Samba de Amigo - Party Central (Nintendo Switch)

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Peters, Jay (June 1, 2023). "The biggest announcements from Meta's Quest Gaming Showcase". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on June 2, 2023 . Retrieved June 2, 2023. Get up and shake it center stage in this vibrant and colorful rhythm action game with smooth Joy-Con controls that make the game fun for everyone. Samba de Amigo has never really found the hardware to do its unique rhythm-action set-up justice beyond the original arcade and Dreamcast release, so it'll be interesting to see how Switch's Joy-Cons fare in the role of imaginary maracas. Four players can play together online. [9] "World Party" is an eight-player [3] online mode in which players, along with 12 computer-controlled ones, compete through three randomly-chosen songs to get obtain the highest score to avoid losing. Differing events occur and items can be used. At the end of each round, the losing players are eliminated. [7] [10] [2] Samba De Amigo: Virtual Party Dances Onto Quest This Week". UploadVR. October 11, 2023 . Retrieved October 18, 2023.

Samba de Amigo: Party Central, as Sega is calling this new Switch version, takes the infectious rhythm-action of the Dreamcast original - which sees players following on-screen prompts to furiously shake their maracas in time with the music and in the desired position - but spices things up with a bunch of new mini-game-like interludes as songs progress. In the Dreamcast version, each maraca has a cord which is plugged into a bar that lies in front of the player's feet. The bar is slightly more than two feet in length and has a sensor at each end, and each maraca has an ultrasonic transmitter mounted on its cord; this allows the system to triangulate the position of each maraca. The rattle part can be unscrewed from the top of each maraca for quieter play. [4] Included in the box is a plastic mat with two brown footprints, which helps players properly position themselves in relation to the sensor bar.a b c d e Shea, Brian (May 23, 2023). "Samba De Amigo: Party Central Release Date Set For August, Sonic Music DLC Announced". Game Informer. GameStop . Retrieved May 23, 2023. a b Reed, Kristan (2008-09-17). "Samba De Amigo". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on 2020-10-31 . Retrieved 2020-10-28. With the exception of the Ver. 2000 sequel, the maracas were never officially used for any other games, though they can be used with Namco's Mr. Driller for approximate control of the player's character. A single maraca could also be used to control the SNK produced game Cool Cool Toon. Romano, Sal (1 June 2023). "Samba de Amigo announced for Quest 2". Gematsu. Archived from the original on 1 June 2023 . Retrieved 2 June 2023.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Samba de Amigo on their February 1, 2000, issue as being the most-successful dedicated arcade game of the month. [15] It went on to be the highest-grossing dedicated arcade game of 2000 in Japan. [16] Sega announced the new Samba de Amigo at Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. It’s the second surprise Dreamcast-era revival so far this year.Bevan, Rhiannon (September 5, 2023). "Samba de Amigo: Party Central Review - One Hit Wonder". TheGamer . Retrieved September 28, 2023. Annual Game Developers Choice Awards: nominated for the Excellence in Audio award and for a Game Spotlight Award. [18] a b Lada, Jenni (August 24, 2023). "BTS Songs Appear in Samba de Amigo: Party Central K-Pop DLC". Siliconera. Gamurs Group. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023 . Retrieved August 24, 2023. Shun Nakamura, the game's director [12] and producer, was the director of Samba de Amigo, the first work he directed, and wanted to create it again. He was also interested in virtual reality hardware and noticed a trend of reusing old intellectual properties in the video game industry. As a result, he proposed a revival of Samba de Amigo, feeling it was a suitable title for virtual reality. [5] [7] He and the development team aimed to adapt the game to present times while preserving its fundamentals and have it instill happiness in its players. [5] The game was based on the concept of "silly fun", which was explained by Nakamura to TechRadar as prioritizing fun and enjoyment of music over skill, contrasted to typical rhythm games. [12] The younger developers on the team had to be adjusted to the concept due to the difference and not being familiar with the fundamentals of Samba de Amigo. [7] The game was greatly influenced by TikTok, [5] reflecting on how users would entertain others with videos of themselves performing and enjoying music so that the game could correctly execute the "silly fun" concept for the present generation, with happenings being an example. [13] The main gameplay had already been established, so not much inspiration was derived from other rhythm games. [5]

a b Madnani, Mikhali (August 1, 2023). "Apple Arcade August 2023 New Games: Samba de Amigo, Kingdoms Merge & Build, finity, and Nekograms+". TouchArcade. TouchArcade.com, LLC. Archived from the original on August 31, 2023 . Retrieved August 1, 2023.Samba de Amigo is played with a pair of maracas. As a song plays, the player, guided by on-screen graphics, must shake the maracas at high, middle, or low heights with the beat of the music, or occasionally must strike poses with the maracas held in various positions. The player is represented on-screen by Amigo, a Brazilian [ citation needed] monkey. If the player does well, the scene around Amigo (usually a concert or a dance) will attract more people and become more vividly animated; if the player does poorly, characters leave and eventually all that's left is Amigo alone, looking sad. Akagi, Masumi, ed. (15 January 2001). " "Tekken TT", "Samba DE Amiga" Top Videos" (PDF). Game Machine. No.626. Amusement Press, Inc. p.18. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2021 . Retrieved 31 October 2021. Samba de Amigo was the first retail Wii title to support the "pay and play" portion of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, previously used exclusively by WiiWare titles. Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you.

Shea, Brian (23 May 2023). "Samba De Amigo: Party Central Release Date Set For August, Sonic Music DLC Announced". Game Informer. GameStop. Archived from the original on 23 May 2023 . Retrieved 23 May 2023.If you want to play using the "shake play" function on the Nintendo Switch Lite™, you will need additional charging devices for the Joy-Con™, such as the Joy-Con Charging Grip. Broadwell, Josh (June 15, 2023). "A new Pitbull song is coming to Samba de Amigo for Switch and VR". For The Win. USA Today. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023 . Retrieved June 16, 2023. Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-08-05 . Retrieved 2005-02-07. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ( link)