
By cultivate, I mean plant the seed, water the seed and generally look after the tree while it is growing. A Squazzil (Squirrel) for example will come into your garden when you plant and cultivate a hazelnut tree. Most of the game is based on the logics of the real world, and some things just seem to be common sense, but this only goes so far, and the rest of the game is run with the help of the in-game piñata manual, and of course, simple experimentation. With more advanced piñata you will need to attract them by having other piñata in your gardens, or certain plants and seeds. You still attract piñatas in a range of ways, by having greater water areas, long grass, short grass, sand and snow in your environments. However it does not feel terribly different to the first, but this seems to be a good thing. Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise contains 32 new species of piñata, which will give even a hardened Viva Piñata veteran something to look forward to. With you now having to essentially fulfil orders by sending piñata all around the world, the game has a far more structured feel than the first, which often felt too big and directionless. In doing this you will both help Piñata Central restore its piñata records, and thwart Professor Pester’s demonic plans to become the ruler of all piñata. It is your job to restore these records by cultivating piñatas and sending them off to Piñata Central where they can be distributed to parties.

Unfortunately for you, Professor Pester has destroyed Piñata Central’s piñata database which means there are no records of any piñatas. In Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, you are again cultivating your beautiful garden and attracting a range of piñatas to it, where you work on filling their "candiosity" to make them more valuable at parties (and to sell). The container is covered by hundreds of strips of colourful paper and normally shaped to look like an animal of sorts.įortunately, the Viva Piñata games involve very little dangerous bat swinging, and far more cultivating of the cute little (and big) piñatas. Essentially it's a toy- and lolly-filled container that is bashed open by a blindfolded birthday child (or adult, as the case may be) with an enormous bat. Piñatas, for those who are not yet familiar with the term, are the highlight of many a party.

It shows that Rare has been listening to the fans of the original, and has made good on many of their requests and desires. It's one of the few true family titles on the Xbox 360 that can be played by all ages, and Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise is finally a true sequel. Although it might, to some people, have seemed a somewhat childish and overly colourful zoo-tycoon-style misadventure, Viva Piñata generated a great deal of fans who loved it for its colourful graphical effects and surprisingly deep gameplay.
