Samba de Amigo Maracas

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• ASIN: B00004WKN4
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,362 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

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26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A MUST HAVE for Samba De Amiga, October 10, 2000

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D. Ribarovic "angiodan" (Cape Coral, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samba de Amigo Maracas (Video Game)

If you have any intention of buying Samba De Amiga, stop right now. You must be willing to spend the money and pick up the maracas to play the game!! Yes, I know, you are looking at over a hundred dollars for one game, but I'll tell you, you will have one of the best party and music games of all time! Breaking the traditional "press the buttons in order and to the beat" music games of the past, this game will have you shaking your maracas and booty to the dancing monkey, all to a great latin beat. Easy to learn, tough to master, this will delight and challenge gamers and non-gamers alike. And if you can really afford it, 2 sets of maracas equal 10 times the fun, as you and a friend can play with or against each other. I can't stress this enough, DON'T BUY THE GAME WITHOUT THE MARACAS!!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth every penny - buy 2 sets!, November 20, 2000

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Chris Peters (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samba de Amigo Maracas (Video Game)

(these controllers are for the game, Samba de Amigo, and are useless without it. Together with the game, though, and you have more fun than a barrel full of monkeys! :)

I cannot stop laughing, this game is so much fun. All my friends are rolling on the floor laughing at themselves, but they keep playing because it is so much fun (and they are a tough crowd). Samba de Amigo is the *perfect* party game, because absolutely everyone comes over to see what is going on, and even the stiffest square will eventually give it a go. I can actually get my grandmother to play.

Samba de Amigo is a music game, in which you shake maracas to the beat of the music. You shake 'em high, you shake 'em low, you shake 'em fast, you shake 'em slow :) You strike funny poses at times, and the rythmns gets harder, but the fun never goes away. It's one of those simple things that makes you think "Why did anyone think of this before?"

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plain Silly Fun, October 24, 2000

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This review is from: Samba de Amigo Maracas (Video Game)

The game is just not as fun w/o the Maracas, its very amusing to play and then to watch others look extremely silly shaking to the beat and posing is nothing short of hilarous. So far no real complaints about the sensors which are very accurate, most complaints were easily silenced by adjusting height and remembering to keep them in front of you. The setup is very easy, its basic just plug and play. All the parts appear to be of good quality, built to last, and decorated in the same theme of the game. The price is steep but you can always try for 3rd party maracas but who knows what you'll be getting then.

The *only* reason I give this product 4 starsis it's sometimes hard to find, and cuz they make your forearms tired =)