Samba De Amigo Wii Dated; First Screens and Songs

The SEGA Dreamcast classic Samba de Amigo for Nintendo Wii is wrapping up development and now has a pegged release date of September 23 in North America and September 19 in Europe. We’ve got all-new screens snapped from the Ulala (Space Channel 5) and Island levels below.

The new Wii version will use either one Wii Remote and a Nunchuk or two Wii Remotes in place of the Dreamcast maracas controllers. No actual maracas substitute controllers on Wii have been announced at this time.

Samba De Amigo will launch with a total of 44 songs; 21 favorites from the Dreamcast version and 23 all-new Wii-exclusive additions. The complete list is as follows, with asterisk denoting a cover band performance.

Returning songs from Dreamcast

Vamos A Carnaval – WaveMaster*
Volare – Gypsy Kings
Hot Hot Hot – Arrow*
Salome – Chayanne*
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba*
The Cup of Life – R. Martin*
Samba de Janeiro – Bellini
Mambo Beat – Perez Prado*
Livin’ La Vida Loca – Ricky Martin*
Bamboleo – Gipsy Kings
Take On Me – Reel Big Fish
El Ritmo Tropical – Dixie’s Gang*
Macarena – Los Del Rio*
La Bamba – Ritchie Valens*
Tequila – Chuck Rio*
Soul Bossa Nova – Quincy Jones
Samba de Amigo – Bellini
The Theme of Rocky – Bill Conti*
Mas Que Nada – Jorge Ben*
Sway – Gimbel and Ruiz*
El Mambo – Solemar

All-New Wii-Exclusive Songs

Baila Me – Gipsy Kings
Papa Loves Mambo – Perry Como*
Mambo No. 8 – Perez Prado
Conga – Miami Sound Machine*
Low Rider – War
Mambo No. 5 – Lou Bega*
Oye Como Va – Santana*
Asereje – Las Ketchup*
Arriba Allez – Bellini
Magalenha – Bellini and Mondonca Do Rio
Ran Kan Ran – Tito Puento*
Groove Is In the Heart – Dee Lite
Jump in the Line – Harry Belafonte*
Do It Well – Jennifer Lopez*
Como Ves – Ozomatli
Cha Cha – Chelo
Pon de Replay – Rihanna
Smooth – Santana*
Mexican Flyer – Ken Woodman*
Borriquito – Charo
Un Aguardiente – WaveGroup
Solo Tu – WaveGroup
Tango With Me – WaveGroup

Samba De Amigo will be the first Nintendo Wii game to offer downloadable content with the first pack being made available on the September 23 launch date. The pack will include three songs though pricing has not been made available.