Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go

**This article contains spoilers for the recent media ***Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go***.** If you do not want your anticipation of it to be ruined, then do not read this article.

## Information

### Platform

iOS
Apple TV
macOS

***Samba de Amigo: Party-To-Go*** is a port of *Samba de Amigo: Party Central* for the Apple Arcade subscription video game service for iOS, Apple TV, and macOS, and released on August 29, 2023, the same date as *Party Central*. It has three exclusive songs and an exclusive story mode in which Amigo goes on an adventure to "return lost music to the world".

## Songs

 "The Edge of Glory"
 "The Walker"

## Plot

### Chapter 1

Amigo is a highly popular maracas musician, who has a live performance at the beginning of the story. One day, he decides to leave and begin traveling Earth, promising a worrisome Linda that he would be safe and return. He eventually goes to space on a red maraca-shaped rocket and in search of the legendary maracas. Suddenly, a fiery comet approaches the rocket. He tries his best to avert the situation, but the comet ends up colliding with the rocket, causing it to explode.

Later, Amigo wakes up in an ethereal location. He had been dreaming that he was dancing with Linda in the same area. Amigo comes into contact with a red maraca-like being. The being says to Amigo that Amigo's performance reminded it of the music that played from Earth and now it hears nothing from Earth, which prompts Amigo to start investigating. As the being does not have a name, Amigo names it Maraca. Maraca then warps Amigo back to Sunny Town on Earth, in which he falls down there.

Linda reunites with Amigo and reveals that five years have passed since Amigo left and during that time, people stopped listening to and playing music, believing in a superstition that enjoying music causes bad luck. Amigo changes her mind by performing with her and goes to seek his other friends and check on their current situations.

At the TV Studio, Bingo & Bongo are wondering where the crowd for their music show is and believing Amigo to be dead, just when Amigo shows up, gives a performance, and tells them what happened to the crowd. Amigo and Linda return to Sunny Town and find Rio, who cannot feel the groove, at the plaza. Amigo and Rio have a dance together. Afterwards, Rio says that he used to be part of a group known as Yellow Triangle and has parted from them.

Amigo, Linda, and Rio go to Bee Arena, where Chumba & Wamba, Rio's former partners in Yellow Triangle, are supposed to perform. Amigo and Rio do a performance to make up for Chumba & Wamba's non-appearance, and Amigo and Linda do the encore. Rio reports that Chumba & Wamba have been sighted at Central City and Amigo, Linda, Rio, and Bingo & Bongo travel there by boat. Meanwhile, somewhere else, a mysterious figure approaches a flyer with Amigo on it and forcefully pulls it off.

Rio finds Chumba's handkerchief on the ground, which leads the group to Chumba & Wamba, who have become possessed, with blackish colors, emission of purple aura, and glowing red eyes and expressing dislike for music. Amigo reverts their states with a dance. Upon being normal, Chumba & Wamba say that they don't remember what happened and that they were going to have a concert as the duo The Salt and Vinegars and at Central City to gather their necessities.

Meanwhile, an unknown figure expresses enjoyment of what happened.

### Chapter 2

A person shows up and asks if Chumba & Wamba are sick. After being answered that they're not, the person affirms that where Amigo and his friends are is his territory and challenges Amigo to a dance battle in order for him to stay. After Amigo wins, the person recognizes Amigo, much to Amigo's confusion, and introduces himself as Max. Max and Amigo's group flee to Central City when the police appear to arrest them. Max doesn't recognize Amigo's friends, much to Bingo & Bongo's disappointment, and states that Central City is no longer a place with music because its inhabitants cannot play it.

The group then go to a hidden nightclub, where Amigo dances alongside Max, Linda, Rio, Bingo & Bongo, and Chumba & Wamba. Along the way, Max introduces the nightclub as Resistance Disco, where people go to enjoy music because the most recent Central Festival champion was allowed to create a new rule about music and chose to criminalize it. Also, Bingo & Bongo activate a technology that projects any location within the nightclub, projecting the TV Studio. Next, Rio chooses to project Sunny Town. Wamba wonders how he and Chumba were brainwashed, considering how they were not performing music.

The lights suddenly go out and the door opens to reveal a mysterious figure with a cardboard box mask and guitar. He has bust Resistance Disco for not following his orders. Amigo tries to beat the figure, who is Yamigo, in a competition, but fails, being knocked away by the blast of Yamigo's guitar. Yamigo gloats about how he hates music, wants it to disappear, and won to Amigo and threatens Resistance Disco before leaving. Max tells Amigo that Yamigo is the recent Central Festival champion.

Meanwhile, an unknown figure finds Yamigo's usefulness in their plan.

### Chapter 3

When bystanders express worry about having to follow Yamigo, Amigo proclaims that he will compete with Yamigo again and by not losing, he will allow music again, much to his friends' delight. Max tells Amigo that the Central Festival is coming up and Yamigo will be there. Amigo energizes himself by dancing with Max.

Max then leads Amigo and his friends to Celebrity Coast, where he introduces them to Rudolph, a music producer and funder of Resistance Disco who recognizes Amigo. He also regrets not working for him, in which he quickly brushes off. Amigo and Rudolph perform together to the latter's command. Suddenly, Rudolph becomes disappointed in Amigo and states that he is not strong enough to defeat Yamigo. Linda and Rio notice Rudolph's intimidating demeanor, in which Max does not know why.

