Description
You've been given the opportunity to start your very own garden - only this garden will be full of Piñata animals that are full of candy! Nurture your garden to attract a wide variety of unique Piñata species as you aim to keep your residents happy.
Viva Piñata is a simulation in the vein of a game like
Harvest Moon or
The Sims. While there is no specific story or goal to the game, you can progress further by attracting many different types of Piñatas into your garden. At first, you'll only have a small patch of land covered in junk; however, with some cleaning up and basic maintenance, you can begin to attract many different species, starting from the tiny Whirlm, to larger creatures like Horstachio.
If you're more interested in money-making than collecting, you can get the Piñatas to produce goods, like honey or milk, for you. Failing that, you can simply sell off any of your excess Piñatas after you learn how to get them to mate. Each species has its own particular ritual and conditions for mating. Occasionally, mischievous Sour Piñatas will turn up to cause trouble in your garden. If you can cure them of their sour condition, they'll help your garden instead! You can also get the services of the local Piñata Island residents, such as shopping, garden maintenance, and Piñata capture (if you require a particular species).
Alternate Titles
- "Your Garden" -- Working title
- "Atsumare! Piñata" -- Japanese title
- "あつまれ！ ピニャータ" -- Japanese spelling
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| videospiele.com |
Xbox 360 |
Nov 27, 2006 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Absolute Games (AG.ru) |
Windows |
Nov 28, 2007 |
85 out of 99 |
86 |
| Xbox World (Germany) |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 03, 2006 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| Game Captain |
Windows |
Jan 01, 2008 |
85 out of 100 |
85 |
| Gamers.at |
Windows |
Feb 05, 2008 |
81 out of 100 |
81 |
| Eurogamer.de |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 01, 2006 |
8 out of 10 |
80 |
| FZ |
Xbox 360 |
Dec 04, 2006 |
  |
80 |
| Game Revolution |
Xbox 360 |
Nov 27, 2006 |
B |
75 |
| Gamezine |
Xbox 360 |
Feb 13, 2007 |
15 out of 20 |
75 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Windows |
Dec 27, 2007 |
74 out of 100 |
74 |
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Trivia
TV Series
There is a childrens' television series based on the game. It was created by
4Kids Entertainment, the company that did the voices of the characters. The show airs on 4Kids TV on Saturday mornings.
References
One of the info screens in the game states: "Use the D-pad to make a real-time tool change and wallop Seedos' weak point for massive seedage". With this sentence, Rare takes a stab at
Bill Rich's speech while presenting
Genji: Days of the Blade at the E3 2006 game show. He mentioned the game features
"[...]Real-time[...]weapon change[...]" and said (about a giant crab)
"You attack its weak point for massive damage". These have evolved into internet memes and are also referenced in other games.
During the beginning, when the player smashes junk in their garden, one of the items is a
Grabbed by the Ghoulies arcade game. This is a reference to the occasional game gag of dissing the developers' previous mess-ups. The home for the Crowla is modeled after the haunted mansion from
Grabbed by the Ghoulies.
Information also contributed by
Nelson340,
Robstein, and
SteamTheCat.
This entry was contributed by
Spenot (8446) and
Ben K 
(22963)
