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Fun, Cute and Addicting

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game this pass weekend and I am hooked to the game. I must admit when I saw the commercials for it on T.V. it looked really stupid and dull like other kiddie games are for adults. However, after reading some gaming reviews and seeing that it was voted the best game never played for 2006 I was curious and wanted to see what they were talking about. I have yet to be disappointed. I play all genre of games on game consoles so i have a wide range of games and game types to compare Viva to and this game ranks up there with Halo, Gears of War, etc. I know it not a shooter but it's addicitng and it makes you not want to get off until you have accomplished a certain goal that you have set for yourself.
Also, it makes any "macho" gamer keep coming back for more. My husband, who never plays any of the "cutsie" games, has started a garden after watching me and now we are actually trying to compete against each other to see who will get all the pinata's first, who can get the most accomplishments first, and who has the better garden. This game is all around fun, enjoyable and has a lasting appeal to it. Yes this game you actually have to do some thinking and figuring out where to put what and to make sure that your pinatas have met all the requirements for certain things but hey not all games can be just point and click.:)

Great for kids, but dont get too attatched

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am 20 years old, and this game still amazes me. I finally bought it from Amazon after constant badgering from friends, and I am very pleased with it.

The game has wonderful graphics, crisp and clean images (even on a standard-definition TV) and a bright and cheerful environment (most of the time, sometimes it rains - that's life!).

If you have an Xbox 360 and younger childeren, this is a must have. There is a ton of fun to be had while building and bettering your garden, attracting and naming pinata-animals, constucting homes, and more. There is even some strategy involved (If you want it) as it is important to use your garden space to create value efficiently.

A quick note - Dont let your kids (or yourself) get to attatched to the animals in your garden, because they will be, occasionally, broken apart and/or eaten (Its all just part of the circle of life!!)

Great fun that never runs out and is suitable for the whole family.

So Fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am awful when it comes to playing video games. And when we got our XBox I was less than thrilled. But my 10 year old put in Viva Pinata and it cought my interest. Now the entire family is addicted and we actually have to set the timer to limit our turns, because before you know it you have been playing Viva for 3 hours!! It is that much fun. My 3 year old loves it but doesn't yet have the hand eye coordination for the controls. My 6 year old loves it too, and I am an "old lady" and I too am hooked. I reccomend for all ages and genders. It is very colorful, interactive and educational. It is a great learning tool on how to earn money. There are also little hidden tricks in the game to make your garden more successful. ie; growing jumbo snapdragons with the help of fertilizer can earn you many chocolate coins. And flying Tafly's through a fire can turn them into Redhott's. It's great fun to find out the little tricks of the game. We all start cheering all over the house when we figure something out! I highly reccomend this game!!!

I'm in trouble at work

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As a few other reviewers have writen, I bought this game, hoping that I could play this with my girlfriend, who told me the last game she really got into was Animal Crossing--I never played it, but heard the comparisons.

I'll cut to the chase, I just hit the 50 hour achievement, and I've only had the game two weeks. Wow. Not only am I hooked, but so is my girlfriend, and together, we've really lost out on a lot of sleep. We'll be sitting on the couch, looking at the clock read 2:00am, knowing that we still need that Dragumfly to become a resident in the garden, but that will take at least 2 more hours because of all the other tasks we're juggling. Tons of fun. Expect to lose sleep, and hopefully not your job!

**note, to beginning players, don't be affraid to invest in the tower of sour pieces (they prevent sour pinatas from coming into the garden, and thus, disrupting all your tasks) you can turn them off whenever you want, to attempt to turn them into resident/good pinatas. Oh yeah, give the begger 1,000 coins as quick as you can, which unlocks his shop, so you can upgrade your watering can and garden items (that sword looking thing / and the desardos statue) which prevent pretty much any *bad* thing from entering your garden. This will save you a huge amount of time and headache.

Similar to The Sims but a lot better!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Viva Piñata is a mix of elements from The Sims, a little bit of Pokemon, and some new elements unique to this game. Like The Sims, you start with a small lot and your objective is to build it into your dream home, or in this case dream garden. You start with a small lot that expands as you progress in the game and you can fill that space with plants, such as flowers or crop, or structures. Depending on which type of items you have in your garden you will attract certain types of piñatas. For example, by planting flowers you can attract butterflies and bumblebees. If you meet certain requirements the piñatas will become residents in your garden. Also by having certain types of piñatas as residents you can attract even more piñatas (i.e. snakes will come if you have mice in your garden, more on this later). Using your chocolate coins, you can work and rework your garden to build it to your specific tastes and to attract the types of piñatas you like. As the game goes on the piñatas get more interesting. You can have lion and elephant piñatas become residents in your garden, but also the requirements to do so get much more difficult.

