Viva Pinata

[beautiful-nightmare]

Has anyone played this game? What did you think of it? I was thinking about getting it.. but I'm not sure if its worth the $50. I'd be getting the PC version too, if that makes a difference for anyone.

[alluro]

It's a fun game and can keep you very entertained for awhile (personally that was about 20ish hours) it is very beautiful as well so if you're into that kind of sim/builder game I would suggest it.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Did you play the 360 version, or PC? I heard there were some problems with the PC one.. but maybe they made a patch for it, I couldn't find out..

[alluro]

I've played both, the PC version isn't too bad at first there were a few bugs but patches fixed them as far as I can tell other than the fact that it requires what seems like way too good of a system to run on high settings I had no real problems with it.

[guagloves]

I really enjoy this game. One of my friends suggested I get it, but I was unsure at first. Its a lot of fun for only $20 (on the 360). There is alot to do and it can keep you occupied for quite some time.

[beautiful-nightmare]

I would like to get it for the 360, but its my brother that owns it, and he keeps it in his room, and i'd rather not be in his room.. its pretty nasty to say the least.

[blacksymbiote]

That's so weird, I was actually thinking of starting a thread on this but I figure it had been out for so long no one would be interested. :p I got Viva Pinata used for 360 over the holidays and I've been playing it a lot. I really like it even though it doesn't have a story driven goal. It seems like a mix of Pokemon and Harvest Moon; two of my favorite games! I only have one achievement left to get and I think I'm getting close.

[beautiful-nightmare]

That's so weird, I was actually thinking of starting a thread on this but I figure it had been out for so long no one would be interested. :p I got Viva Pinata used for 360 over the holidays and I've been playing it a lot. I really like it even though it doesn't have a story driven goal. It seems like a mix of Pokemon and Harvest Moon; two of my favorite games! I only have one achievement left to get and I think I'm getting close.
Oh My God. I think I love you.

[blacksymbiote]

Oh My God. I think I love you.

haha, why thank you.:D

[beautiful-nightmare]

haha, why thank you.:D
Not even gunna ask why? haha

[blacksymbiote]

Ok you've piqued my interest. What was so enthralling about my solitary post that it elicited your love and admiration? Can you tell I'm trying to use as many big words as I can? :p

My guess would be something to do with Harvest Moon? But that's just a guess.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Ok you've piqued my interest. What was so enthralling about my solitary post that it elicited your love and admiration? Can you tell I'm trying to use as many big words as I can? :p

My guess would be something to do with Harvest Moon? But that's just a guess.
No.. I couldn't tell :p *sarcasim*

It was because of Harvest Moon AND Pokemon, only my two favorite games of all TIME! I don't think anyone I know has those in their favorites, haha. Most make fun of me for it :(

[blacksymbiote]

No.. I couldn't tell :p *sarcasim*

It was because of Harvest Moon AND Pokemon, only my two favorite games of all TIME! I don't think anyone I know has those in their favorites, haha. Most make fun of me for it :(

It's simple really... they're just jealous they aren't playing Harvest Moon. That or they live a terribly sheltered life and don't know the joys of growing crops of tomatoes and strawberries. :D

And your feelings are understandable... Harvest Moon and Pokemon can do that to a person. ;)

[beautiful-nightmare]

Um so.. have you played diamond/pearl? Because I'm stuck :( And its makes me upset because I'm really far too.

Also.. Rune Factory: A Fantasy Harvest Moon is pretty cool.

[beautiful-nightmare]

And yes I think you're right, jealousy it is. haha.

[blacksymbiote]

Yeah, I got it on release day... but I never finished it. :( I got all the way to the elite 4 and stopped before I was high enough to beat them. The problem is that it's kinda unbalanced. A lot of the strongest new pokemon are weak to fire... but there's almost no fire types in the game... so your choice is very limited. And even when you do try to train, almost everywhere you go is filled with water and ground types to kill your fire in an instant. Training is very difficult to do in that game. In previous games there was always somewhere you could go to train any type... but not in this one. So I never finished it. Which is sad cause it's the first time that has happened.

