Samba de Amigo Gets DLC at Launch, Represents First Retail Wii Game with DLC Support

Gearbox's maraca-shaking music game Samba de Amigo will be the first retail Wii release to support downloadable content, publisher Sega confirmed today.

New tracks will arrive in 3-song packs, all performed by the original artist, with pricing yet to be announced. The first bundle, slated to arrive when the game launches on September 23, will contain the following:

• Mambo Mambo - Lou Bega

• I Want Candy - Bow Wow Wow

• Are you Going to Be My Girl - Jet

Other upcoming Wii games that support paid downloadble content include Vicarious Visions' Guitar Hero World Tour and Harmonix's Rock Band 2.

While Samba is the first retail Wii title to offer DLC, Square Enix's digitally distributed WiiWare effort Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King, which hit in the spring, was actually the first game on the Wii to support downloadable content.

Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii offered some online connectivity as well, bringing free track variants to the game, though they were only available temporarily and not permanently stored on the system.