Leaked box art shows maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo

by Kyle Orland { Jul 4th 2008 at 8:00PM }

Here at Joystiq, we've been pretty consistent in our hatred of useless plastic attachments for the Wii Remote. We might have to break our streak, though, as we're uncharacteristically excited about the maraca attachments that were recently shown as part of the leaked box art for the Wii version of Samba de Amigo. There's just something about the weight and sound of those vibrating plastic beads that helped make the maraca shaking on the Dreamcast a transcendent experience, and one we're glad we'll now be able to relive on the Wii. We're not changing our minds on the Wii Wheel, though. We have to keep our hater-rating up somehow ...

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

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Rask @ Jul 4th 2008 8:20PM

The Wii - Enviromental Nightmare..

j.howlett @ Jul 4th 2008 8:22PM

call me cuban pete

j.howlett @ Jul 5th 2008 11:33AM

the king of the rumba beat

MarMar @ Jul 4th 2008 8:23PM

hey be careful, calling a guy makaka during a speech lost a congressional race for that one guy down south

Shaq-Fu @ Jul 4th 2008 9:19PM

Kyle, you better change that tag from GameCube to Wii, or there is going to be an epic shitstorm in the comments. Just a little heads up

Alex McKee @ Jul 4th 2008 10:10PM

OMG WII HATER!!! But seriously, change that.

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jul 5th 2008 2:51AM

lol I didn't even notice (or care).

Noshino @ Jul 4th 2008 8:37PM

Yes...yes...yes! one step closer to achieving this!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=rkEcCuwV_ko

bigsofty @ Jul 5th 2008 8:25AM

Funny vid, you watch, you laugh you cringe and then thank god he's not related to you...

Deprincer @ Jul 5th 2008 3:43PM

wow lmao!! thank you sir that made my day. HILARIOUS! as one of the others commenting said, 'that guy has more guts than masculinity'

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jul 4th 2008 8:37PM

Wii Wheel = bleh
Wii Zapper = I like it
Wii Maracas = OMG YES

Jacksons @ Jul 4th 2008 8:39PM

When the built in speaker just won't suffice!

Jonathan-DBOSS @ Jul 4th 2008 8:53PM

Shake those maracas!

Sabor calienteee!!!

Mr Khan @ Jul 4th 2008 9:12PM

It would really make this game's case much more appealing, if SEGA didn't have it coming out the same week as Wario Land Shake It, i.e. if they had stuck with the original release date in late August, i would've been all over it

Alas, it is not to be. Maracas ftw

Obie @ Jul 5th 2008 12:23AM

I cannot wait to look like a total douche with these!
It's gonna be awesome...

Shagittarius @ Jul 5th 2008 2:22AM

That is absurd. What a piece of Shiit.

samfish @ Jul 5th 2008 2:55AM

Yeah, giving people what they asked for! What a bunch've fuckheads!

Markusdragon @ Jul 5th 2008 6:22AM

Yeah. Who the hell wants to play a game with plastic instruments?

Noshino @ Jul 5th 2008 9:19AM

samfish,

So they give us the shells, but they make us use a wiimote per maraca?...why not make use of the nunchuck?..

BPM [MKWii: 2578 3585 8392] @ Jul 5th 2008 5:08PM

You CAN use the Nunchuk. You have the option to play with two Wii Remotes, though.

Ethan @ Jul 5th 2008 5:51AM

No pointy menus? I like pointy menus.

Youthinized @ Jul 5th 2008 8:14AM

Wow

Bundle this with a Wii and Sports and this would sell.

I'm interested.

Dre Day @ Jul 5th 2008 2:50PM

"So they give us the shells, but they make us use a wiimote per maraca?...why not make use of the nunchuck?.."

This is what previews are for, my friend.

The game does allow you to use the nun chuck, but then you can't use the shells, of course.

Noshino @ Jul 5th 2008 4:30PM

"Admittedly, the nunchuck still isn't quite as sensitive as it should be, making for a slightly more vigorous shaking experience than is probably strictly necessary but there's absolutely no doubt that it works and, with Gearbox still tightening controls up prior to release, we've every confidence that Samba aficiandos and newcomers will be chuffed with the developer's control implementation."

I have played different games, and the only that had the motion sensing calibrated well enough was Wario Ware...many third party have had problems with them, including Ready at Dawn...so I wouldn't hold me breath on that...