Let’s start with the facts: a) the Wii is incredibly popular and relatively cheap to develop for, b) SEGA can’t stop itself from milking older fav franchises dry, c) both Sonic and the Secret Rings and Sega Superstars Tennis proved there’s still a lot of SEGA love left flying around, d) the Wii is brilliant for party, music and rhythm games or any combination thereof, and e) the Dreamcast has posthumously turned into a cult gaming phenomenon. Now let us sit, have some wine, try those lovely crackers, analyze them already self-analyzing facts and pretend we are SEGA. What would we do? Why, remake the brilliant, much-loved and very quirky Samba De Amigo for the Wii and then have some more wine. Shockingly, that’s exactly what SEGA came up with too (sans the wine bit). Go figure…

The game -Samba De Amigo Wii, that is- should be available in a few months and will feature the original’s trademark colorful graphics and dancing monkey, whereas the maracas will be replaced by the obvious choice of the Wii Remote - Nunchuk combination, which players will be happily able to calibrate to perfection. Now, a complete song list has yet to be revealed, but we can suspect the Hot Hot Hot song will probably make it. Oh, and the game will feature Mii compatibility, multiplayer options and a variety of game modes. How very promising.

Posted on April 16th, 2008 by konstantinos