Cute but very confusing (Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise)

Member Name: Charlotte22

Product:	Viva Pinata Pocket Paradise
Date:	01/07/09 (7 review reads)
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Advantages: Pretty little pinatas are amusing to start with

Disadvantages: Unclear what the purpose of this game is

This is a weird game!

I liked the sound of it - little cute pinatas (funny little creatures for the uninitiated) that you had to build a garden for to help them flourish. And to start with, it was fun. You get lots of instructions on what you need to do to attract the first pinata into your garden, and I successfully got the first type (a little wormy like thing) living in my garden, bred it with another one, fed them carrots. All of which was great and I was starting to enjoy tending to these funny little creatures.

But then it got a little more difficult - the instructions ran out, nothing was indicating what I needed to do - I looked through every option on the game, read the manual cover-to-cover, and still...no clue.

I fumbled around in my garden for a while, building paths and hoping to magically attract a new pinata and help my garden flourish, but to no avail. Eventually I gave up and went back to brain training.

Summary: Fun for a bit but no clear point or direction to game