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Viva Piņata (PC)

by Microsoft
Windows XP  Ages 3 and Over
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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Game Information

  • Platform:   Windows XP
  • Media: Video Game

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  • ASIN: B000VWQWHC
  • Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.6 x 1.6 cm ; 36 g
  • Release Date: 16 Nov 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,136 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)

Product Description

Viva Piñata is a wacky, zany, and anything-can-happen comedy series that answers the question, for the first time ever, where do Piñatas come from? In a lush environment on Piñata Island, a multitude of happy, colorful Piñatas live the sweet life, frolicking, dancing and filling themselves up with the most delicious goodies a child could ever want! Then they eagerly await the glorious day when they are 'chosen' by the Piñata Factory to attend birthday parties, and special celebrations all over the world, bringing joy, treats and tons o' fun to kids of all ages. It's no wonder that wherever the Piñatas go, they're the life of the party.

Viva Piñata is a window to a fantastical world full of wild-roaming Piñata. Players choose from hundreds of elements to customise their world in order to attract piñatas, foster good relationships among the 60+ piñata, and navigate the conflicts and dangers that threaten to break them open.

  • Interact with the Piñatas: Getting to know and understand the personalities and requirements of your piñatas is essential if you want them to stay happy and thrive.
  • Make your world their ideal paradise, and they'll want to raise a family and expand your community.
  • Interact with the Characters: Decide how much help you want from the local guides, shopkeepers, and work force. Go it alone or get them involved-you choose.
  • Watch them Grow: Discover the secrets of more than 60 different candy-filled piñata animals to see them grow, change, fight, and even dance!
  • Anything can Happen: Guide a constantly evolving, vibrant world to keep your piñata happy and protect them from dangers threatening to break them open.

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Fun: 3.0 out of 5 stars   
...No this isn't my love life I'm talking about, but raved Rare's latest Microsoft exclusive title Viva Piñata.

Presumably a backlash towards Nintendo's highly successful Animal Crossing on the Cube and DS, and Harvest Moon for the Playstations, Viva Piñata fills the void of happy-go-lucky, family Sim/ God-games on the Xbox 360.

Now released on PC, Viva Piñata transfers its beauty across platforms surprisingly well, assuming you don't have a P.C. Windows has randomly pulled out of a hat and decided it doesn't like.

You're approached by Leafos, the daughter of a world famous gardener who revolutionised the way their world raised and co-existed with `Piñatas', cuddly and colourful animals made purely of sweets.

Your objective is to clean and expand your garden whilst welcoming all types of these Piñatas as possible. To do this, you must fulfil a habitat that suits they're typical needs i.e. grow specific fruits or breed another species they like to feed on.

Once in your garden, make `em lovey-dovey with another of their kind then build a house for them to Barry White all night long in, if you know what I mean? Once done, you've earned your breeding certificate for that Piñata hence gained experience levels needed to pursue forward.

At first there's a surprising amount of strategy in place for such a simple concept. Leafos will quite promptly explain the basics of how to build the garden and as your experience grows, new friends will help expand your canvas.

The problem dawns 10 hours in, having cleared most of the initial obstacles when you realise Viva Piñata expands but doesn't evolve into anything deeper. Once you've found characters to make gardening and safe-keeping easier, there's not much more to do besides finding more varieties of Piñatas.

Unlike Harvest Moon that allows you go raise a family, and most others alike that give you giant worlds to explore (Pokemon), You're set in the same playing field for the entirety. There is a story, but it's there mainly for light-hearted comedy (in which it is was enough to make my 21 self belly chuckle a few times) as opposed to progressing game play any further.

What this essentially comes down to is lack of rewards. The first few times you receive a new Piñata; you give a wild giggle to its visual presentation. But it will become old hat, and the developers don't take things to the next level.

There are countless minor problems, regardless of the various bugs many have experienced, not least the item screens set completely out of the main action.

Whilst this expresses a great level of effort of detail, taking the player to shops on another screen feels quite disjoined and tiresome when having to do countless times.

Want to buy some plant seeds? This will mean clicking through 5 screens, pressing OK 8 times before you get what you want. Next, you want to build a house. Again, 5 screens, 8 clickes, etc. It's fiddly!

Highlighting the correct item also bears some difficulty when you're area becomes crowded. Often I've tried to sell a plant and ended up selling a house next to it instead. This isn't helped by the fact that the camera is zoomed to close into the action, even when you scroll away. The only way to get a remotely good view of the scenery is via the static bird's eye view.

I give kudos to the ambient soundtrack. Although not highly original, it certainly keeps the atmosphere in the right place, however I would have loved a fair few more tracks.

Not to mention the refreshing visual style. This game certainly looks charming. Indeed, it's all pretty cutesy, kiddie stuff, but this is not a kids game if you don't choose it to be. I took on this game having just come out of Post Mortem (a PC game, not me personally!).

Even without the highest graphic settings (I had to play on medium settings as this is pretty high end stuff) I felt like I was getting a game made in 2007. The only game I've played on the PC remotely like Piñata is Psychonauts (albeit that game's darker). The character designs are pretty much like out of a children's early morning television show, but it brings out a smile on those all ages just like all those classics we all grew up on did.

If this is for the younger gamer, this will hold their attention for a while, but it can become apparent even for them that not enough new is happening over time.

This game kept my 10 year-old sister and myself wildly amused for the first day, but after night passed, we already found ourselves drawn back to previous titles we were playing, where the story and game play were continuously giving us so much more.

This game represents the great representation we've seen in most of Rare's titles (Banjo Kazooie, Goldeneye) but it doesn't attempt to revolutionise the genre, or even keep in pace with the competition. Thank god then that Pinata has just The Sims as competition on the 360. But for us PC owners, apart from exceeding graphics, nothing mildly new is brought to the playing field.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Viva la diiference 16 Jan 2008
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Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Bought this for the missus as it looked, like her, cute and cuddly. Maybe we will get bored with it eventually, as suggested in the more extensive review above/below(?). However it has got her gripped and I secretly play it for ages when she is out. No problems experienced running the game either. Superb animation. Fiddly user interface: time to buy an XBox 360 controller ...from Amazon, of course.
Pure, colourful, addictive and crazy entertainment.
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended family fun! 14 Nov 2007
Fun: 5.0 out of 5 stars   
Viva Pinata is such a beautiful place to explore, and the variation in animals and plants is astounding.
Half the fun is just watching all of the animals roam around the garden - they are full of character.
If anything i'm enjoying the lower level pinata, such as rabbits and mice rather then the late-game pinata such as the hippo and eagle - but it's an ideal game for those people that have to collect everything!
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1.0 out of 5 stars disc dont work
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Published 10 months ago by damo
4.0 out of 5 stars Good but...
I played this game on my friends Xbox, and it was great fun. When I found out it was on PC I ordered it straight away. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars entertaining
My son totaly sunk in this game. Very enetrtaining and somehow educational too.
I recommend it.
Published on 26 Jan 2010 by mops
3.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable and addictive for all ages
It is not ideal if you are looking for a real challenge, but it is fun without being too hard or easy and enjoyable for many hours of gameplay. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by K. Burnett
1.0 out of 5 stars Unplayable
can't even get the thing to install reliably - even with several hours of online support from Microsoft
Published on 6 Oct 2008 by Montee
5.0 out of 5 stars Viva pinata-its awesome!!!
viva pinata is the best game ever.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun.
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