Samba de Amigo

Released

September 23rd, 2008 on Wii

Credits

622 people

Publishers

Developers

Moby Score

6.7

#15,373 of 163K

Critics

67% (42)

Players

(9)

Ranking

#444 on Wii

Collected By

29 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: 3rd-person (Other)
Gameplay: Music / rhythm

ESRB Rating: Everyone

Media Type: Wii Optical Disc
Input Devices Supported: Nunchuk, Wii Remote
Number of Offline Players: 1-2 Players

Description

A remake of the original version for the Dreamcast, this version features the same characters including the main character, Amigo, along with many of SEGA's past.

This version still features 40 of the original songs along with newer songs and the ability to download more through the Wii's internet connection. There are many game modes to choose from such as Quick Play, Classic, Battle, Survival, Hustle along with the classic modes Career, Single-Player, Multi-player.

The controls consist of using the Wii-remote and Nunchuk instead of the classic maracas that the original version featured. To complete the stages the player must shake the controls at a certain time when they are prompted on the screen. It features multiplayer with many modes including Love Love mode where two players must sync up their movements in order to get the maximum amount of points. Along with online capabilities where players can not only download songs but see their progress on online leaderboards.

Spellings

サンバ DE アミーゴ - Japanese spelling

Groups +

Samba de Amigo series

Promos

Credits (Wii version)

622 People (614 developers, 8 thanks) · View all

Managing Directors	Shawn C. Green Tom Mustaine
Art Director	Robert Hutson
Senior Programming	Josh Martel Jesse Flanagan
Art	James O'Donnell Jeff Cline Jimmy Lewis
Additional Programming	Christopher Laubach
Additional Art	David Demaret Cash Case
Additional Content	Mark Simonson ReelFX
Voice Talent	Amber Cotton
Special Thanks	Gearbox Software Joseph Kreiner Jeff Kribs Our friends and families
In memory of	Tom Buvinghausen
Executive Producer	Randy Pitchford
Executive Producer	Marc A. Tardif
Producer	Stephen Palmer
Sound Designer	Mark Kilborn
QA Director	Evan Birkby
QA Manager	Michael Weber
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 67% (based on 42 ratings)

Players

Average score: 3.3 out of 5 (based on 9 ratings with 1 reviews)

Poor controls ruin this rhythm game.

The Good
The art style, music and sounds are all excellent. The basic mechanic of the game works very well with the Wii controllers to make you really feel like you are shaking maracas. It's fun and simple to grasp how to play.

The Bad
The control response is horrible. Being a rhythm game, timing is everything. However, the Wiimotes just are not accurate enough to pick up your shakes. At times you will curse the game for not registering hits and at other times you will curse the game for registering hits you didn't make.

The Bottom Line
This is a fairly fun maraca shaking rhythm game with excellent Latin flavored musical arrangements. Just don't try to take it too seriously because the inaccurate control will make it well nigh impossible to advance very far in the game.

Wii · by Tantalus (118) · 2009