[az0madman]

Just got this game, and so far, I like-ish. It just seems so chaotic sometimes. I was kind of expecting that there'd be a bit more control with the game, but the pinata's like doing whatever the hell they want. I'd enjoy it more if I weren't so anal. What I like about Harvest Moon is that I'm clearing the clutter and making a neat manageable patch of land, but that seems the complete opposite with this game!

I figure once I get enough money, I'll be able to manage a little better.

[blacksymbiote]

Just got this game, and so far, I like-ish. It just seems so chaotic sometimes. I was kind of expecting that there'd be a bit more control with the game, but the pinata's like doing whatever the hell they want. I'd enjoy it more if I weren't so anal. What I like about Harvest Moon is that I'm clearing the clutter and making a neat manageable patch of land, but that seems the complete opposite with this game!

I figure once I get enough money, I'll be able to manage a little better.

Yeah, if can get enough money, you can build the walls and gates and keep the pinatas in their own areas. Also you can make multiple gardens, and they all use the same money and your player's experience. So you can use that to your advantage too. Have one all water and another all bugs if you want.

[nevermind_me]

yeah i bought a 360 back in december and got this game for free. but i only started playing it a few weeks back, and i was hooked! it's one of the most addictive games i've ever played, though the learning curve is a bit steep, and you'll get an explosion of new things to do every 10 minutes, after you past that, it's smooth sailing... until you reach level 50.

i found that even if i had a lot more pinatas to attract to my garden, i just didn't have the motive to continue on once i reached 50. so yeah, i'm taking a viva pinata 'break' right now cos i did play it too excessively, and i hope to finaly get at least a lion pinata or whatever.

[nlatimer]

I got the game very soon after I got my 360 which was in September, and unfortunately the avalanche of great games available just meant this one got relegated to the back of my queue. Not to mention that now thanks to TRS (mostly Alex) I'm playing WoW again.

What little of the game I did play I enjoyed immensely, I even got the guide just because of the presentation and wealth of information.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Yeah, I got it on release day... but I never finished it. :( I got all the way to the elite 4 and stopped before I was high enough to beat them. The problem is that it's kinda unbalanced. A lot of the strongest new pokemon are weak to fire... but there's almost no fire types in the game... so your choice is very limited. And even when you do try to train, almost everywhere you go is filled with water and ground types to kill your fire in an instant. Training is very difficult to do in that game. In previous games there was always somewhere you could go to train any type... but not in this one. So I never finished it. Which is sad cause it's the first time that has happened.

I beat the elite 4, and got to the new island, and was all excited for it, but you have to go to the battle tower (I think thats what it was called) before you can go to the whole island. So then I tried to do that and it wouldn't let me.. and I don't know why, and I'm stuck. Boo.

[blacksymbiote]

I beat the elite 4, and got to the new island, and was all excited for it, but you have to go to the battle tower (I think thats what it was called) before you can go to the whole island. So then I tried to do that and it wouldn't let me.. and I don't know why, and I'm stuck. Boo.

Well it looks like you got further than I did. Guess I can't be much help to you this time. :(

[beautiful-nightmare]

Well it looks like you got further than I did. Guess I can't be much help to you this time. :(
Thanks anyway :)

[blacksymbiote]

Thanks anyway :)

There's an article about Harvest Moon linked to in this post on Kotaku. :p Thought you might find it interesting.

http://kotaku.com/346859/playing-the-harvest-moon-field

[beautiful-nightmare]

There's an article about Harvest Moon linked to in this post on Kotaku. :p Thought you might find it interesting.

http://kotaku.com/346859/playing-the-harvest-moon-field
Oh harvest moon = love.

Haha I love this game so much. I've yet to play one where I actually play a girl.. but there is one coming out, so I'm pretty excited. Though it's exactly the same as the ds version, and I wasn't very good at finding the sprites.. :/

[beautiful-nightmare]

Oh! Aaand, I figured out my pokemon problem! ha ha!

[blacksymbiote]

Oh! Aaand, I figured out my pokemon problem! ha ha!

:D Congrats!

[beautiful-nightmare]

:D Congrats!
Why thank you :) I hadn't played pokemon in a long time and now that I'm passed that its fun again.

[blacksymbiote]

Why thank you :) I hadn't played pokemon in a long time and now that I'm passed that its fun again.

Can I ask what it was you had to do? And who do you use in your team?