During Rudolph's lack of presence, Amigo asks how the Central Festival started and Max answers that it did 5 or 6 years ago as a music event that became so intense that participants began fighting each other. Bingo & Bongo challenge Amigo and Rio to battle each other, which Max uses as an example of what happened. Linda asks how the practice of the champion making the rules came to be and Max answers that the first champion declared something in which he does not know because he didn't watch. Amigo is once again determined to win the Central Festival, but decides that he needs to get his feeling back, in which Bingo & Bongo invite him to star in their show, which Amigo accepts in spite of feeling manipulated. Chumba & Wamba get Amigo's help in paying back to their fans for their disappearance.

Amigo doesn't still have his full feeling, when Bongo's phone rings. Bongo answers someone, who directs him to Central City. Bongo brings Amigo and his friends to the streaming area of Central City, where the caller is revealed to be Amiga, who implies that her presence is simulated. Amigo, who is shown to be worrysome and overprotective of his younger sister, and Amiga reunite with a hug and a performance together on Amiga's Central KAWAII Channel, her streaming channel. Being excited about the performance's attraction, Amiga disappears, revealing that her presence was in form of a holographic avatar. Amigo and Maraca are not familiar with both the streaming and hologram technology, but the former admits that whenever Amiga is happy, he's happy.

Amiga challenges her older brother to find her in-person, in which he attempts by doing to the Live Stream Area. Amiga then starts the stream, whose theme is "Lovey-Dovey", and pairs Amigo and Linda for a romantic dance. Linda admits her romantic feelings for Amigo, but also admits that she doesn't known if he reciprocates them; she reluctantly decides to see if he does by dancing with him. The comments state that the performance has a romantic feeling, which Linda takes as proof that they're a couple. Amiga's avatar disappears, which prompts Amigo and his friends to search again.

They go to Central City's stream area, where Amiga starts the stream with the theme of "handsome men" and orders Amigo and Rio to perform. Rio is so proud of himself that he lies that he is following Amiga's account. The commenters applaud the performance and Amiga suggests that Amigo and Rio pair together as a unit. Amigo suggests the unit's name to be "The Odd Boys", which Rio and Amiga don't approve of. Amiga's avatar disappears once again and then reappears.

Amiga starts the stream with the theme of stuffed animals and orders Bingo & Bongo to perform, though the pair are annoyed at Amiga implying them to be stuffed animals. They are flattered by the stream's comments. Amiga's avatar disappears yet again and reappears; Amigo's sensitivity prompts her to tell him that he needs to be used to her non-presence. Amiga's boast that she can dance better than Amigo prompts him to have a dance battle with her, in which he wins. Amiga, who reveals herself to be in-person, and Amigo team up to return music.

Meanwhile, an unknown figure realizes that they could use broadcasting for their plans.

### Chapter 4

Amiga says to Amigo that he is fit enough to enter the Central Festival, but that it requires a participant to be famous. She also introduces him to the social network StreamiGO!, where she was streaming on. She demonstrates the feature in which a user can dance with an online celebrity with Amigo and Rabbina, the most followed user on StreamiGO! and whom Amigo does not know, which is done by using data from the archive. Linda feels jealous of Amigo with Rabbina. Amiga creates a StreamiGO! account for Amigo and says that he needs a certain amount of followers. Max further explains that Amigo can earn followers by creating content on the platform.

Amigo, Amiga, and Maraca go to Celebrity Coast and Amigo asks Rudolph for help on creating a video. Rudolph rejects at first, but then accepts after Amiga talks with him and suggests that as a music producer, he could produce good videos. 100,000 followers are earned. After the recording, Rudolph briefly becomes possessed. Amigo goes to Rio to record a video with him. Amigo bluntly tells Rio that he thinks of him as pretentious, which offends Rio and leads him to perform with him to see who's the "sweetest". 200,000 more followers are earned. Amigo cannot decide the "sweetest", in which Rio decides to make more use of his StreamiGO! account.

Bingo & Bongo offer to make a talented video with Amigo, and also threaten that if they dance better than him, they take everything away from him, which rouses Amigo to perform against them. 200,000 more followers are earned, which Bingo & Bongo notice that they were their followers. Chumba & Wamba help Amigo's stream by having their guerilla gig with him. 200,000 more followers are earned. Wamba rewards Amigo by allowing him to drink as much banana juice as he wants at Wamba's shop.

Amigo seeks Amiga's help on a stream, in which Amiga decides for a "couples video" showing Amigo and Linda. Linda is greatly astonished both at Amiga's idea and that Amigo is okay with being a couple with her, and is also embarrassed at showing off to many. Amigo and Linda dance together, which earns the former 200,000 more followers, as well as a present from a viewer.

Amigo returns with Amiga to Resistance Disco to notify Max of how much followers he has. Max is surprised at how fast Amigo earned (Amiga says she's responsible), as well as becomes speechless and then talkative when he is approached by Amiga. He then says that he still needs more and Amiga suggests that Rabbina can collaborate with Amigo. A possessed Rudolph suddenly bursts in, trying to dissuade Amigo from his mission and attack him. Amigo defeats and reverts him back.

## Gallery

### Videos

Samba de Amigo - Launch Trailer - Available Now!