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Arrrrrrrriba!!!
Sega took a daring step by bringing Samba to America. This game
was likely to receive no success, because it was just so weird.
So while Japanese games where bouncing around to the beats, we
were stuck with lame sport games. But they brought it, and sold
better than expected!
Samba De Amigo is a dancing game. It can
be used with some expensive maracas controllers, or with normal
controllers. The real magic of the game is the maracas though.
The game calls for you to shake the maracas at different spots
on the screen as it displays. And can get hard pretty quick.
It also has you do poses from time to time.
The Music in this game is all Latin groove. Some remixes of rock
songs are in there to. The music is all playfull, and makes you
want to dance. And ranges from "La Bamba" to "Cup
of life". Even if you don't like Ricky Martin, you'll be
having to much fun to care about it.
The graphics in the game are the little
dots on the screen, and the
background. If you have friends over, they wont mind waiting
there turn as they can watch the dancing characters and vibrant
colors. The better you do, the crazier the background gets. So
not only is it fun to play, it's fun to look at.
The Maracas controllers cost about $80 bucks, and are extremely
hard
to find. But they are worth it. They are great for accuracy to,
but sometime they screw up. They have yet to break on me, but
you should probably be careful with them anyway.
The multiplayer modes in samba are fair
enough. You can just play the
original or arcade mode for fun. Or you can play what else the
game has for you. The battle mode lets who ever makes the most
shakes in a row, win. The couples mode lets you see how compatible
you are by trying to both be accurate. The party mode has a bunch
of mini games, like whack a hole and pose.
The game has many challenges for you to
beat, which is getting scores
and perfects on certain modes. These are extremely challenging,
and unlock new songs and maraca sounds for you to play with.
You can also download songs from Sega's samba site. All these
topped with multiplayer add to infinite replayability.
Samba is a game that anyone can play, and no one can hate. Even
adults will try this game. If your short on cash, think of it
as an exercise machine, as it is quite the work out. But don't
get it without the maracas, that's like a sin. Samba has been
deemed the ultimate party game by many people, and is definitely
something you are going to want to get your maraca-shaking hands
on.
-L0RDTemplar
Sound: 
10 Brains
You can download song
online, not to mention top quality music to start with.
Graphics:
8 Brains
Vibrant backgrounds are
fun to watch, and give something to do.
Replay:
10 Brains
Infinite Replay.
Control:
7
Brains
Hard to master the maracas.
But sometimes the maracas screw up
Difficulty:
9
Brains
You can play it normaly.
But if you try to do the challenges it can get VERY hard.
Fun Factor:
10 Brains
OVERALL: 9.5 Brains
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