Gearbox kind of talks about Samba maraca controls

by JC Fletcher on Dec 28th 2007 7:00PM

Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft interviewed Gearbox Software's Randy Pitchford about their upcoming games for 2008, which include a bunch of shooters or whatever and also Samba de Amigo! Apparently Pitchford and the rest of the Gearbox folks approached Sega, hat in collective hand, begging to be allowed to create a version of the festive rhythm game for the Wii. "We totally told SEGA they had to let us do it. People want a Samba Wii game," Pitchford said, answering the question of why the developers of Brothers in Arms got assigned to a very Japanese rhythm game for the Wii.

Pitchford briefly, and obliquely, broached the topic of potential dual-Wiimote maraca controls, which everyone talks about in relation to a Wii Samba. In a blanket statement about both the Wiimote/Nunchuk maraca scheme and the possibility of a dual-Wiimote scheme, Pitchford said "It's possible. You just need a lot of smart people who can do a lot of math." Like computer programmers, maybe?

At least we know that the idea has been brought up at Gearbox. We'd like to see as many control schemes implemented as can be.

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Tags: gearbox, maracas, rhythm, samba-de-amigo, sega

Reader Comments (3)

Go Dual Wiimote or gtfo

I think that was pretty simple

I think dual remotes is a def requirement to have. Seriously. At least have the option for those of us who are blessed with more than one Wiimote.

im glad they decided to port this game due to the fact that by time it came out in america alot of people had already stopped playing dreamcast and the game didnt get the credit it deserved. and it seems like it fits right into the wii mold of games