[beautiful-nightmare]

Can I ask what it was you had to do? And who do you use in your team?
I had to complete the Sinnoh pokedex, and get the national dex. Right at this moment I have.. Staraptor Lv.57, Infernape Lv.53, Lumineon Lv.34, Luxray Lv.48, Lopunny Lv. 40, and Floatzel Lv. 45.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Can I ask what it was you had to do? And who do you use in your team?
Dude you made me get out my ds and check to see who was on my team and you haven't even replied?!? :p

[blacksymbiote]

Dude you made me get out my ds and check to see who was on my team and you haven't even replied?!? :p

Uh oh. I've incurred the wrath! :eek:

Sorry about that. Busy day today.

Yeah, so that looks like a pretty cool team. You have a bunch that I've never really tried out. I see you have the fire problem I mentioned covered pretty easily. I had picked the grass type at the start, so I could only get Rapidash as a fire type. Still pretty good I guess.

Oh yeah, I added you to my buddy list... although I'm not really sure what that does :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

Uh oh. I've incurred the wrath! :eek:

Sorry about that. Busy day today.

Yeah, so that looks like a pretty cool team. You have a bunch that I've never really tried out. I see you have the fire problem I mentioned covered pretty easily. I had picked the grass type at the start, so I could only get Rapidash as a fire type. Still pretty good I guess.

Oh yeah, I added you to my buddy list... although I'm not really sure what that does :p
*throws more wrath your way* RAWR!

Haha.. I don't know.. I'm never up this late..

Its worked pretty well for me so far, though the Lopunny is just there cause I needed a pokemon that could learn a couple of the HM's, and Lumineon was just there cause it was the last pokemon in my sinnoh dex, and I couldn't find it anywhere, and so I was going to try to evolve it.. anyway yeah, now its just sitting there gaining levels until I decide to go to a poke center and change it. The fire thing, I just usually choose the fire pokemon, I don't know why, but those ones are my favorite.. though chikorita (I'm pretty sure thats spelled wrong..) won me over big time (mainly because its cute.. and I'm a sucker for cute ones ^.^), and was the only grass pokemon I ever started out with. Yeah thinking back.. there aren't a whole lot of fire type in this version.. sucky :(

Anyway.. I shall add you to my buddy list aswell.. and we can figure out what it means?

This was the rambliest of all ramble posts.

[blacksymbiote]

*throws more wrath your way* RAWR!

Haha.. I don't know.. I'm never up this late..

Its worked pretty well for me so far, though the Lopunny is just there cause I needed a pokemon that could learn a couple of the HM's, and Lumineon was just there cause it was the last pokemon in my sinnoh dex, and I couldn't find it anywhere, and so I was going to try to evolve it.. anyway yeah, now its just sitting there gaining levels until I decide to go to a poke center and change it. The fire thing, I just usually choose the fire pokemon, I don't know why, but those ones are my favorite.. though chikorita (I'm pretty sure thats spelled wrong..) won me over big time (mainly because its cute.. and I'm a sucker for cute ones ^.^), and was the only grass pokemon I ever started out with. Yeah thinking back.. there aren't a whole lot of fire type in this version.. sucky :(

Anyway.. I shall add you to my buddy list aswell.. and we can figure out what it means?

This was the rambliest of all ramble posts.

But it was a good kind of ramble. Hmm, now I'm getting that bug in the back of my head saying I should go back to pokemon and see if I can beat them. :p

Oh yeah, and I got the last achievement in Viva Pinata. Whee!:D

[beautiful-nightmare]

But it was a good kind of ramble. Hmm, now I'm getting that bug in the back of my head saying I should go back to pokemon and see if I can beat them. :p

Oh yeah, and I got the last achievement in Viva Pinata. Whee!:D
UH.. Durh! Of course you should start playing again and beat it, the little island after the elite four is pretty cool.. and some of that other stuff seems pretty cool.. though I haven't gotten to it yet.

I still haven't even bought Viva Pinata, I work full time, and I'm sick right now so I've just been coming home and sleeping or playing pokemon. But I will eventually get to buying it, haha.

Have you figured out the buddy list thing? I really don't like the way these forums do the whole profile and things like that..

[beautiful-nightmare]

So.. I just realised I'm retarded and I can get to my control panel really easiliy. Well that solves my problem with the forums.. but not about the buddy list, haha.

