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Viva Piñata
Attract and tame your favourite Piñatas. There are more than 60 species that roam wild on Piñata Island. Personalise everything from the grass at your feet to the hat on your Piñata's head. Welcome to Piñata Island, enjoy your stay!
Details
- Released
- November 8, 2006
- Developer
- Rare, Climax Group
- Publisher
- Microsoft Game Studios
- Subscriptions
- Xbox Game Pass
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Viva Piñata Reviews
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Even with some shortcomings on the PC, Viva Piñata is pretty easily recommendable for families looking for a game to play together. Its a creative experience that requires plenty of problem solving in a pretty unique and gentle setting. Yes, animals do eat each other (well, they break each other and eat the candy inside) and mate, but overall, its one of the highest quality family friendly titles out on the market. Even if youre not a child yourself or have a child, Viva Piñata offers up many hours of addictively quirky fun.
Viva Piñata is a customizable, social and spontaneous game that invites players of all ages and skills to explore an immersive world where they are challenged to create and maintain a living garden ecosystem that grows in real time.
I love playing games but unfortunately my girlfriend isn’t quite so keen, so surely there must be some way to grab her acceptance, some game that will draw her into my world. Thankfully I didn’t even have to solve the problem myself as Rare and some video footage did it for me. Having been told in no uncertain terms how ‘cute’ this game looked I was given orders to march out and buy it. Finally I would have something to prove how great games were, as long as I didn’t have to ruin my...