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Viva Pinata was a sleeper hit with gamers - both hardcore and casual - when it came out on the Xbox 360 last year. It was Microsofts first real attempt to attract children after years of wooing the hardcore gamer with shoot em ups, racing games and a...
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Everyone who plays it says they love Viva Piñata – and if you own a 360, odds are pretty reasonable that it’s a game in your collection. For those of us who have been out of the loop however, we could only turn green with envy as we watched Viva Piñata...
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Nov 20, 2007Viva Pinata stole our hearts with cute candy-filled pinata-on-pinata love-making when it debuted on the 360. Unfortunately, the PC version loses some of the original version's charm due to its late release and crash-prone nature. But if you...
The vividly colorful world, Smacking unruly pinatas, Testosteronedrenched gameplay...
Crashes make gardening tougher, Keeping the peace among pinatas, Selecting and directing flying pinatas...
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itreviews.com Updated: 2016-11-15 01:35:33
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beautifully different Xbox 360 game: This, ladies and gentlemen, is the game with which Microsoft tries to take the Xbox 360 more mainstream. Freed from the shackles of launch year, where the gaming line-up traditionally targets the hardened gamer, for it...
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about.com Updated: 2016-11-15 01:35:33
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"Viva Pinata" Features Grow a garden that will attract pinatas and encourage them become residents. Build homes and buy accessories for the pinatas. Lure in over 60 types of pinatas. Trade pinatas through online play. Buy seeds and plant vegetables, fr...
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del.icio.us | Digg This | Glink It Last year, a quirky title named Viva Pinata hit the Xbox 360. Offering up bright, colorful characters and addictive simulation gameplay, it stood out as the best game to come out of beloved developer Rare since the...
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The pinata, according to Wiki: The piñata is a brightly-coloured paper container filled with sweets and/or toys. It is generally suspended on a rope from a tree branch or ceiling and is used during celebrations. A succession of blindfolded, stick-wield...
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The premise of Viva Piñata is exceedingly simple: create a garden and attract piñatas to it. While these piñatas all have funny names and look all cute and cartoony, they are essentially animals and behave how you'd generally expect animals to behave...
Great depth to the gameplay, All the piñatas are brilliant, PC issues, Romancing minigames aren't great...
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My mother used to tell me "Dont judge a book by its cover." Sure, its a cliche so old it made Aesops kids roll their eyes (though back then it was probably something like "dont judge a scroll by the ribbon its tied with"). But the reason these th...
Deep strategic gameplay; adorable art design and animations; amazing "pinata ecology"; open-ended gameplay.
Games for Windows Live issues; poor controls and camera; minimal online components.
My mother used to tell me "Dont judge a book by its cover." Sure, its a cliche so old it made Aesops kids roll their eyes (though back then it was probably something like "dont judge a scroll by the ribbon its tied with"). But the reason these thi...
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gamespot.com Updated: 2016-11-15 01:35:33
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In a world where parties dont happen without piñatas and the candy-filled creatures need to be cultivated or captured rather than constructed, skilled gardeners who have a penchant for papier-mâché wildlife are in great demand. In Rares Viva Piñata...
Accessible and fun for players of all ages, Deceptively deep, Gorgeous scalable visuals, 50 varied achievements.
Games for Windows Live compatibility problems, Overly limited space for items in garden.
The PC version of Viva Piñata is every bit as enjoyable as the Xbox 360 original, assuming your system is one that it chooses to run on...
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ign.com
Updated: 2016-11-15 01:35:33
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Viva Pinata is an amazing example of how imagination and planning can create an intuitive and wonderful experience thats suitable for everyone in the family. Its a hard game to really explain, having tried on more than a few occasions while playing t...
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Piñatas have long been a source of childhood glee. Their appearance at parties is typically associated with free candy and other goodies, yet little thought is often given to what their enjoyment entails. One after another, kids are blindfolded, spun...
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gamepyre.com Updated: 2016-11-15 01:35:33
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When someone talks about "God Games" most gamers think about Populous, Sim City, or Civilization. They take place in worlds were you make all the decisions; where that tree will be planted, where the water and land is, and most importantly were th...
Whenever you look at a game like this, for most gamers, its going to take a leap of faith to get it and play. I personally like verity in my games so I took that leap and was rewarded with a game that was unique and fun, and not just for kids. This ga...
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