![]() ![]() Or at least where the game thinks they’re positioned. It doesn’t help that there’s no in-game indicator of where the Joy-Cons are positioned. In fact, it was the downward markers we had the most trouble with and in an effort to overcompensate, we somehow fooled the game into thinking we were pointing up. The motion controls are by no means awful, and they’re fairly responsive, but we kept pointing the Joy-Cons down and shaking, only for the game to act as if we weren’t pointing down and not counting our shakes. It took us only a couple of songs before we swapped to buttons. ![]() Samba De Amigo’s entire premise is that you’re shaking maracas to the beat of the song, holding the controllers up above you, to your side, or below you, depending on the direction of the beat markers that emit from the centre. When prompted with the choice between using the motion controls or just pressing the buttons, we picked the former, for the most authentic experience. We had a short amount of time to play any songs we wanted by ourselves, followed by a multiplayer session with another journalist. Samba De Amigo: Party Central – there are a few other Sega references but the lion’s share go to Sonic (pic: Sega) It’s by no means a bad selection, though, and is bound to elicit nostalgia from anyone who’s been a teenager in the last three or so decades. The song list is mostly an eclectic mix of rock and pop, ranging from Guns N’ Roses to Kesha, with just a handful of tracks from the original game peppered throughout. While the Dreamcast game featured its fair share of then current pop songs, it primarily consisted of Latin music, yet those are very much the minority in Party Central. This discarding of the original game’s aesthetic is matched by the song list. It almost has the same energy as your dad coming with you to a nightclub to prove he’s still ‘with it.’ Aside from the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers serving as maracas, Samba has otherwise shed his Latin America inspired aesthetic, trading his sombrero for a modern, flashier outfit and dancing in neon-lit environments rather than a samba street party. From the announcement trailer alone, it’s obvious that Sega is prioritising appealing to a newer generation. ![]()
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