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Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Northern Ireland and the Scottish Highlands) may take longer to reach you. a b Colantonio, Giovanni (May 23, 2023). "Samba de Amigo: Party Central is the hit of Wii era nostalgia I've been craving". Digital Trends. Digital Trends Media Group. Archived from the original on June 11, 2023 . Retrieved June 11, 2023.Allison Berryman, Matt Casamassina (2008-11-08). "Samba de Amigo Developer Diary 1". IGN. Archived from the original on August 15, 2008 . Retrieved 2008-08-22. Doolan, Liam (August 15, 2023). "Sega Releases Samba De Amigo: Party Central Demo On Switch eShop". Nintendo Life. Hookshot Media. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023 . Retrieved August 16, 2023. Bevan, Rhiannon (September 5, 2023). "Samba de Amigo: Party Central Review - One Hit Wonder". TheGamer . Retrieved September 28, 2023.

Hagues, Alana (March 27, 2023). "Samba De Amigo: Party Central Welcomes Sonic To The Maraca Mayhem". Nintendo Life. Hookshot Media. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023 . Retrieved April 26, 2023. 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. Whilst we will do everything we can to meet the delivery times above, there may be factors outside of our control and we cannot guarantee delivery within this time frame. 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.Nintendo Switch players can get to shaking their maracas to the beat in Samba de Amigo: Party Central starting today! Sega announced the new Samba de Amigo at Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. It’s the second surprise Dreamcast-era revival so far this year. Samba de Amigo Official Mini Game". SEGA UK. Archived from the original on 2013-04-21 . Retrieved 2010-05-19. In the Wii version, players use the Wii Remote, in combination with either the Nunchuk or another Wii Remote. Optional, unlicensed third-party maraca attachments are also available. Samba de Amigo - Sega's rhythm-action classic - is making a return, arriving on Switch in a flurry of musical maraca-shaking this summer.

A sequel, Samba de Amigo: Party Central, which is focused more on popular music genres in general, was released on the Nintendo Switch and Apple Arcade as Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go on August 29, 2023 and on the Meta Quest 2, Meta Quest Pro, and Meta Quest 3 as Samba de Amigo: Virtual Party on October 12, 2023. Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online play. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online Part of why previous entries in the series and other games with similar mechanics worked so well on previous consoles like the Dreamcast or Wii was because of how simple the motion controls at the time were. In Party Central, there are six points with two at each position: up, middle, and down. There are other, very simple motions from time to time, but they are often very similar to the things you'd be doing during other parts of the song, just shown to you in a different format. a b "Samba De Amigo Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15 . Retrieved 2020-10-28. The original arcade game used red maraca controllers modeled after their in-game design. Magnetic sensors were used to determine their position. As this was an expensive process, it had to be reworked for the home version. [3]

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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. a b Ombler, Mat (June 13, 2023). "Samba De Amigo is all about 'silly fun', says director Shun Nakamura". TechRadar. Future plc. Archived from the original on June 16, 2023 . Retrieved June 16, 2023.