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Sega Looking into Maraca Sleeves for Samba De Amigo Wii
Lets get to what everyone is thinking first: No the Wii version of Samba de Amigo shown this week did not have Maraca-shaped Wii remotes. But that doesn't mean they aren't coming.
In fact a rep told us that they are looking into a "Maraca sleeve" for the remote and even spoken with some manufacturers about it.
In the game, for those of you not familiar, you take on one of several colorful characters dancing and playing the maracas to music. The rhythm game is played by shaking the remote and nunchuk in time to the music while making sure they are in one of three positions: above your head, at your waist or held pointing down.
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E3 Early Access Media passes don't mean squat in 2006 when pretty much everyone waiting to get through the doors at 9 am is planning to run straight for the Nintendo booth to try the Wii out for the first time, just like you are. Wait time to get into the Wii area was over an hour, but we passed the time playing pickup games of Tetris DS and trash talking about the skillz or lack thereof of our fellow members of the press. After checking out the periperals on display (including the Wii Zapper, which wasn't in use on the floor but got us hot and bothered nonetheless), we elbowed our way through the crowd to try out two Wii games for the first time: Super Mario Galaxy and Twilight Princess. Both games are played Nunchuk Style: the nunchuk attachment in your left hand controls your forward and backward motion, the remote in your right hand's used for pointing to objects on the screen. More on our hands on impressions and some photos from the floor after the jump.
