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Additictive and Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game defines what it means to be an 'addictive game' with lots of tasks to do that start off easy and slowly build up. The tasks in the game are varied from planting flowers to growing huge trees, from keeping track of tiny worms to finding space for a stable of horses or huge grizzly bears. There are lots of little elements that make it challenging like how to keep out some of the 'bad' guys from your garden, how to turn the 'bad' guys into 'good' pinata, and how to make some of the strange combinations like Jack-o-Lanterns or carrot cake.
I actually play it with my girlfriend because she's addicted to playing it as well.
The game is a lot better than I had expected so it's been a great gift.

Viva Pinata is a Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Don't let the cover scare you away. This game is amazingly addictive and fun. I recommend it for age 10+ as it may be to complex for anyone younger. It has a learning curve of about 20 mins. Once you understand how it works and how to progress you will play for hours on end. It is Animal crossing meets sim city with pinatas. You start off with this garden that has been abandoned and you can do with it whatever you like. The idea is to expand it and make it a living habitat that welcomes all kinds of pinatas. As an example a Pinata will come to explore your garden and it will have needs to be able to live there. What your job is to change or add things to better suite the pinata and then it will decide to live in your garden. Soon enough another one of those pinata will come along to expand the family of those pinatas. I highly urge any and all to at least try this game.

addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game for first time users, who get put off by war games. It's easy to get the hang of. Non threatening and very involving. You manage your garden, plant trees and flowers, and attract pinatas to live there. I've really enjoyed naming my pinatas but then it's a bit upsetting when other pinatas eat them. Bad pinatas come into your garden and you have to bash the bad sweets that they leave before your good pinatas eat them and get ill. It's a bit annoying when you're trying to romance pinatas, like ducks that keep flying off. You have to keep your pinatas happy by buying them sweets or accessories. The graphics effects are well considered and the weather effects are very convincing. I love the style.

Very good game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you're into "SIM" type games, you'll probably love Viva Pinata. It's creative, innovative and a lot of fun. Granted this might not be for everyone, however if you are interested in the general genre, I'd highly recommend this title. Pick it up!

Great game... and not only for children

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

When you hear the name Viva Piñata and you know that there's a childern tv series, you may think that this is a game for children. But that's absolutly wrong, this is one of the finest games for the xbox 360, and the level of diculty is enough to make happy to all those "Sims-like" games fans.... this is a real master piece from our Rare-MGS friends... give this game a chance... belive me, you won't be dissapointed

Harvest moon x10

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you've ever played and enjoyed Harvest Moon on any platform you'll love this. The amount of things you can plant is easily twice that of harvest moon and thats leaving the whole pinata thing out of it! They are all very cute (exept for the Sour ones) and all have there own unique behaviors. Sooooo much fun!

Not exact product as pictured

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The came came in an awkward child version case. I would have preffered the normal, standard case like in the picture...

fun game!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

i always knew the gaming world existed, be it highly crafted computer games, or those for the wii or xbox, however i just turned my nose up at them because they just did not interest me.

my wonderful fiance bought me this game two days ago, and i have already played it over six hours! i know that is not much to hardcore gamers out there, but remember, though i am 27 i am new to the gaming world....i'm normally a reader.

my fiance though has a better garden than i do, he must have stayed up late last night playing after i went to bed lol. he is one of those shoot 'em up gamers, and i don't like that. that's what turned me off of gaming. but viva pinata is a great game where you don't have to 'win' all the time. you create eco systems for pinatas to live in and you have to entice them and keep things from eating them. it's great just sitting back for hours doing something enjoyable where you don't get stressed because you don't have to 'win'.

but dang, how do i get the horse thing to come into my garden? i tried for 30 minutes to coax it into my garden and it just sniffed, walked away, and didn't come back....and then my daises died after i planted the trees, i guess because they didn't get enough light or something.

see, the game is totally addictive. definitly check it out!

Hours of entertainment

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: January 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my son and he loves it. Keeps him busy caring for his garden, enticing new pinatas and figuring out tricks to make big money.

Is and is not a kiddy game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was a little concerned this would be too young but when it arrived, my kids weren't home so I tried it myself. At first my fears were realized, as it has a very young feel to it, but once I started working on my garden I really enjoyed it and played for hours. My kids arrived home and soon each had created their own garden. They will play for ages. The graphics are very good and the effects - like a drop of water on the camera lens are really cute. There is skill in keeping a good garden, free of pests and the kids learn they have to work to attract exotic pinatas to their garden. I gave it a 4 because I am now a little bored with it myself and for a 5 it would have to keep me entertained too [smile] but since the kids still love it, it is well worth the $20.

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