Samba de Amigo

Samba de Amigo
North American Dreamcast box art
Developer(s)Sonic Team
Publisher(s)Sega
Director(s)Shun Nakamura
Producer(s)Yuji Naka
Designer(s)
  • Shun Nakamura
  • Tomohiko Aita
Programmer(s)Takahiro Hamano
Artist(s)Yuji Uekawa
Composer(s)Masaru Setsumaru
Platform(s)Arcade, Dreamcast, Wii
Release
December 1999
  • Arcade
    • JP: December 1999
    • NA: 2000
    Ver. 2000
    • JP: December 14, 2000
    Dreamcast
    • JP: April 27, 2000
    • NA: October 17, 2000
    • EU: December 8, 2000
    Wii
    • NA: September 23, 2008
    • EU: September 26, 2008
    • AU: October 2, 2008
    • JP: December 11, 2008
Genre(s)Rhythm
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega NAOMI

Samba de Amigo is a 1999 rhythm game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega for arcades. It later saw a port to the Dreamcast in 2000 and the Wii in 2008. Based primarily on Latin American culture, the game sees players shaking maraca controllers to the beat of a song in order to score points.

A sequel, Samba de Amigo: Party Central, which is focused more on pop music in general, was released in 2023 for Nintendo Switch, the Apple Arcade mobile game subscription service, and Meta Quest virtual reality headsets.