IGN has posted their review for the new Wii rhythm game Samba de Amigo. Check it out:
You can find the entire review here.
Many a gamer has beloved visions of a maraca-shaking monkey dancing in their heads. Eight years after its release on the Dreamcast, Samba de Amigo returns on the Wii -- minus the maraca peripheral you may remember. This version attempts to recreate that shaking feeling with two Wii remotes or a remote and nunchuck, and kind of succeeds. The motion controls aren't perfect and on harder difficulties they won't recognize many of your moves. But this is a casual game, and on the lower settings the game's charm and colorful visuals will win a lot of people over.
Samba is a rhythm affair where you shake your controllers in time to catchy Latin sounds. There are three shake zones represented onscreen: upper, middle, and lower. The game will calibrate the controls for each player so it knows how you will be holding the remotes in each zone. Orbs float from the center of the play field and you shake your stuff when they pass over the zone icons. There are also dance moves and poses thrown at you, requiring you to mimic the moves of the onscreen avatar. A helpful tutorial will walk you through all of the mechanics. Playing through career mode will unlock songs for free play, as well as new sounds for your maracas.
Samba is a rhythm affair where you shake your controllers in time to catchy Latin sounds. There are three shake zones represented onscreen: upper, middle, and lower. The game will calibrate the controls for each player so it knows how you will be holding the remotes in each zone. Orbs float from the center of the play field and you shake your stuff when they pass over the zone icons. There are also dance moves and poses thrown at you, requiring you to mimic the moves of the onscreen avatar. A helpful tutorial will walk you through all of the mechanics. Playing through career mode will unlock songs for free play, as well as new sounds for your maracas.
You can find the entire review here.