Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (2008)

by Rare, Microsoft Game Studios
Genres:Simulator
Themes:Kids
Game modes:Single player, Co-operative
Story:The original Rare Ltd. team behind Viva Piñata has reunited to bring gamers Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, the newest and most fun piñata adventure to date. Available exclusively on Xbox 360, Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise reinvigorates a colorful and engaging gaming experience on the Xbox 360 platform. Now with full cooperative and online gameplay modes, the Viva Piñata franchise opens its doors even wider with a new game that provides hours of fun for gamers of all ages, fans of the animated series and animal lovers alike. Return to magical Piñata Island. Unfortunately, not all is well on the island, as Professor Pester and his gang of Ruffians have wiped out Piñata Central's computer records, posing a threat to parties everywhere. Rebuild the computer database and thwart Professor Pester's evil plot by sending piñatas at full candiosity to parties all around the world. Build and maintain your piñata gardens—using your creativity and imagination to attract, trap, protect, train, and manage more than 100 different piñata species.Show more
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user avatar@Rymoliduser avatar@Rymolid
January 29, 2025
How are there hardly any votes on this? This is the greatest sims-like game of all time. I truly cannot believe I am only vote number 11. I will buy ten copies myself if y'all brought it back. My cousin and I would play the demo the first game all night until we got to the max and then we'd start over. Finally I had the birthday money to to buy it and I couldn't put it down. Then they came out with Trouble in Paradise, which really was just Viva Pinata + but it was perfected. The dino pinata is so cool and its a blast to breed rare versions of the pinatas. I would seriously buy a copy for everyone I know.
This game is a treasure, no other game comes close to capturing the whimsy and magic of Pinata Island. The world is full of detail, the pinatas all have unique personalities, and the customization you can pull off is both simple but rewarding when creating a garden! This game deserves to be seen and played by everyone!
Finding all of the charming designs was such a core memory. Seeing the patterns in the shells and reading the manual many times over really just made me love it so much as a kid. This game is so unfortunately overlooked nowadays.
I have had dreams about this game being brought back from the dead and given mod support. One was set in Sandtrap from Halo 3. The whole map of which was my garden; and I was picking off ruffians and sours with the sniper...
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