Not surprised to see this for another system. Although the price is asking a bit much, even for a peripheral. Sleeves? Not a custom maraca? C'mon.. (sigh)

*sure enough a lot of Samba fanatics are looking at this in disbelief

kadosho

"Seems like a gimmick to attach another $20 to the price "

You know, price translations aren't accurate for estimating a game's price in any other country, right?

FYI, most Wii games retail for that price in the UK, and thus it's not out of line.

duderdude2

@(俗・ ) Grey Gecko:

The ultimate combination to ever lasting fun!

D-Sovereignty

It should be worth mentioning that £35 ($70) is pretty normal for a Wii game over here. So esentially the maracas are free. Sega seem to be following Mario Kart Wii (which also cost £35).

mysteryboy2k

@Kaizuden:

A Wii owner with only one wiimote!? D:

How do you live with yourself?

silkylove

OMG! Cannot resist Wiirakas! Must buy Wii NOW!

gamerholic

in the UK most games are around that price anyway, seems like a bargain to me

wellsie_eng

I have a mint (never been opened) set of sega brand maracas for the dreamcast, if anyone is interested?
Box is a little beaten up... never got around to getting the game.... or the console... ok I have no idea why i bought them...

Ehardergardens

haha, damn sega cant win here.
before, those of us whod played or really wnated to play this one back on Dreamcast were bitching about the lack of maracas; now they deliver and people are upset about that, too.
Dont know that ill pony up $70 to give it a go but i sure hope someone i know does, this could be a lotta fun, and the biggest no-brainer for the wii since Bushido Blade.

TheIrishNinja

40 bucks period.

sladee

Seems like a gimmick to attach another $20 to the price

ghostadv

@Kaizuden: I hear Wii Play comes with a remote.

(Yeah I went there.)

dynendal

@D-Sovereignty: And a monkey! =(

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

^ You'll only need a 2nd Wiimote if you want to use the shell; a nunchuck works too

duderdude2

Whoo for more Samba!.. Boo for forcing me to buy another Wii-mote.

Kaizuden

If only it also came with a sombrero :(

D-Sovereignty

I'd be excited if I didn't play Nights on the Wii. I think from now on I'll just let Sega property live on in my rosy memories.

Nobuyuki

YES@cdr:

RazorandBlade

First person to get a picture of Amy Winehouse signing/holding these is the master of all time and space.

chuffhoncho

I fail to see the point

Mechapixel

Doh!

I bought fake maracas (the kind that don't make a noise) to play the PS2 version with. This game is the king of looking like a fool (and feeling good about it) behind close doors.

Kanik

Instabuy.

cdr

Assuming the the game is $50, $20 is kind of a lot for those maracas. I might buy the stand-alone version, though.

Roto13

Uh oh. Well, they still can't compare to my real maracas that I got from Mexico a few years back.

KM91

@D-Sovereignty: Yeah...Too bad it won't happen =(

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

But wait..... if these slip right on the top of your remote, aren't they just going to fly off the moment you start shaking them? Unless they are pretty tight this is going to happen I lot, I would guess.

Kiriphii

Awesome, awesome, awesome. I've been so excited about this game since they announced it, but the one sore spot was the lack of Maracas.

This is a MUST BUY now. I don't care if they charged $100 for this set, I'd pick it up. Maracas are CRUCIAL to the Samba De Amigo experience.

I will be testifying to this game's greatness to everyone I know (provided it can accurately recreate the experience of the Dreamcast version).

HELL YES!!!

SeannyD

@Kiriphii: You know, looking at the photo of the box above, you might get a better idea of how they work, and how unless you're gripping the front of the wiimote with your fingertips, they aren't going to fly off.

As others have said, £34.99 is about the same as a normal game anyway, they won't be charging extra in the US either.

Northernsky

Who the hell are some of you people? $20 for the maracas is too much??

Back in the day, we paid $80 for a set of Dreamcast maracas and we LIKED it. We LOVED it. We'd do it again.

There are people still today paying $70 for a wireless plastic guitar.

$20 for a set of Wii maracas is a BARGAIN. I would hope that they come with beans inside that shake - that's really the whole point of a set of maracas, though. I'll be bitterly disappointed on principle if they aren't made that way. (I don't actually own a Wii, though this is a game that'd make me consider buying one.)

badasscat

Ever since I saw that monkey advert I've been sold on this game. Hells yeah.

creepwood

joy.

sandwiches

of.

sandwiches

Tears.

sandwiches

I'd like to try that.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Yes! I am so excited for this now. This game was already a buy for me, but now I'm gonna go and pre-order this week. Thank you Sega, this and Sonic Unleashed = WIN!

thinkfreemind

@badasscat: Amen

SuperSplashBro

Oh Amigo; how much i missed you. We'll be shaking it together once more very soon...soom.

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phextin

What's with the shape and color scheme? Why do they look different than Amigo's maracas, and how does it send signals to the sensor bar when it covers the emitters like that?

I'm dying to see how this plays!

boopadoo

*homemade*

For the record, does anyone know definitively what type of beans are used in authentic maracas?

I'm guessing pinto beans, but we need to know.

Maraca beans is serious business..

Billkwando

@badasscat: If there aren't beans inside, you know there will be "add your own beans" mods posted online, day one.

I was already trying to work it out in my head before I wrote your post. It looks like you'd drill into the maraca right inside the sleeve, where the wiimote sensor would be pointing.

Pour in beans, add homeade cap for freshness.

Billkwando

And i think its a good idea to add the maracas like that. Because it would be useless to put new accessories on it... Really want to buy this... its the funniest game ever!

bubble-bee

Beautiful game! Love it for my DC... I'll Buy it! thats for sure! ;) I believe it will be a great remake!

bubble-bee

Anybody know where I can get a satin shirt with tiers of ruffles down the sleeves?

Knukleur

The G rating in the bottom left corner looks more like the Australian rating image..

evade

I don't know what people are on. 35£ isn't expensive at all. That's a regular price game around here. DIdn't Mario Kart Wii have the exact same price? Smells like favouritism around here.

Also, the maracas aren't obligatory. You can play the game with two regular wiimotes. If you don't believe it, search youtube. There was a video there where some guys were playing it in some convention.

Thono_Sakurai