If you were previously wondering about the possibility of downloadable content for Samba de Amigo, wonder no more. Sega has officially announced that Samba De Amigo will be getting some DLC for the Wii. Learn more after the jump!

Ready to bust out those maracas for Samba de Amigo's Wii version? Well, we've got the first video trailer for the upcoming title from Gearbox Software and Sega and of course it involves a monkey and a pair of maracas. Check it out in the full article.

 We've been clamoring for downloadable content for the Wii for some time now, but it's currently available to Wii Ware games only, like Final Fantasy Chronicles: My Life as a King. But there's light at the end of the tunnel, it seems, in the form of Samba de Amigo's boxart in GameStop sporting Nintendo's Pay-to-Play logo. Check out the box art in the full article.

For those who fondly remember the video game Samba De Amigo from the Dreamcast console, you will be glad to know that it's being reincarnated by Gearbox Software and the Sonic Team for the Nintendo Wii. To see the initial changes they've done to it, take a look at the screenshots after the jump!

Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft recently got a hold of Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Software's head honcho, as he talked about the various games the company was planning to release across the various platforms. Pitchford looked back on the company's Brothers in Arms series, as well as their upcoming shooter Borderlands. Also, he talked about their unprecedented adaptation of the Wii port to Dreamcast's rhythm game Samba de Amigo.

Check out what else Randy Pitchford had to say after the jump!

The Wii version of Samba de Amigo has finally been announced by Sega. This official announcement comes after the company confirmed the game's existence late last month.

First released in arcades and on the Sega Dreamcast in 1999 by Sonic Team, Samba de Amigo helped shape today's rhythm music genre. In the Wii version, the Wiimote and Nunchuk controllers take the place of the original's maracas controllers, with players shaking them in time with the visual beats of the music on-screen.

Samba de Amigo for the Nintendo Wii home video game console is currently being developed by Gearbox Software. More details about the game, including a track list and a few special features, are expected to be revealed in the coming months. Samba de Amigo for the Wii is slated for a Spring 2008 release.

Although it is only now that rhythm-based video games are gaining momentum and a following among gamers, the genre is not at all new as several titles of this nature had been released in past consoles.

Among those is Samba de Amigo which is now being rumored to make an outing on Nintendo Wii. The said rumors went full swing when one gaming site got hold of the next issue of Nintendo Power and revealed that a sequel is being prepared.

Well, Sega of America has just confirmed the rumors and mentioned that more information will be released soon. Samba de Amigo first appeared in 1999 on Sega Dreamcast.

Gameplay involves shaking the maracas-like controller to match a series of pattern on the screen. While the Wiimote can pose as a maracas itself, it is curious if the sequel's developer Gearbox Software is planning to come up with a new controller.