Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Publisher:
Microsoft

Release Date:
09-02-2008

Genre:
Action / Adventure

ESRB Rating:
Everyone

Description:
The original Rare Ltd. team behind Viva Pinata has reunited to bring gamers Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, the newest and most fun Pinata adventure to date. Available exclusively on Xbox 360, Viva Pinata: 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 Pinata 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 Pinata Island

Play is easy with the Pinata finder.

Team up for co-op play in the garden.

Pinatas are fully customizable.

Teach Pinatas tricks with the 'trick stick tool'.

There's New Trouble on Pinata Island
Unfortunately, not all is well on the island, as Professor Pester and his gang of Ruffians have wiped out Pinata Central's computer records, posing a threat to parties everywhere. Rebuild the computer database and thwart Professor Pester's evil plot by sending Pinatas at full candiosity to parties all around the world. Build and maintain your Pinata gardens using your creativity and imagination to attract, trap, protect, train, and manage more than 100 different Pinata species.

More Ways to Play
While Trouble in Paradise maintains the gameplay mechanics players of the original game will remember, it also adds a few new twists, giving players more choices on how to make their garden grow. These include:

Player Guide System - Replacing the traditional tutorial, the optional Player Guide System directs players through a series of loose goals to help them master the fundamental aspects of the game.

Standard Mode - Presenting a challenge for experienced Pinata gardeners and dedicated gamers, the Standard gameplay mode provides a more tricky option, where players must keep a watchful eye on their garden. Sour Pinatas, feuding species, weeds, illness and limited money call for you to exercise problem solving and creativity to build and maintain an environment where Pinatas can flourish and grow.

Just for Fun Mode - Designed for beginner players, kids and those just looking to explore Pinata Island, this mode allows players to jump into the garden and interact with the unique Pinata world. In this mode the difficulty has been turned down and the fun has been turned up. Sour Pinatas stay away, resident Pinatas remain healthy, weeds don't plague your garden and you have an infinite chocolate coin bank account, allowing you to turn your garden into a veritable utopia of colorful creatures.

Improved Co-Op Play - While the original Viva Pinata had a simple system where two players could mutually control the single game cursor via different controllers, Trouble in Paradise adds drop-in/drop-out offline gameplay for two players and online co-operative gameplay for up to four players. This allows additional players to join the game at any time to assist the primary player with gardening tasks.

Key Features:

• Customize Your Garden and Pinatas - Plant flowers, dig ponds, even place sand and snow in your garden to make exotic species of Pinata feel at home. Buy objects to change the weather, or get new toys for your Pinata. And nurture the thirty-two new species of Pinata, including sour Pinatas that infiltrate and wreak havoc in the garden. Choose to tame the sours, or feed them candy to keep them sweet.
• Play With a Friend - Family members and friends can now share in the joy of creating a garden by plugging in an extra controller. The second player has access to all tools, actions, activities, and can help by collecting magic. It's an entirely new way to play.
• Play Multiple Game Modes - Use the Player Guide System to master the fundamental aspects of the game. Then, try the Standard Mode where sour Pinatas, feuding species, and limited money call for you to exercise problem solving and creativity to build and maintain your garden. Or enjoy Just for Fun Mode, which allows you to build a garden full of colorful creatures without worries.
• Experience Pinata Vision - Plug in an Xbox LIVE Vision camera and interact with the game through the use of printed cards featuring a unique barcode. Flash a Pinata card up to the Vision camera, and the content will drop directly into the game.
• Show off to friends - Use the new photo mode to snap, print, and upload pictures of your unique garden or customized Pinatas to show to friends. Photograph your Pinata and turn it into a Pinata card, then share it with your friends so they can scan it and put it into their own garden.
• Teach Your Pinata Tricks - Pinatas can perform dazzling tricks, if you teach them with the new trick stick tool. Watch as Pinatas play together, perch on each other, and interact in new ways to make them even more appealing.