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Samba de Amigo Wii to feature Mii integration and every color in existence photo

Back in October, Sega announced that it was bringing its Dreamcast hit Samba de Amigo to the Wii sometime in the spring of 2008. Well, it is now officially spring, Sega: Where’s the game? I turned my calendar to March 21 with a giant sombrero on my head and have been waiting patiently ever since.

Luckily, some Wii-specific screens have just been released and ... AHHHHH! MY EYES! MY EYES! Seriously though, the images look great, but I don’t remember the original game being this colorful. Mr. Furley called; he wants his ascot patterns back. Oh! *rimshot*

Blinding saturation aside, these new screens also seem to confirm some sort of basic Mii integration. Having your cute avatar dance in the background is a cool feature, but how much fun would it be to actually play as your Mii?

Speaking of wishful thinking, is it really that hard for designers to incorporate dual Wiimote play? I mean, I am fine with shaking my virtual maracas using the Wiimote and nunchuk, but wouldn’t using one Wiimote in each hand be so much "cooler"? I don’t know. Maybe it’s just me.

What do you think? Are you as excited about this game as I am?

[UPDATE: Dual Wiimote controls are now confirmed! Yay! Thanks, A New Challenger!]

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atheistium's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:37
atheistium
I just came a little :s
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:41
mistic
Yes! I didn't even know this was coming out so its double great news for me!
Guagloves's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:42
Guagloves
o_O SO MANY COLORS!!!
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:43
king3vbo
My eyes explode
Colette Bennett's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:46
Colette Bennett
YES! It totally rivals Taiko Drum Master for happy, which pleases me. I can't wait.
A New Challenger's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:48
A New Challenger
Uh, supposedly dual Wiimote control is indeed one of the options they're going for, Chad, at least from what I've read.
broonor's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 13:52
broonor
Now, those are some gigantic loading-screen-style pictures in there :O
Sky-Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:01
Sky-Face
o.o i just came every color of the rainbow. YES dual wiimotes would be genius, especially if used for a possible future Taiko Drum Master game.
Topher Cantler's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:07
Topher Cantler
SAMBA DE AMIIIIIIGOOOOO
Tiff's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:07
Tiff
*echoes Topher*
AMMMIIIIIIIIIGGGGOOOOOOO
AMMIIIGGGOO
AMMIGGOOO

omigoshsoexcited
superflossy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:25
superflossy
this is actually what i look like when i have too much coffee in the morning:
galagabug 's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:25
galagabug
must... find... acid...
superflossy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:26
superflossy
shit. i fail.
Corak's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:32
Corak
Wow I think my eyes might explode if I play this game.
TheRemedy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:33
TheRemedy
You know what would be neat yet totally unnecessary? A single maraco that plugs into your wii mote! So you could have that wonderful maraco feel in your left hand, but also easy menu navigation!

Oh and PATENT PENDING!
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:34
Cheeburga
Needs more brown and bloom.
Chad Concelmo's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:35
Chad Concelmo
@A New Challenger,
Interesting, I read it wouldn't be an option! Awesome! Thanks for the info! YAY! :)
Daynger777's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:39
Daynger777
Will this version still contain ricky martin songs? I hope not... in FACT I hope they just triple the amount of Gypsie Kings songs :)
YONKE's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 14:42
YONKE
cant afford the expensive dreamcast maracas, so this will be mine

dual wiimote whit maraca add-on for more real action FTW
tsunamikitsune's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 15:19
tsunamikitsune
Yes! I'm greatly looking forward to this game, as I've never had the chance to play the Dreamcast one with maracas. I bought a pair at a convention, but those jerks sold me broken ones.
Prince Ghidorah's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 15:31
Prince Ghidorah
Nice Mr.Furley reference. I'm cautiously optimistic in that I hope that they include lots of happy, wacky Japanese pop tunes. The U.S. version of Taiko Drum Master was vastly inferior to the original due to the crappy song selection.
MPHtails's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 17:36
MPHtails
I never got to play either of the dreamcast ones with Maracas either (and by either I mean the more or less add-on disc that is Samba 2k), so I made sure to throw some cash on a preorder when I picked up Smash Bros.

I can't wait, this is one game that always cheers me up.
Faceless's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 21:22
Faceless
Definitely can't wait for this. It's so nice to see an absurdly bright and colorful game to try and balance out the doom and gloom visuals of most modern stuff.
Spartacus's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/15/2008 22:02
Spartacus
Sometimes I wish I had dragonfly eyes.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/16/2008 01:07
Knivy
I played the hell out of the arcade version, I really can't wait for the Wii one, also I'm mexican so I'm naturally good with maracas!
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/16/2008 03:26
Aaron Mxy Yost
I so want to dig out my DC and maracas for a few songs now. Can't wait for this.
necrozen's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/16/2008 03:56
necrozen
this looks awesome!
brad drac's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/16/2008 08:32
brad drac
The goggles do nothing. Also, that is one sinister grin that monkey bastard has, constant and unchanging...
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 04/20/2008 04:08
Bob Muir
I'm kind of tired of Miis, but more color in games is usually a good thing.
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