Colantonio, Giovanni (August 28, 2023). "Samba de Amigo: Party Central review: motion-controlled nostalgia, with a catch". Digital Trends. Digital Trends Media Group. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023 . Retrieved August 28, 2023. Samba de Amigo - Sega's rhythm-action classic - is making a return, arriving on Switch in a flurry of musical maraca-shaking this summer. Samba de Amigo: Party Central will get classic fans, rhythm game aficionados, and family-friendly partiers alike grooving to a playlist featuring 40 hits from some of the world’s most popular genres including EDM, pop, Latin, and more. Press release: 2000-10-17: Sega Delivers a Fiesta of Fun to Dreamcast Players With Samba de Amigo". Sega Retro. 2017-02-22. Archived from the original on 2023-05-06 . Retrieved 2023-05-06. a b McWhertor, Michael (May 23, 2023). "Samba de Amigo wants you to shake it without shame". Polygon. Vox Media. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023 . Retrieved May 23, 2023.

Doolan, Liam (August 15, 2023). "Sega Releases Samba De Amigo: Party Central Demo On Switch eShop". Nintendo Life. Hookshot Media. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023 . Retrieved August 16, 2023. Samba de Amigo: Party Central, as this new version will be known, takes the exuberant rhythm-action of the Dreamcast original - where the aim is essentially to orientate your maraca-ing arms into position according to the game's whims then rhythmically shake to the music like you've never shaken before - but slings in a bunch of new mini-game-like interludes as songs progress. GameSpot presented Samba de Amigo with its annual "Best Puzzle Game" and "Best Game No One Played" awards among console games, and nominated it in the "Best Game Music" and "Best Graphics, Artistic" categories. [19]

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Groove to 40 hit songs from the world’s most popular genres including EDM, pop, and Latin, with more arriving as post-launch DLC! Get up and shake it center stage in this vibrant and colorful rhythm action game with smooth Joy-Con controls that make the game fun for everyone. a b Colantonio, Giovanni (May 23, 2023). "Samba de Amigo: Party Central is the hit of Wii era nostalgia I've been craving". Digital Trends. Digital Trends Media Group. Archived from the original on June 11, 2023 . Retrieved June 11, 2023. Sutrich, Nicholas (June 1, 2023). "Dreamcast classic Samba de Amigo is coming to Quest in a VR reboot". Android Central. Future plc . Retrieved June 12, 2023. Part of why previous entries in the series and other games with similar mechanics worked so well on previous consoles like the Dreamcast or Wii was because of how simple the motion controls at the time were. In Party Central, there are six points with two at each position: up, middle, and down. There are other, very simple motions from time to time, but they are often very similar to the things you'd be doing during other parts of the song, just shown to you in a different format.

Various. "Samba de Amigo". Metacritic. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04 . Retrieved 2008-07-05.Samba de Amigo has never really found the hardware to do its unique rhythm-action set-up justice beyond the original arcade and Dreamcast release, so it'll be interesting to see how Switch's Joy-Cons fare in the role of imaginary maracas. a b "Samba De Amigo Review". GameSpot. Archived from the original on 2020-11-15 . Retrieved 2020-10-28. a b "Samba De Amigo Review from GamePro". 2011-06-07. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07 . Retrieved 2020-10-28.