Abstract: A 2008 update of a 1999 arcade title, Segas Samba de Amigo is a thorougly addictive and entertaining music and rhythm game with a Latin flavor -- or at least it would be, if the controls were halfway decent. Back in 1999, before the world had even he...
Abstract: Before fake plastic guitars, before karaoke video games, before the tap tap tap of Ouendan. Before all this, back when the Dreamcast was still a going concern, Samba de Amigo popularised what is now the rhythm action genre. ...
Abstract: With this holiday rush, we reviewers have found ourselves inundated with top-shelf releases – and of the dozen or so games currently on my docket, Samba De Amigo has hands-down received the most play in my living room over the past two weeks. Between ...
Abstract: The Wii was designed to make playing games as easy as waving your hands, a natural, intuitive process in which the Wii remote becomes an extension of your arm. But sometimes it doesn’t quite work out like that. Sometimes a Wii game turns the remote is ...
Abstract: Samba de Amigo could’ve been one of the best Wii games of 2008, but unresponsive controls really mar the experience. The fiesta is still there, but it’s a bit of a letdown.
Abstract: I know what youre thinking: its a Wii conversion of an old Dreamcast classic featuring monkeys playing maracas to the strains of The Macarena. Really, whats not to like? Well, there is something actually, but well come to that a little bit l...
View the full song list and more screenshots overleaf... Returning Classic songs from the original Samba de Amigo: Vamos A Carnaval – WaveMasterVolare – Gypsy KingsHot Hot Hot – ArrowSalome – ChayanneTubthumping – Chumbawumba...
Published: 2008-09-26, Author: Chris Watters , cnet.com
Abstract: When Samba de Amigo first appeared on the Dreamcast eight years ago, it marked a new standard for exciting rhythm-based gameplay and expensive, game-specific peripherals ($79.99 for a pair of maracas!). How fitting, then, that in this golden age of mus...
Wii Remote and Nunchuk make decent maracas, Fun to shake it with a friend, Good songlist, Affordable, as rhythm games go.
Imprecise controls make difficult songs very frustrating, Not a lot of singleplayer appeal, Oversaturated backgrounds are a bit much, Lame minigames add nothing.
Some fun songs and unique gameplay help get Samba going, but imprecise controls and unreasonable difficulty bungle the beat. ...
