Samba de Amigo: The Greatest Guidebook

***Samba de Amigo: The Greatest Guidebook*** by *Famitsu* is a guidebook to *Samba de Amigo* that was only published in Japan on May 27, 2000. It is 223 pages long. In addition to guides to the game, it contains concept art, character profiles, and a story titled "Amigo's Departure".

## Amigo's Departure: That love, friendship, trials, and more

*Translation done by Google Translate and modified by a non-Japanese reader*

Amigo is a monkey who is always cheerful. In a small village deep in the mountains, his father, mother, and him lived happily together. One day, Amigo's mother asked him to go downtown on an errand. Amigo passed by a musical instrument store and noticed maracas displayed in the shop window. For some reason, Amigo felt attracted to maracas. He begged the old man at the musical instrument store to let him hold the maracas. At that moment, Amigo was shocked as if he had been struck by lightning. And he realized, "I'm the only one who can shake these maracas and master the samba." He was at a loss if you asked him why. Life is like that.

Amigo immediately returned home and reported to his father and mother, "I'm mastering the samba!" Although his father was surprised, he warmly saw him off, saying that once a man had decided, there was nothing that could be done about it. His mother was very worried about her precious son, but Amigo's determination allowed him to leave the house in tears. Thus, Amigo decided to leave the mountains where he was accustomed to live and travel the world to master the way of samba.

Carnival is in full swing in the small town where Amigo first visited. Amigo, who jumped in, met Linda, a dancer. Amigo's maracas and Linda's dance fused together to create a fascinating session. Carnival was a great success. The pattern was picked up by the local newspaper, and Amigo suddenly became a celebrity in the town. A producer from a local TV station who heard about Amigo's reputation asked him to appear on TV. The chance to be big came unexpectedly early.

Costume dance unit: A dream competition with Bingo & Bongo, which took the world by storm. The hand that shakes Amigo's maracas also gots hot. Bingo & Bongo are also a big hustle. The stage was filled with excitement like never before, and the program marked the highest audience rating ever since it began.

At that time, Bingo said, "I've been doing this for 15 years, but there aren't many talented people like him. I couldn't tell where he was looking at his teeth, and I was like, 'God, help me!'"

Amigo's next appearance was the "Tropical Latin Festival".

Competing with Rio and Chumba & Wamba. A popular artist who has been ranked on Billboard's Latin chart for 38 consecutive
weeks. Performances and songs by popular artists of the time, and the maracas of Amigo, who is rapidly gaining popularity
in the red circle. They were in perfect harmony, as if they had been forming a unit for decades. The audience was enraptured by their performance, and the stage ended on a high note. In this way, Amigo's reputation quickly became known to everyone.

There is no one who does not know Amigo's name now. The encounter with maracas changed Amigo's life. Before he knew it, Amigo began to pursue his life as a super-big artist. One day, when Amigo returned to the dressing room after making the audience
go wild on stage, a bouquet of flowers had arrived. A small card accompanied it read, "Congratulations, Amigo. You're already a top maracas artist. Linda." Amigo was startled. He realized that the reason he was able to come this far was thanks to the many encounters I had through competing with many friends.

In this way, Amigo made his name known to the world, swept all the awards, and then suddenly disappeared from the stage and from the cathode ray tube. The people of the world were surprised at how vivid it was. All the mass media wrote articles about Amigo. Rumors such as that he left for space with his former comrades, or that he returned to the mountains to live quietly with his father and mother, or that he married Linda and became the father of two children flew around the world. But no one knows the true whereabouts of Amigo.

But I'm sure he's still clutching his maracas today, somewhere in the world, he must be entertaining passers-by.

## Trivia

* The story in the *Samba de Amigo* (Wii) manual would reveal that Amigo returned to the hometown after disappearing.