Samba de Amigo - more maracas shell pics

Sega has just unveiled, at le Festival du Jeu video in Paris, the final version of the red maracas that will be used for Samba de Amigo Wii for the Wii, released today in Europe. Sega has confirmed to Gamekyo that a special bundle 'Samba de Amigo Wii + 4 maracas' will be available in about one month from now.
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New Samba De Amigo trailer, no sign of maracas

The new Samba De Amigo trailer is out, complete with a break dancing chimp!
But what is interesting, no actual maracas addon, just a standard Wiimote, and nunchuk setup, not a rattle anywhere...well apart from the chimp, which pretty much goes to confirm that there will be no official addons from sega, i'm guessing we're going to have to go unofficial as reported earlier this week.

Samba maracas are unofficial, which probably means no bundle

Samba de Amigo ships out next week and we're still scrambling over the maracas situation. We once thought that a retailer's mocked-up bundle box was proof that a maracas peripheral would be bundled with the game, but that image was taken down and, in fact, Sega denied that a peripheral would be produced. And then that statement was seemingly excised from the original source. And then actual pictures appeared of some Wii maracas, along with standalone retail listings. It's been a bit confusing.

It would appear that you'll be paying an extra $14.99 for the first set of maracas and not the second, because looking at the box, it is quite clear that these Wii maracas are not official Sega products. Gamestop lists them as being produced by Cokem International. That, and the fact that no retailer mentions a bundle (and the fact that Sega said they weren't making any) makes it very likely that you'll get a disc with Samba and nothing else.

The good news is that it's basically just a bulb with a Wiimote-shaped slot (and hopefully some rattly stuff inside), and so it doesn't really matter who makes the thing.
Source Nintendo Wii Fanboy

Amazon dates, prices maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo

It would seem the final maraca attachments for Samba de Amigo on the Wii have been leaked over at Amazon (you can catch an eyeful above, obviously). For those of you who've been following the title, you already caught a glimpse of the earlier version. We guess those were just prototypes. Personally, we dig the red.

Amazon has a date on these for September 23rd, along with a price of $14.99, should you need that extra pair for some multiplayer action. Obviously, the game will release in a bundled form for those of you that absolutely need these hunks of plastic with your game.
Source nintendo wii fanboy