EDIT: I figured it out! Go to quick links along the topish, then open buddy list. Ha Ha!

[blacksymbiote]

UH.. Durh! Of course you should start playing again and beat it, the little island after the elite four is pretty cool.. and some of that other stuff seems pretty cool.. though I haven't gotten to it yet.


I'll try to get back to it asap. Talking about it sure has made me want to play it again. But first I want to play and/or finish a couple 360 games before I do that.

I figured it out! Go to quick links along the topish, then open buddy list. Ha Ha!

oh cool. so its for PMing. I was wondering what it was for. But since we've been chatting for a bit, I figured that even if I didn't know what it was for, you still qualified. :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

I'll try to get back to it asap. Talking about it sure has made me want to play it again. But first I want to play and/or finish a couple 360 games before I do that.

I suppose I can allow that. :rolleyes:

:p

oh cool. so its for PMing. I was wondering what it was for. But since we've been chatting for a bit, I figured that even if I didn't know what it was for, you still qualified. :p

Yeah, I kinda figured it was for that kinda thing, I just didn't know how to do it.. :o

[beautiful-nightmare]

Man, so I went to take pokemon off of my Ruby version to use in the Pal Park, and I was so excited cause of some of the pokemon I had on it. Then I realized that I had started a new game recently on it.. and I'm not even that far so there aren't any good pokemon to get.. and now I'm upset. Dang. :/

[geeksunny]

I rented this game today and have played it for about 5 hours already (in one sitting). I'm really enjoying it, and I think I might pick it up (the WalMart around here has it for $20) but I'm not sure. Guess I'll have to be playing it more before I have to take it back. :)

[blacksymbiote]

Man, so I went to take pokemon off of my Ruby version to use in the Pal Park, and I was so excited cause of some of the pokemon I had on it. Then I realized that I had started a new game recently on it.. and I'm not even that far so there aren't any good pokemon to get.. and now I'm upset. Dang. :/

oh yeah, I remember I was thinking of doing that... but I can't remember what stopped me... hmm... i think i had heard a rumour way back when I first got pearl that putting ruby into the other side of the DS and using that park feature might make it so you couldn't play it on an older gameboy... or that it corrupted the save... I can't remember... know if that's true?

[beautiful-nightmare]

oh yeah, I remember I was thinking of doing that... but I can't remember what stopped me... hmm... i think i had heard a rumour way back when I first got pearl that putting ruby into the other side of the DS and using that park feature might make it so you couldn't play it on an older gameboy... or that it corrupted the save... I can't remember... know if that's true?
Well, I know that once you take the pokemon off of the ruby version you can't put them back on, but I haven't heard anything else about it. My Ruby version was screwed anyway, the internal battery ran dry or something, that was upsetting when it first happened :/

I bought Viva Pinata today :) I haven't gotten around to playing it yet though.. so I'll get back to you on that :p

[blacksymbiote]

Well, I know that once you take the pokemon off of the ruby version you can't put them back on, but I haven't heard anything else about it. My Ruby version was screwed anyway, the internal battery ran dry or something, that was upsetting when it first happened :/

Really? Damn. :( Did you have to get a new copy or could you still play it? Did you lose your game save when that happened?

I bought Viva Pinata today :) I haven't gotten around to playing it yet though.. so I'll get back to you on that :p

Hooray! I hope you like it! Wow, I can't believe we'll actually be able to talk about Viva Pinata in the Viva Pinata thread again :p Not that it really matters though. It *is* your thread so I guess we can talk about whatever you want to talk about. haha did you end up getting the PC version?

[beautiful-nightmare]

Really? Damn. :( Did you have to get a new copy or could you still play it? Did you lose your game save when that happened?

No I didn't lose anything thank god, I would've been waaay more upset. It still worked and everything, just the clock based events and stuff didn't work anymore. I can't remember for sure anymore but I think it affected some of the pokemon I could catch. Also the department store raffle ticket thing, there were a few other things that I can't remember..

Hooray! I hope you like it! Wow, I can't believe we'll actually be able to talk about Viva Pinata in the Viva Pinata thread again :p Not that it really matters though. It *is* your thread so I guess we can talk about whatever you want to talk about. haha did you end up getting the PC version?

