Annual Game Developers Choice Awards: nominated for the Excellence in Audio award and for a Game Spotlight Award. [18]

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. 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. 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. Peters, Jay (1 June 2023). "The biggest announcements from Meta's Quest Gaming Showcase". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 2 June 2023 . Retrieved 2 June 2023.Samba de Amigo: Party Central, the Switch instalment of Sega's classic maraca-shaking rhythm game, now has an eShop demo in Europe ahead of its full launch next Tuesday, 29th August.

a b Hagues, Alana (August 19, 2023). "Feature: TikTok, Smash Bros., And Shaking Up 'Samba De Amigo' With Series Creator Shun Nakamura". Nintendo Life. Hookshot Media . Retrieved August 20, 2023. Jared Matte. "Samba de Amigo "Behind the Screens" ". Green Hill Zone. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20 . Retrieved 2008-07-08. 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.

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A virtual reality version for Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest Pro titled Samba de Amigo: Virtual Party [note 2] was released on October 12, 2023. [4] It is the first full virtual reality game published by Sega. [5] An Apple Arcade version, Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go [note 3], was released on the same date as Party Central. [6]

Samba De Amigo: Virtual Party Dances Onto Quest This Week". UploadVR. October 11, 2023 . Retrieved October 18, 2023. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - 完成品夕イプのTVゲーム機 (Dedicated Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No.603. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 February 2000. p.17. In the original arcade game, the player is given two or three stages to play through, depending on how the options are set. Each stage has three songs to choose from. If the player does well enough on each stage, an additional Special stage is enabled, where three of the more challenging songs are made available.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.