Samba de Amigo is a fun rhythm game that doesn’t pretend to be anything more than what it is, a fun rhythm game that hopes to see you let your hair down a little.

Even if you are a little shy at the beginning of the game, that is exactly what you will be doing a few minutes in, not only shaking your maracas but probably shaking a bit more too!

While some of you may remember Samba de Amigo from its Dreamcast days, the Wii remake sees players shaking the Wii Remote and Nunchuk like maracas in time to the visual beats of Samba tunes on-screen as the sombrero-topped monkey Amigo.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Samba de Amigo.

Sega’s Samba de Amigo will arrive on European shelves on the 19th of September and a few days later across North America on the 23rd of September.

Sega also revealed the full track-list for the game, including over 40 songs, 21 from the original game and 20 new tracks. In addition Samba de Amigo will be the first Wii rhythm game to offer downloadable content. The first track pack will launch on the 23rd of September and will include three songs: Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5,” “I want Candy” by Bow Wow Wow and Jet’s “Are you going to be my Girl.”

Gearbox is in charge of development of the remake of the popular Dreamcast classic Samba de Amigo. Get ready to shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuck like maracas in time to the visual beats of samba tunes on-screen as the sombrero-topped monkey Amigo.

Pricing for the game and DLC is sure to be announced soon. Check out the full track- listing below.

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The popular Dreamcast classic Samba De Amigo will be hitting shelves on the 23rd of September.

Developed by Gearbox, Samba De Amigo is a rhythm music game that sees players shaking the Wii Remote and Nunchuck like maracas in time to the visual beats of samba tunes on-screen as the sombrero-topped monkey Amigo. The game features over 40 tracks from the original game as well as new pop favourites and the chance to download new songs.

Two players can step up to the challenge in competitive and co-op multiplayer modes, with players using either the Wii Remote and a Nunchuk or two Wii Remotes. The game also includes career, single player, training and record modes as well as Quick Play, Classic, Battle, Survival, Hustle and Mini-games. Players will also be able to compare scores thanks to global leaderboards.

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If you are a Samba de Amigo fan, make sure you don’t miss the latest cinematic trailer which MTV scored as an exclusive.

Although there is no game play in the trailer you get an idea of which friends will be joining Samba and the music is really catchy too.

Last year Sega announced that it would be bringing the popular Dreamcast classic Samba de Amigo to the Wii. Get ready to shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuck like maracas in time to the visual beats of samba tunes on-screen as the sombrero-topped monkey Amigo.

Developed by Gearbox Software, Samba de Amigo will be available exclusively for the Wii this spring.

Head over to our previous coverage for another trailer.

If a chimp and maracas sounds interesting to you, make sure you check out the trailer for Samba de Amigo below.

A bit of background first. Last year Sega announced that it would be bringing the popular Dreamcast classic Samba de Amigo to the Wii. Get ready to shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuck like maracas in time to the visual beats of samba tunes on-screen as the sombrero-topped monkey Amigo.

Developed by Gearbox Software, Samba de Amigo will be available exclusively for the Wii this spring.

For those of you who might not remember, Samba de Amigo is a rhythm action game that danced its way on to the Dreamcast way back when. Rumours have been flying to and fro that this popular game will be heading to the Wii and now 1UP is reporting that Sega of America has confirmed to them that Samba de Amigo is coming to the Wii.

It seems that the rumours have been fueled by the latest issue of Nintendo Power which appears to have the Samba monkey adorning the front cover. Apparently the magazine confirms that the game will be published by Sega and developed by Gearbox Software of Brothers in Arms fame.

The game relies on motion sensitive maracas so the Wii seems like a sensible choice for Sega because it could presumably use the Wii Remote and Nunchuck as maraca peripherals. But nothing has been confirmed confirmed, if you know what I mean.