Samba De Amigo: Party Central's Song List Has Ariana Grande Headlining

Y'know with a tracklist like this, maybe this series would've been better off remaining dormant

These are pretty good, not gonna lie.

Just gimme more Sega choons. I'm ok with those!

Give me Can You Feel The Sunshine and I’ll pre order it today.

Man I only know two of these songs.

I have never associated a Jonas brothers song with the Samba De Amigo series ever

Eh....
Why don't they use Centerfold by Captain Jack version that also have ever been used for DDR SuperNOVA ? 😟

The Captain Jack version sounds way much better than the original version.

Of course the only issue with pop songs is relevance based on the age of the person playing. Much of this I don’t recognize as I am “too old” so I will check out the JPN version. I think I will still get it but it won’t be as fun. I had hoped sega would compose their own music mostly.

I'm an old fogey who listens to '80s music, but even my crusty old heart has to admit that shaking my Maracas to Kesha's Tik-Tok sounds like fun.

Not a great list (for my tastes) but at least it seems they’re mostly original versions. Really sucked when older rhythm games like Donkey Konga and Samba on Wii were all covers when they surely could have afforded the originals (or at least Nintendo could have with DK).

I'm just gonna assume that El Ritmo Tropical made the list, per tradition. That's my Samba De Amigo jam.

Counted 10 songs that I recognized from this list. Could be some good fun. Can't wait to see what else they have to offer.

I just hope that Bad Bunny doesn't make it on the list. Won't stop me from trying it out, though.

"we'd wager there's probably something here to cater to all tastes (unless your artist of choice is Slipknot, or something)"

i dont listen to slipknot per se, but there is not a place on earth i can go where someone doesnt eventually out of nowhere try to make me feel less than for liking metal. thanks, Ollie.

🤘 MORE METAL IN RHYTHM GAMES PLEASE! 🤘

Seems ok so far I guess. But please less bog standard American pop for the rest. I need more DANCE.

Collectively the licensed songs above sounds really terrible for me.
What the hell for Kesha, Pitbull songs. 🤨
I never like their songs.

Btw, for Break Free by Ariana Grande, that song has ever been featured on Dance Dance Revolution A.

I am unironically and unashamedly excited to play Samba De Amigo with the music of Ke$ha.

@-wc- «🤘 MORE METAL IN RHYTHM GAMES PLEASE! 🤘»
What's about death metal? I don't remember any collaborations of rhythm games with Guilty Gear and BLAZBLUE composer Daisuke Ishiwatari...

I have enjoyed plenty of rythm games on the Switch, and am always looking forward to new ones. This one however really doesn't seem like anything worth. With the rigid graphics, boring gameplay and now this playlist... good to know. Will be without me.

@Vyacheslav333 FamilyJules tracks in Cadence of Hyrule were pretty cool, some with quite heavy guitars. Otherwise there's Thumper that is awesome but more industrial music, like NiN The Fragile days. I think BPM Bullets per Minute is also more metal/hard rock but I still haven't played it. Got it with a discount, sitting in my backlog for now. And there was that one with shooting the zombies from the back of the car, can't recall the name, there was definitely more guitars there too.

@Yalloo Oh! There's death metal music in Cadence of Hyrule?! That's cool.
«And there was that one with shooting the zombies from the back of the car, can't recall the name, there was definitely more guitars there too.»
Oh, yeah. I remember this game - Double Kick Heroes.

Carly Rae Jepsen and Rina Sawayama already cement this as a buy.

Make you feel old?

Ignore Ricky Martin and the whole list is pretty recent for what it is… also very lackluster, that’s a shockingly short track list honestly.

Not counting covers btw

@Rayquaza2510

"Ignore Ricky Martin and the whole list is pretty recent for what it is…"

im pretty sure thats exactly what "makes [them] feel old" about it 😊

@Vyacheslav333

id love to see the likes of immolation, portal, at the gates, disma, death, obituary, acephalix, celtic frost, blut aus nord, inquisition, and coroner featured in a rhythm game! i feel as though the international audience is very strong for this stuff, but admittedly not alot of concentration in any one place, unless you happen to live in Gothenburg or Rio. or .. Tampa, lol.

ps - if blazblue has death metal, ill check it out! thanks for the tip, ive slept on these games.

Looks like a nice selection of pop music and salsa/samba style songs.

I’m in my 40s not into pop and am not mad at that track list. Some good tunes on there never gonna get a music list that will please everyone.

@Anti-Matter I agree and will go one further; every Captain Jack cover is worth having in this game.

I always love seeing the comments on articles like this to reaffirm how out of touch these gamers are with contemporary pop music

@-wc- Wow. Okay.
«ps - if blazblue has death metal, ill check it out! thanks for the tip, ive slept on these games.»
Well, BLAZBLUE is a anime fighting game series. BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition supports auto-combo function, if you have probelms with fighting games or don't play them regularly. Or your skill is low(like mine?) Personally, I've played BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition with auto-combo function ON. But I tried to play without it... Though, that was a long time ago, when I haven't played fighting games regularly... What's about Guilty Gear, though - there's no auto-combo function. In the 1st game and Guilty Gear XX ΛCore Plus R, at least. I don't know what's about later games of the series.

@LimitedPower Everyone is allowed to have their own preferences and opinions.

A lot of this stuff is strangely bringing me back to the summer of 2014. Weird.

I know only a couple of songs by name so I will have to look up the rest to see.

I mean, I do love some Ariana Grande so I am not complaining.

No gypsy kings then no buy for me.

Ugh... some really poor excuses for "artists" on that list (and/or those who are just awful people in general).

The songlist is not quite as terrible (overall) as I had anticipated, but still... ugh. And who the hell pays to listen to that talentless hack "pitbull"? Barf.

And why are they resorting to cover versions of Macarena and the like? Surely it couldn't be that expensive to licence the version that made the song famous nearly three decades ago.

I'm hoping that Japan gets its own unique version (and playlist), though I won't hold my breath.

This song list is unironically cool as hell, look forward to seeing what the rest will be. Maybe DLC later?

Eh, not really sure how to feel about the track selection rn. There's some pretty good looking stuff in there, but there's a lot of popular American pop and not a lot of the great Latin America influenced tracks of the original game, hell not even the classic tracks from the originals are here. Hopefully there's more tracks soon, because it would be a shame if a core part of Samba De Amigo's musical identity is forgotten in the new game

I'm always up for new music games. I've still never played Samba De Amigo despite being a big fan of the genre. Also, sometimes the songs you don't expect much from can be the most fun to play in games depending on their rhythms

Also raising my hand as a big fan of Ke$ha. Wouldn't have been that interested until I saw her track - waiting more. Or Pitbull track carried by her.

I only know a handful of these songs. I'm so old…

@Ooyah

thanks for backing me up! its just constant micro aggressions. people that dont "get it" clearly think less of those who do.

Metal has a place in this world! 🤘✌️

@RareFan

dont worry, most music sucks and it doesnt pay to stay "on top" of new music. 👍

theres such a rich legacy of great recorded music, i dont know why people prefer to waste their time on fly by night, flash of the pan BS just because it's "new." time is such a great filter, if it is truly great, it will come back around. 👍

everyone poking fun at 30yo+ "old timers" on here for not knowing the newest artists here, trust me you dont know sh. ✌️😊

This tracklist speaks to me so specifically it's like someone read my brain. Miley Cyrus, Ariana Grande, Rina Sawayama, Carly Rae Jepsen. Perfection. Day 1 for me.

I was getting excited for the revival of the rhythm genre, but this reminds me that most of it is licensed pop and not Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts music.