Viva Pinata (Xbox 360)

Afyter the global success of Rare's Perfect Dark Zero and Kameo: elements of power, it was imminant that a new release was on the way and it arrived in the form of cute and cuddly Viva Pinata. The game, with it's gorgeous graphics and succulent sound effects, revolves around the player building a garden for up to 60 different pinata species to live and mate in. The gameplay is amusing and has been a surprise hit among children and adults alike. The player will change the garden in a variety of ways such to fit their needs. For example, if you need water for a specific pinata, then users will use the pond tool to make this possible. The world is ever chaning with new ...  Read the complete review

I was given this game, well actually my kids were and I am so glad that they discovered a game of this nature. Viva Pinata is for the XBox 360. It is rated 3+ and is for one player only. It outputs the game at a maximum 1080i resolution. Graphics are very colourful, sound is simple. The controls are really very easy to master, even for kids. What makes this game a refreshing change is that it does not involve hectic driving, shooting, killing or any other high speed activity. The only nasties that ever appear in the whole game are bad animals, that you have to whack over the head with a shovel (ahem). The idea behind Viva Pinata is to build a ...  Read the complete review

A game for both adults and kids! Look after your own animal farm! Yes, but until playing this game I had no idea that it would actually involve as much stress, mundaness and downright hard work as a real life farm - the game draws you in with it's cutesy looks, but after a while the horrid realisation sets in that this game is painful to play if you actually plan on making any progress: making animals visit, live and mate in your garden demands a ridiculously varied and strict list of requirements that increase in complexity and annoyance as the game progresses, and not to mention after ensuring your garden has 56% grass and 22% water, with 17 poppy flowers growing, and ...  Read the complete review

This was probably one of the first games I purchased for the Xbox 360, after playing the demo; I totally fell in love with the whole concept of the game. The colour fest this game brings is spectacular, the graphics are equally brilliant and what's great about this game is that it is appealing to both adults and Children. The aim of the game is to make your own garden and grow plants as well as breed new species of Piñata. In order to get Piñata to live in your garden you need to try and make it as beautiful and appealing as you can, by purchasing plants, adding water features. The more beautiful the garden is the more Piñata will want to live ...  Read the complete review

Viva Piñata is a life simulation game specifically designed for the Xbox 360 and when I purchased one for my fiancé back in December 2007 it came free along with a couple of other games, however, this can now be purchased via ebay or the Amazon.co.uk marketplace for around £5.00 + postage costs. The aim of this game is to build a farm up with multiple animals, plants, areas etc. and then ultimately keep the animals so happy in their habitats that they will mate and then you can unlock XBox 360 achievements (and gamer points) and once you have mated that specific animal you no longer have to meet any criteria for this animal and it can just simple eat a ...  Read the complete review