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...the US the company has listed SEGA's Samba De Amigo for Wii with a release date of May 2, 2008. The rhythm game, developed by Sonic Team for arcades and the Dreamcast in 1999 and 2000, made use of controllers that looked and acted like maracas. The Wii Remote and Nunchuk setup would, of course, lend themselves very suitably to the concept.

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When the Wii was first unveiled one of the initial titles that plenty of people said they would love to see on the arm-waggling console was SEGA's maraca-shaking rhythm action game Samba de Amigo. Well, after months of rumours, it's finally been revealed that it is heading to Wii.

It began with the latest issue of American magazine Nintendo Power, which carries a teaser for Samba de Amigo Wii on its front cover along with a picture of happy monkey Amigo. What's more, according to various forums, an article inside the mag announces that GearBox Software is working on the Wii version, which features new and classic songs.

And after a just-received confirmation from SEGA of America we can all sleep peacefully, knowing that a Wii version of our favorite "monkey playing maracas" videogame is truly on the way. No further info is currently available at this time, but at least it's official; the monkeys are coming.

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As our boxart from earlier shows, Samba de Amigo on the Wii will feature aspects that relate to the WFC. Of course, Sega isn’t talking about those features of the game just yet. We also see that Miis play a part, but I am guessing they only represent your skill levels and scoring for the online aspect. As far as actual online competition…I wouldn’t hold my breath.