Samba De Amigo
The samba-inspired rhythm music game made popular in the arcades is shaking its way onto the Wii. Keeping the beat with over 40 songs on a Samba-inspired sound track, you shake the Wii Remote and Nunchuk like maracas, and compete with friends to see who has the best moves. Throughout the dynamic songs, there will be opportunities to strike a pose for extra points. Friends and family will be thoroughly entertained cheering each other on as they anxiously await their next turn. Special Modes expand gameplay with Quick Play, Classic, Battle, Survival, Hustle, and Mini-games.
Special modes expand gameplay with Quick Play, Classic, Battle, Survival, Hustle and Mini-Games Special SEGA Levels include beloved characters from past SEGA games High scores can be uploaded to global leaderboards and compared against you’re your friends’ lists
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Shake, Wii, Shake
When it comes down to it, the Nintendo Wii has lagged behind on the success of video games related to music. They have released some hits like Guitar Hero III: Legends Of Rock and Rock Band. But, it has lagged behind with the feeling of downloading music from the net. That has been where the PS3 and Xbox 360 have delivered well these past few years. It has been the one thing that has lacked for those who really want to rock out loud. But, that has been one strong point up Nintendo’s sleeve with their latest music game. Instead of rocking out loud, it is telling gamers to starting their sambas, and shake, shake, shake it out loud from a Sega classic that is back from the Sega distinction.
Samba De Amigo for the Nintendo Wii, is the latest title to shake their groove things. The classic title from the overlooked Sega Dreamcast era feels a bit more exciting, and brings in more addiction to Wii gamers hearts than you can imagine. This rhythm game allows you to control you Wii-mote and your nunchuck controller as a pair of maracas, and shake your way through several great songs including Smooth, Groove Is In The Heart from Dee Lite, and Volare from the overlooked Gypsy Kings. But that is just the beginning, you can also choose to have the option to use a 2nd Wii-mote instead of the nunchuck, to make the game a bit easier for those who might have a hard time through their samba smashes.
But, that is just the beginning. what really makes this game spark for hard core Wii owners, and classic fans of the original Dreamcast smash, is that this is the first Wii title to include music which you can download off the internet, and add-on to make the gameplay a lot more addictive. You can download as many as 40 great tracks that are available through the game, including classics like the cult hit I Want Candy, and recent classics like Jet’s Are You Gonna Be My Girl. The graphics really look great, and absolutely show a great update in the look, and excitement of the gameplay. Sadly, though as a gamer I found it a bit harder to manuver with the Wii & nunchuck combination, but felt a lot more comfortable with the 2 Wii-motes. Also, with the excitement of finally seeing a Wii game having music downloads, I was expecting a little bit more with the online gaming. While you can post your online scores, I was hoping that there could’ve been a bit more for matchups.
All in all, Samba De Amigo is a great buy for the Nintendo Wii, and really throws in a few great surprises. If you’ve never played the original from the Sega Dreamcast days, or if you are just plain tired of the same old, boring rhythm games like Dance Dance Revolution, than this one is a great buy for your Wii library. So shake your way into the best score possible, and party with Samba De Amigo.
Graphics: B+
Sound: B
Control: C+ Wii & Nunchuck, B+ for 2 Wii-motes
Fun & Enjoyment: B- for solo gamers: B+ for multiplayers
Overall: B 1/2-
5 Stars Fun Fun Fun!
Samba is silly fun with bright n’ colorful visuals and a great soundtrack. There are 3 difficulty settings making it good family fun on easier difficulties or challenging for experienced players on the harder difficulties. Highly recommended! 
4 Stars Shake Shake Shake
Samba de Amigo is another offering for rhythm game fans. The way you play is shake your left and right controllers (as maracas) positioned top, middle, or bottom as little blue dots hit the center of larger circles. It’s a hit or miss system. Aside from the regular hit-the-beat at the top, middle, or bottom, in Hustle Mode you may also be asked to make entire circles with your arm or wave it back and forth in some direction, which is a lot of fun to watch others do. A black silhouette of a person will pop up and guide you when you are supposed to make those extra large arm gestures and strike a pose at the end of a song.
You can use either two Wiimotes or a Wiimote + Nunchuk combination of controllers. The Wiimote + Nunchuk combination is more difficult to handle as the controllers are connected with a cord shorter than my arm span and I want freedom to really flail about. I prefer two Wiimotes. If you haven’t yet bought a second Wiimote, a good option to consider is purchasing Wii Play with Wii Remote. The accuracy of the Wiimotes as controllers has been good for me. There seem to be a few more errors in reading hits when using the Nunchuk. You hear the maraca sound effect every time you shake and get a slight vibration when using two Wiimotes.
Additional tracks are available for $$, downloadable on your Wii.
Songs available with no addition (unlock as you play):
Vamos A Carnaval [Wavemaster - cover]
Volare [Gipsy Kings]
Hot Hot Hot [Arrow - cover]
Salome [Chayanne - cover]
Tubthumping [Chumbawumba - cover]
The Cup of Life [R. Martin - cover]
Samba de Janeiro [Bellini]
Mambo Beat [Perez Prado - cover]
Livin’ La Vida Loca [R. Martin - cover]
Bamboleo [Gipsy Kings]
Take On Me [Reel Big Fish]
El Ritmo Tropical [Dixie's Gang - cover]
Macarena [Los Del Rio - cover]
La Bamba [Ritchie Valens - cover]
Tequila [Chuck Rio - cover]
Soul Bossa Nova [Quincy Jones]
Samba de Amigo [Bellini]
The Theme of Rocky [Bill Conti - cover]
Mas Que Nada [Jorge Ben - cover]
Sway [Gimbel and Ruiz - cover]
El Mambo [Solemar]
Baila Me [Gipsy Kings]
Papa Loves Mambo [Perry Como - cover]
Mambo No. 8 [Perez Prado]
Conga [Miami Sound Machine - cover]
Low Rider [War]
Mambo No. 5 [Lou Bega - cover]
Oye Como Va [Santana - cover]
Asereje [Las Ketchup - cover]
Arriba Allez [Bellini]
Magalenha [Bellini and Mondonca Do Rio]
Ran Kan Ran [Tito Puento - cover]
Groove Is In the Heart [Dee Lite]
Jump in the Line [Harry Belafonte - cover]
Do It Well [Jennifer Lopez - cover]
Como Ves [Ozomatli]
Cha Cha [Chelo]
Pon de Replay [Rihanna]
Smooth [Santana - cover]
Mexican Flyer [Ken Woodman - cover]
Borriquito [Charo]
Un Aguardiente [Wavegroup]
Solo Tu [Wavegroup]
Tango With Me [Wavegroup]
You can identify players with your Miis and see them dancing in the background. The game is fun with company. Not as much playing alone.
5 Stars Bravo Sega!!
It’s here! If you missed this gem on the Dreamcast, then you MUST buy it right now…. Don’t miss out on Sega’s classic!!
What are you waiting for? I give my highest recommendation to Samba De Amigo! I’ve rarely had this much fun!!
Who would have thought that music could be this much fun?!
5 stars, 10 out of 10, 2 thumbs up…. Make that Maracas!!!!
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