Like Pokemon you can make your objective to collect all of the different types of piñatas on Viva Piñata, but this would not be easy because many piñatas have requirements that contradict other piñatas. For example one piñata might require you to have more the 60% of your garden covered with water, while another piñata might require you to have 60% of your garden covered with tall grass. Also, some piñatas do not get along and will fight each other if left in the same garden. This requires that you develop your garden to attract only the piñatas you want and, possibly, to exclude the piñatas you don't want. Typically in a single game you will not be trying to get all the piñatas to become residents but building a garden around certain specific piñatas. Since you can have multiple gardens, or just continually redesign a single garden, you can create gardens catered to your different favorite piñatas.

The game has in inbuilt piñata food chain. You will probably be required to feed some of your resident piñatas to the visiting piñatas to get them to become residents. For example, to get the snake piñata to join it must eat a mouse piñata (the mouse only has to eat a turnip to join). You can imagine this only gets much more complicated for piñatas like the lion. This is done very tastefully. The attacking piñata will throw objects at its prey until it breaks the piñata open and then proceeds to eat the candy that spills out. This piñata food chain is one of the innovative features that make this game unique and add to the complexity of the game.

Another feature that makes the game is the ability to breed your piñatas. Once you have a piñata as a resident there is a second set of requirements you must meet before breeding, and of course you'll have to meet them with at least two piñatas. In Viva Piñata the piñatas have no gender so you can breed any two piñatas of the same species. One you've met the requirements you can tell the two piñatas to "romance" and after playing a short maze style mini-game you will get to see a short video of that piñatas "Romance Dance". Neither the game nor the dances are suggestive and would be deemed acceptable by any conservative homeshool mom. The breeding is essentially the way to make money as you can sell your piñatas for a pretty large amount of chocolate coins.

Viva Piñata is a great looking game, but the big seller is the game play. If you like The Sims then you will love Viva Piñata. This game however isn't limited to a specific demographic. You might feel like a little kid putting this brightly colored game into your Xbox 360, but you will have nothing but fun building your garden and breeding your piñatas. This game is truly a can not miss title for anyone with a 360.

As an added note you can trade items with other players over Xbox Live. That is the only online feature of this game, but you can trade even if you only have an Xbox Live silver membership. Parents with younger kids will be happy to know that this game is appropriate online as well as offline and the game comes with instructions on how to set up your child's Xbox Live account. For those parents who are also interested in the romance dance you can watch a video on it by going to this website:

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Fun, but not for wee ones

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 30, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Everyone says this game is for kids. Unless your 7-year-old is a MENSA candidate, I beg to differ. From the artwork as well as the television cartoon, you would think a 6-8 year old could play this game. Maybe they could, but I doubt they would get too far on their own. It's quite fun, but it gets exceedingly difficult to manage all of the tasks, including mating more advanced piñatas and coaxing some of the more difficult plants to grow. The game seems more marketed to the inner-kids in the teen to adult set. In fact, there are even some sexual innuendos (you are getting animals to procreate, after all), which are innocent from a child's perspective yet able to be picked up and understood by adults. A kid could certainly play with the help of an adult, stick to the lower levels, or would even enjoy watching an adult play (which is easy to do for hours and hours on end), but even I get frustrated playing it at times. I can just imagine how a younger child would fare. It really is great fun, but be mindful of the purchase because I feel the age group for this game is slightly misrepresented.

Fun for any type of gamer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My husband and I are in our late 20's and have both really enjoyed this game. Bright, pretty graphics and amusing creatures have provided hours of entertainment. The game has a few annoying mechanics and functions, but the fun far outweighs the annoyance. If I could give it a 4.5 star rating I would.

Viva Pinata the pinata party

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this game so much. I had like twenty pinatas and then seedos came and planted all kinds of poison ivy and killed all but two! But that led me to like this game even more. Since then i've gotten about four more pinatas. If you like a good life game this is great for you, and all the different kinds of pinatas avaliable is almost uncanny. There are hundreds! You must meet certain goals to get some pinatas so it's like you're always playing and having fun. Well that ends my reveiw I hope it was helpful.

Fun for everyone!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Viva Pinata pits you as an individual who has just recieved the deed to a defunct garden. Your objective is to restore it back to its original luster. You go about doing so by planting different types of fruits/flowers/etc, which in turn, attracts pinata's to your garden. The different type of plants/objects that you put in your garden will predicate the different species that will visit/become residents of your garden.
You also try to make your pinata's "romance" to reproduce. You go about doing this by completing tasks with your pinatas, like eating a certain food, or by having a certain object in your garden.
The game is so simple a 7 year old can get the basic premis, but intuitive enough to keep me (22) coming back for more.
The game is addictive, fun, and has incredible replay value. And now that the game is only $19.99, it is easily accessable to anyone. If you like games like "The Sims", and "Animal Crossing", then you'll love "Viva Pinata". If not, go buy "Gears of War", because it's awesome.

So cool!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: November 29, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played this with my friend and it is such fun,I wish they would make it for playstation 2 though or nintendo ds,The horse is really cool and it is a great game for little kids as it is so bright and colourful but its great for adults aswell.

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