Well, the pokemon talk started with Viva Pinata so its all good in my opinion :p haha. Yeah I did end up getting the PC version. I was talking to my brother about it, and he said that he'd let me use the Xbox more, and that I should get the Xbox version cause he wanted to try it.. but I really don't see him letting me use it more. Plus they didn't have the Xbox one :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

Oh and.. what are your feelings on the Wii? Do you have one?

[beautiful-nightmare]

Ok so.. I just installed Viva Pinata.. and I can't get it to work. It keeps saying it has a problem and then closes. Goddamnit.

[blacksymbiote]

Oh and.. what are your feelings on the Wii? Do you have one?

I don't have one. When I was trying to decide which system I wanted to get, obviously I wanted to be able to play the next Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Smash Bros... but after that, I couldn't really see much else I was interested on the Wii. Meanwhile the 360 had many more titles I wanted to play which is why I ended up getting 360. I guess I'm trying to say is that the reason why I don't have a Wii is not because I think it's bad. I have played it once, and it was pretty fun. I just don't know how much I would be able to get out of it since there's not many games I would be willing to pay the big bucks for. Plus I wanted a black one, and then they only had white when it finally came out :p

[blacksymbiote]

Ok so.. I just installed Viva Pinata.. and I can't get it to work. It keeps saying it has a problem and then closes. Goddamnit.

Maybe there's a patch you can get for it? I know there are lots of forums about it, and the official forums tend to cover all the bugs, which i've heard it has some until you get a patch or something like that.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Maybe there's a patch you can get for it? I know there are lots of forums about it, and the official forums tend to cover all the bugs, which i've heard it has some until you get a patch or something like that.
I've been trying.. *sigh*

[beautiful-nightmare]

I don't have one. When I was trying to decide which system I wanted to get, obviously I wanted to be able to play the next Zelda/Mario/Metroid/Smash Bros... but after that, I couldn't really see much else I was interested on the Wii. Meanwhile the 360 had many more titles I wanted to play which is why I ended up getting 360. I guess I'm trying to say is that the reason why I don't have a Wii is not because I think it's bad. I have played it once, and it was pretty fun. I just don't know how much I would be able to get out of it since there's not many games I would be willing to pay the big bucks for. Plus I wanted a black one, and then they only had white when it finally came out :p
Yeah, I want one.. but I don't want to buy it if I can't find enough games that I like. I realized that theres a Spyro game for that Wii, and I was pretty excited about that. Also Zelda, and some Mario games. I think I'm going to have to check out some games/game reviews.

[blacksymbiote]

Yeah, I want one.. but I don't want to buy it if I can't find enough games that I like. I realized that theres a Spyro game for that Wii, and I was pretty excited about that. Also Zelda, and some Mario games. I think I'm going to have to check out some games/game reviews.

I guess it really depends on what type of games you like. But i think the Mario Galaxy would be a given. Have to get that one.

[beautiful-nightmare]

So Viva Pinata didn't end up working, and pissed me off incredibly. I took it back, and found the Xbox version. And then I played it, and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)

[blacksymbiote]

So Viva Pinata didn't end up working, and pissed me off incredibly. I took it back, and found the Xbox version. And then I played it, and it made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside :)

Oh wow, I can't believe it didn't work out for you, but I'm glad you gave it a second try. I haven't had too much time to play it, but I might try to get back into it again. I'd like to try making a cool garden with paths and houses and bushes all around. Right now I tend to plant stuff randomly and just put stuff wherever I can fit it. :p

Just in case you run into this problem, if you ever find your screen spinning around on it's own, make sure no guitar hero controller is plugged in. I had that happen and it messed up my game while it was in. Took me forever to figure that out :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

Just in case you run into this problem, if you ever find your screen spinning around on it's own, make sure no guitar hero controller is plugged in. I had that happen and it messed up my game while it was in. Took me forever to figure that out :p

Haha, ok, good to know :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

So.. VP is pretty awesome :)

I don't want this to die.. would be very sad :/

[blacksymbiote]

So.. VP is pretty awesome :)

I don't want this to die.. would be very sad :/

I'll join you in your quest to keep the thread alive :p

So do you have a preferred pinata?

