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Continuous enjoyment for the family

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

All of my family members love this game, it offers a continuing environment of change and entertainment. Even company that comes over seem to want to try it out and end up loving it too. We also sit and watch each other expand our green thumbs in Viva Pinata as well.

There is lots do do in this game, and learning involved as well. Because you have to consider chocolate coins as your currency math is involved. As well as many other aspects of learning it is simply fun. Try it out.

We highly reccommend this game to all families. I did not innitially want this game, I was coaxed into getting it for my child and am glad we did. You will be too if you purchase it.

not a kiddie game!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I first heard about Viva Pinata I had no intrest. I am agrown man , what do I want to play w/pinatas for? Well let me tell ya, this game will suck you in if you arent careful. Onceyou get past the beautiful but very cartoony graphics you will find a fairly deep strategy game.I actually think this game is way to complicated for the age group the acrtoon is aimed at. Lots of resource management , figuiring out which pinatas can live together and which ones eat each other. Lots of fun, very deep, and pretty complicated. This game has no real story line and is lite on the help but if you invest your time you'll have a blast.

Tons of fun, but plagued by a devastating glitch!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: November 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

All the wonderful things about this game that other reviewers have raved about are absolutely true; this is an incredibly cute and fun game (although it would have been better without the ruffians).

Unfortunately, there is a horrid glitch in the game that causes things in your garden to turn invisible--forever. Fo no discernible reason, I keep losing more and more of my pinatas, flowers, trees, fences, pinata houses, etc. every time I play the game. It's so frustrating and ruins the fun of the game. I have to keep selling off the invisible items (assuming I can find them) and go through the trouble of replacing them.

It's amazing to me that this sort of game-breaking glitch survived their beta testing, considering how widespread it is among everyone who's played it. I'm on the verge of returning it unless they can get it fixed. It's not fun to suddenly lose, through no fault of your own, pinatas and a garden you worked very hard for.

So yes, it's a wonderful game, but I would strongly suggest you stay away until they release a patch that addresses this.

Conisder it like a SIMGarden experience

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is really fun and takes some strategy to find the right balance. Fans of SIM style games should enjoy the planning and management of your garden. I thought this looked like a silly kid game but it is very involved and seems to be fun for anyone. Rare makes great games and this is up there with their best.

A fun game for children and adults

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I purchased this game looking for a break from all of the First Person Shooter [FPS] games that are always hitting the market, little did I know that the game would be easy to pick up and play yet in depth enough to keep me [and just about everyone else I know] coming back to it.

At the beginning of the game you are placed in your new garden and I admit it does start out a bit slow as it teaches you how to use all the different tools available to you throughout the game but keep in mind that this is an all ages game and the tutorial is great for young ones. But once you get through the tutorial the game quickly picks up the pace. You'll need to come up with a strategy on how to construct your garden in order to attract different pinatas.

I'd highly recommend this game to everyone out there.

I highly recommend this game to everyone.

Brilliant colors and a ton of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: November 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've always enjoyed Animal Crossing style games where I can go about my business without any real structure. This game sure fits the bill. I've only played for a few hours now, but so far it is fantastic. The colors look brilliant and the gameplay is fabulous. This game is a great game for people of all ages, but be warned, it's pretty addicting. I was playing last night and before I knew it, it was 2 hours later. The only downside to the game that I've found so far is that it's a bit slow at the beginning as you are forced to do certain tasks (sort of like a tutorial) to learn the general features of the game. This tutorial is helpful, but seems to drag on at times (all told it's only about 5 minutes, so this isn't even much of a complaint) Overall 5 stars!

A Surprise Celebration!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When I heard that Microsoft was doing an Animal Crossing/Harvest Moon style exclusive video game for the 360, I was more than hesitant. However, I can now say after having been glued for hours to the game and the cartoon of the same name that I am all for Viva Piñata. The game play is based around creating a working piñata ecosystem with interesting characters and a story base to boot. The graphics and sound are just pitch perfect and the consistent change or evolution throughout the game's primary story base is endearing and quite cute. I personally own the limited edition version which includes a bonus disc with a full episode from the cartoon series. For kids and the kid in all of us; may Piñata Island continue to blossom and grow!

fun game for all ages

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: November 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Great game and truly for all ages. Love the animations. Easy to learn. Provides many, many fun-filled hours of gameplay.
Only drawback: Watch out - it can get addictive :-)

Favorite game since animal crossing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A mix of animal crossing and harvest moon, Viva Pinata is a colorful game with much to do. It is a very full game and is addictive. I always seem to lose track of time when playing it. It is open ended, so one just worries about their garden and works to improve it which is great fun.

Viva Yo Momma

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Viva Pinata is exciting, cute, and fun. The most vivid game for the Xbox360 yet. However, it has some flaws. The annoying tutorial being one of them. Once you're on your own though, thats it. You're on your own. Sometimes you find you're supposed to do something, and then, you wonder how you're supposed to do it. An example of this was how I needed long grass, but I had no idea how to get it. I didn't find out until hours later that you had to buy it from the shop. There are several other instances of confusion like that, but the game is still very fun and unique. If you like games such asThe Sims 2, you might enjoy this game.

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