Samba de Amigo Party to Go Coming to Apple Arcade - Hardcore Gamer

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During the February Nintendo Direct, the first new Samba de Amigo game in over 20 years was announced for the Switch in the form of Party Central. Due out on August 29, this offering will get both a physical and digital release – but it’s not the only Samba de Amigo game on the market. Apple Arcade devices will get a version of the game with exclusive features and songs. The Apple Arcade version features the franchise’s first story mode, and unfortunately the in-store trailer doesn’t show any of it, alongside exclusive songs like “The Edge of Glory” by Lady Gaga, Psy’s “Daddy”, and “The Walker” by Fitz and the Tantrums.

There will be over 40 songs available, but the inclusion of Lady Gaga is a huge get for the Apple Arcade version as is the exclusive story mode. Time will tell the tale on how big that is to the grand scheme of things. If it’s a series of vaguely-connected events with clip art and dialogue ala the Team Sonic Racing story mode, then it’s no great loss if it isn’t in the Switch version. With the slated goal being for Amigo to return lost music to the world as a whole, it would seem to be a way to have a thin story wrapped around playing through all of the game’s songs. Given the genre, that would make sense and offer up an incentive to play through every song.

With this being an Apple Arcade release playable on mobile and TVOS/iOS devices, it will probably be a completely different experience on a phone or iPad than it would be on an Apple TV or Mac/MacBook when not using a controller. This fast-paced style of game isn’t always ideal for a touch interface and it’s possible we’ll see a faux-maraca  implemented with the in-device gyroscope. That would be a mighty big risk to take for a mobile game though, and