[beautiful-nightmare]

I'll join you in your quest to keep the thread alive :p

So do you have a preferred pinata?
I like quite a few of them, but probably the Doenut for now.. and the Newtgot.. and Mousemallow. :) Yours?

[blacksymbiote]

I like quite a few of them, but probably the Doenut for now.. and the Newtgot.. and Mousemallow. :) Yours?

I'm a huge fan of the Sweetooth, Macaraccoon, and Dragumfly. :D

[beautiful-nightmare]

I just got a couple Sweetooth :) I'm working on the Dragumfly, but I need to get the bullrush bush or whatever its called.. but I'm liking that one a lot too :)

[heyseuss]

but I need to get the bullrush bush

Sounds like something one should avoid.

[blacksymbiote]

I just got a couple Sweetooth :) I'm working on the Dragumfly, but I need to get the bullrush bush or whatever its called.. but I'm liking that one a lot too :)

Just keep talking to Seedos... eventually he should spit one up for you.

[ryudo]

If you have a gamecube(even Wii) or DS can also Try the Animal Crossing series (where VP gets most of it's inspiration from)

[beautiful-nightmare]

Just keep talking to Seedos... eventually he should spit one up for you.
Yeah, thats what I've been doing :P

[beautiful-nightmare]

If you have a gamecube(even Wii) or DS can also Try the Animal Crossing series (where VP gets most of it's inspiration from)
I've heard that game is good, and that its something I'd like, but I really didn't like Sims so I wasn't sure if I'd like Animal Crossing.

[ryudo]

I've heard that game is good, and that its something I'd like, but I really didn't like Sims so I wasn't sure if I'd like Animal Crossing.

Don't worry AC is very simple yet incredibly fun and addictive..I never got in the sims either.

AC keeps you playing for months (not in a wow you have no life way though:p)

[beautiful-nightmare]

Don't worry AC is very simple yet incredibly fun and addictive..I never got in the sims either.

AC keeps you playing for months (not in a wow you have no life way though:p)
Hmm, maybe I'll have to get it then.

What do you think blacksymboite?

[blacksymbiote]

If you have a gamecube(even Wii) or DS can also Try the Animal Crossing series (where VP gets most of it's inspiration from)

I remember getting really hooked on the GameCube game. I don't know if I would describe it as fun, but it was definitely consuming. I had to collect all the different stuff and fill up the museums etc. I remember even buying a GCN to GBA cable just for this. Then I designed my own texture patterns for clothes and umbrellas, and I perfectly made the Autobot and Decepticon logos in the game and so i had transformers clothes and signs all over the place! :D

[beautiful-nightmare]

I remember getting really hooked on the GameCube game. I don't know if I would describe it as fun, but it was definitely consuming. I had to collect all the different stuff and fill up the museums etc. I remember even buying a GCN to GBA cable just for this. Then I designed my own texture patterns for clothes and umbrellas, and I perfectly made the Autobot and Decepticon logos in the game and so i had transformers clothes and signs all over the place! :D
Haha wow, put lots of effort into it I take it? :P

[beautiful-nightmare]

I like the Sherbat a lot too :) And Seedos finally gave me the seed!

[blacksymbiote]

Haha wow, put lots of effort into it I take it? :P

haha, sadly yes. I was actually surprised at how well they turned out. I feel like digging up my Cube and wandering around the village now.

[beautiful-nightmare]

haha, sadly yes. I was actually surprised at how well they turned out. I feel like digging up my Cube and wandering around the village now.
Haha you should :p

[blacksymbiote]

Haha you should :p

If i do manage to do that, i think i'll try to take a pic of my TF logos. But i think i've missplaced the memory cards... need to find those.

[beautiful-nightmare]

NOOOO I just got the chippopotimus (sp?) and it took forever, and now professor pester is trying to kill it.. noooooo *cries*

[-mog]

Why don't you guys just swap IM's instead of using a whole thread?

[beautiful-nightmare]

1. This isn't just for us, its for anyone that wants to talk about Viva Pinata, or if they have suggestions for other games like it.

2. How do you know if we haven't?

[blacksymbiote]

NOOOO I just got the chippopotimus (sp?) and it took forever, and now professor pester is trying to kill it.. noooooo *cries*

Did he get it? If he did, you don't have to worry too much because you can you just buy more from the hunter once you've tamed one naturally... of course that will cost a lot, but at least you don't have to go through all the hoops of catching one again. I know they take a lot to get.

