Viva Pinata - have your own zoo! (Viva Pinata: Limited Edition (Xbox 360))

Member Name: Nic25

Product:	Viva Pinata: Limited Edition (Xbox 360)
Date:	09/01/09 (18 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good fun, easy to play, very addictive!

Disadvantages: Not the most challenging game out there

There are sooo many platform games out for the XBox at the moment, full of bright cartoons, and boring gameplay where you run along and 'collect things'. Basically, if you're not into the first person shooters, this is usually what you'e faced with.

When I saw Viva Pintata on the shelf, this was my first conclusion - another typical platform game. The packaging, the bright colours and the cartoon pony on the front all screamed 'kiddies platform game' - how wrong I was!

Not being a FPS fan myself, I decided to buy it, give it a go, and very probably trade it in again the next week. However, once you get that first Pinata, the whole thing becomes strangely addictive!

This is not your typical platform game, nor is it set out as such. In basic gameplay, you have control over your 'garden'. You dig it, cover it in grass, grow flowers in it, basically look after it, and attract wild Pinatas to come and eventually live in it. You are helped along the way by a variety of friends, including Seedos, a strange little man, who gives you new seeds to grow and attract Pinata, and Costalot, who owns a shop to sell you basically anything you need - at a price!

As with all games, you need a 'baddie', and in Viva Pinata, he comes in the shape of Profesor Pester and his gang of Ruffians, who are intent on smashing yur Pinatas open and stealing the sweets from inside!

The longer you play the game, the bigger your garden gets, and the more items and Pinata species you unlock. By unlocking new things, you move up a level and gain titles.

The best parts of the game are finding the new Pinatas, and the fun names they have for them - a mix of animal and food! For example, the horse on the front cover of this edition is a 'Horstachio'!

This special edition is different as it comes in a special collectors tin, and has some extra bonus demos included.

Overall, not the most difficult games you're going to play, but good fun, perfect for kids and adults, and very very addictive! Before you know it, you'll be calling real animals by their Pinata names!

Summary: A good game, lots of fun for kids and adults