goldenpp72
Member
The original viva pinata launched in november of 2006, soon after gears of war and was met with very mediocre sales, while it saw a boost in december it fell off afterwards. Once the title became more budget priced and saw a short lived bundle in europe it managed to net a respectable figure in the long run, but with so little hype going into the sequel, we should all be doing what we can to make sure it succeeds!
First off is to shed your manly fears of this colorful world, under the cute exterior is a very deep and even morbid title. For those of you uncertain try the original games demo and even consider paying the 20 dollar entry fee for the full new game, if not wait for the demo that is supposed to hit for the sequel before it releases. For the tough guys, tell them you can make a baby pinata have sex with their mother then sell off the kin for slave money, while creating a race of mutant deformed pinatas.
Once you've discovered how foolish it is to discredit viva pinata, convince everyone you know who might like it to give it a shot. So few of these types of games exist anywhere and they should be given special treatment. The game is rumored to be launching at 40 dollars but it might be 50, and will be launching near a DS counterpart as well, so go buy these games!
General information
Release date: September 2nd
Price: 39.99 currently but expect a raise to 49.99
Demo: Coming soon!
Facts
The game has more than 30 new species of pinatas and expands on the originals variation system. So over 100 species and hundreds of variations including triple the amount of rare 'wildcard' versions.
Will have the obvious expansions like new items and such, my favorite so far being a disco floor!
2 Player offline co op and 4 player xbox live co op!
Photo taking, photos taken can be uploaded to a rare hosted site and integrates a new system, key words are saved into pictures you take, so if you take a picture of a bird pinata, searching the word bird could filter pictures based on bird shots, etc.
The ability to leave the garden and explore new areas to trap pinata, like sand or winter areas. You can also add sand/snow elements to gardens.
You can now have about twice the amount of content in the gardens as you could before, making customizing more robust.
Mini games will be included in some form, like racing or fashion shows, no clue how many.
You can now quick cycle between pinatas hitting the bumper buttons, making management easier.
Pinatas now have more advanced AI routines and more things they can do.
Supports vision camera in order to use pictures/cards/etc of pinatas, you can scan them into the camera and the pinata will appear in your garden, anything done using this method can be earned without the camera.
Now includes a 'sandbox' mode that is more laid back and has infinite money and resources, so you can just create a dream garden without hectic challenges.
Romance game has been altered adding a new camera view and the ability to earn items that increase your chances of having twins or rare versions of the pinata, time is a factor too.
Screenshots
Music
http://rareware.com/
Go to the mp3 downloads and listen to the entire soundtrack to the original for free!
Gamertags (for trading/co op buddies)
goldenpp72
If anyone thinks something is missing feel free to add, but any gamer with a desire for these very rarely released types of games should have this at the top of their list. I have my avatar pinatafied for support of this wonderful franchise. And no, I don't work for rare or.. any game related company.
For!
First off is to shed your manly fears of this colorful world, under the cute exterior is a very deep and even morbid title. For those of you uncertain try the original games demo and even consider paying the 20 dollar entry fee for the full new game, if not wait for the demo that is supposed to hit for the sequel before it releases. For the tough guys, tell them you can make a baby pinata have sex with their mother then sell off the kin for slave money, while creating a race of mutant deformed pinatas.
Once you've discovered how foolish it is to discredit viva pinata, convince everyone you know who might like it to give it a shot. So few of these types of games exist anywhere and they should be given special treatment. The game is rumored to be launching at 40 dollars but it might be 50, and will be launching near a DS counterpart as well, so go buy these games!
General information
Release date: September 2nd
Price: 39.99 currently but expect a raise to 49.99
Demo: Coming soon!
Facts
The game has more than 30 new species of pinatas and expands on the originals variation system. So over 100 species and hundreds of variations including triple the amount of rare 'wildcard' versions.
Will have the obvious expansions like new items and such, my favorite so far being a disco floor!
2 Player offline co op and 4 player xbox live co op!
Photo taking, photos taken can be uploaded to a rare hosted site and integrates a new system, key words are saved into pictures you take, so if you take a picture of a bird pinata, searching the word bird could filter pictures based on bird shots, etc.
The ability to leave the garden and explore new areas to trap pinata, like sand or winter areas. You can also add sand/snow elements to gardens.
You can now have about twice the amount of content in the gardens as you could before, making customizing more robust.
Mini games will be included in some form, like racing or fashion shows, no clue how many.
You can now quick cycle between pinatas hitting the bumper buttons, making management easier.
Pinatas now have more advanced AI routines and more things they can do.
Supports vision camera in order to use pictures/cards/etc of pinatas, you can scan them into the camera and the pinata will appear in your garden, anything done using this method can be earned without the camera.
Now includes a 'sandbox' mode that is more laid back and has infinite money and resources, so you can just create a dream garden without hectic challenges.
Romance game has been altered adding a new camera view and the ability to earn items that increase your chances of having twins or rare versions of the pinata, time is a factor too.
Screenshots
Music
http://rareware.com/
Go to the mp3 downloads and listen to the entire soundtrack to the original for free!
Gamertags (for trading/co op buddies)
goldenpp72
If anyone thinks something is missing feel free to add, but any gamer with a desire for these very rarely released types of games should have this at the top of their list. I have my avatar pinatafied for support of this wonderful franchise. And no, I don't work for rare or.. any game related company.
For!
