream of an unimaginable, almost all powerful creature drifting through the spacetime of the dimensional rift
About 4 years too late.
Comes out the same time as Baten Kaitos 1 + 2 Remaster. Rip to Baten Kaitos it is gonna get destroyed in sales by Baby Shark
Relax, folks. This is not for the average gamer or aficionado, but for the young kids. I have 2 kids aged 2 and 4, and If I see this for say less than 10 dollars, I'm in.
@Paulo Exactly! It sounds like a kid’s version of Just Dance. Young kids need games too. 😊
My daughters are grown now, but I would buy them Dora and Barbie GBA games.
Honestly this looks cute, and fine for its target demographic.
Unrelated but this just reminded me, I'm really looking forward to the "Amico exclusive" Shark Shark game coming to Switch. All the previews I've seen look really fun, but it definitely seems like something I'd prefer to play on Switch than PC. As long as its a reasonable price, I'm sold.
There's no way this will run on Switch. #SwitchPro
I'm sorry for all the parents whose kids will go back to Baby Shark trance because of this
@Sisilly_G I wonder ***** whoooooo
Reminds me when we pranked the office jerk's mouse to trigger an mp3 of the baby shark song when he clicked on something. It is still weird seeing a song I sung with friends in kindergarden in the early 90's become this phenomenon all of a sudden. I remember a coworker being surprised that I knew most of the lyrics (they changed a few since then) even though I had no idea Baby Shark was a thing. I had to tell her I sung that song when I was like 4.
I have preschoolers (Not my own, I sub for that education level) that still love Baby Shark lol. I know people make jokes but kids will have fun with it. Reminds me of the talent show for the last day of school for them. Back to back and some more…
I read that "Do do do..." tagline to the tune of the Old-Timey Homestar dance.
"Well, folks, you know what that means."
Bluey Switch game when?
And nope I am not joking, that show is absolute gold.
@FuzzyYellowBalls
You're skipping too far ahead, too fast. They will milk it:
Toddler Shark
Infant Shark
Very Young Shark
Young Shark
A Bit Older, But Still Quite Young Shark
Pre-Pubescent Shark
Pubescent Shark
Teenage Shark
It's fine that this is releasing on consoles and the like, but it looks like this could just as easily have been a mobile game.
GUK! I’m sorry but I got ptsd involving this song.
I was getting my hair cut and there was this kid in there who won’t stop playing baby shark.
i feel bad for the kids who start with "kids games."
when i was a kid, my grandpa got me straight into Super Mario Bros. It was PERFECT for a kid, and a perfect first game for anyone to learn on, yet had real challenge and risks and rewards. before long, i was better than grandpa, and thus began a life long hobby/obsession 🙂
if another adult had just handed me some toothless (no pun intended) kids game, i think my story would be pretty different. 👍
EDIT - yes, i know SMB might be considered too challenging for certain kids. i think thats true maybe for some kids, for others the problem is actually that attitude itself. ✌️ if your 4 year old cant play mario now, no amount of baby shark is going to build them those skills.
also, i was 3 or 4 when i started playing SMB, and i had beaten that game at least once by the time SNES came out. 👍 thats going from zero skill to mastery in a couple years. it can be done! and with much better music 😁
@-wc- I learned to die in Manic Miner. I also learned to try again.
Kids need harder games!
Anti-Matter is going to be excited, because of course he will be.
@Sisilly_G Beat me to it
Oh my god this is finally getting a video game adaptation I’m so happy! I laughed I cried! Truly an amazing experience being adapted to video game form!
Everyone it’s a must have, and the story is rich, and the characters are amazing! And better visual story telling than the likes of bloodborne! Must have!
@-wc- I'm with you on this. These "kid games" are just trash. The first videogame I remember playing (and beating) was Scooby Doo Night of 100 Frights, which IMO is the perfect example of how to make a kid-friendly game that doesn't suck.
This is the song that the FBI plays during interrogations to get spies to talk.
I... I'm getting a vision!!!
Hundreds, no THOUSANDS of toddlers! Stampeding towards their parents... Their chanting one phrase.
"Baby shark do do do do do do"? Insert horrified gasp here
"IT"S THE APOCALYPSE!!! NOOOOOOOO~"
no. just no.
did we really need this
@Sisilly_G I think that certain someone must have a case of the flu or something, because no comment yet has been made, either here OR the Fashion Dreamer article, and usually this certain someone is the first to arrive.
@SACHism Wait till they release Daddy Finger : The Game
Now THAT would be a horrible psychological hellscape.
@Daniel36 : What's important is that he is with us in spirit.
@Sisilly_G Always, sometimes even in places you'd least expect.
Hope it will be a fun game for its target demographic (and whoever else might be interested, maybe you @Anti-Matter? Nobody bothered tagging you to actually let you know this exists)!
@JohnnyMind We all tagged him in spirit.
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