The first time Professor Pester showed up at my garden he killed my favorite pinata I had at the time. A blue Buzzenge. He was so cool too. :(

[beautiful-nightmare]

Did he get it? If he did, you don't have to worry too much because you can you just buy more from the hunter once you've tamed one naturally... of course that will cost a lot, but at least you don't have to go through all the hoops of catching one again. I know they take a lot to get.

The first time Professor Pester showed up at my garden he killed my favorite pinata I had at the time. A blue Buzzenge. He was so cool too. :(
He did get it :( I was so sad.. but yeah, I already bought another from the hunter, and I"m going to get a second one soon, I just gotta get the funds.. 7200 CC for the faster service. So I'm just romancing like crazy :p

[blacksymbiote]

He did get it :( I was so sad.. but yeah, I already bought another from the hunter, and I"m going to get a second one soon, I just gotta get the funds.. 7200 CC for the faster service. So I'm just romancing like crazy :p

If you're romancing remember to try to change the colour of them to get the variants... might as well while you have so many extras around.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Yeah.. I probably should do that, but I don't really care about getting all the achievments (sp?) and that, I just get the pinatas that I like a lot :)

[blacksymbiote]

Yeah.. I probably should do that, but I don't really care about getting all the achievments (sp?) and that, I just get the pinatas that I like a lot :)

I was totally into getting the achievements... kept going until i got all 1000 points... pissed off my friend for some reason, heh... he had it before me and eventually stopped...

[beautiful-nightmare]

I was totally into getting the achievements... kept going until i got all 1000 points... pissed off my friend for some reason, heh... he had it before me and eventually stopped...
I might eventually do that, I'm not too sure.

[blacksymbiote]

I might eventually do that, I'm not too sure.

Well you sound like you're on your way to getting a couple of them... especially if you keep romancing and getting Master Romancer on your pinatas.

The hardest achievement is obviously the "play for 50 hours" one. 50 hours is a long time.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Well you sound like you're on your way to getting a couple of them... especially if you keep romancing and getting Master Romancer on your pinatas.

The hardest achievement is obviously the "play for 50 hours" one. 50 hours is a long time.
Nah.. 50 hours won't take that long for me. Though I haven't played at all today..

[blacksymbiote]

Nah.. 50 hours won't take that long for me. Though I haven't played at all today..

The tricky thing is that there's no clock in the game, so you never really know how long you've been playing for... I remember playing and just romancing anything and everything, to pass the time after i caught all the types of pinata. At one point I was thinking that i must be close, but i couldn't play anymore that night and saved and turned it off. The next day I came back and the achievement unlocked about 2 minutes after starting up again :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

Haha, funny how that happens sometimes.

[heyseuss]

Nah.. 50 hours won't take that long for me. Though I haven't played at all today..

That's a week. 5 days if 2 of them are weekend.

[beautiful-nightmare]

That's a week. 5 days if 2 of them are weekend.
Well, longer for me since I only have like 2 maybe 3 hours to play a day, except on my days off..

[blacksymbiote]

I think far more people should buy viva pinata, i know you can get it used all over the place. That way more people can enjoy this everlasting thread and we can trade pinatas on xbox live! :D

[beautiful-nightmare]

I think far more people should buy viva pinata, i know you can get it used all over the place. That way more people can enjoy this everlasting thread and we can trade pinatas on xbox live! :D
I completely agree. Viva Pinata is a fantastic game, everyone should get it!

[blacksymbiote]

I completely agree. Viva Pinata is a fantastic game, everyone should get it!

It's surprising how much more challenging it is even though it has a "childish" exterior... it gets pretty intense pretty fast with so much going on and bad guys attacking your garden. I can't see how a kid could ever get very far in this game... maybe I'm wrong. I'm sure kids are far smarter than I think.

[beautiful-nightmare]

It's surprising how much more challenging it is even though it has a "childish" exterior... it gets pretty intense pretty fast with so much going on and bad guys attacking your garden. I can't see how a kid could ever get very far in this game... maybe I'm wrong. I'm sure kids are far smarter than I think.
Its probably cause we over think it. Kids think about things more simply, and this game is made that way.. I guess. Cause I find it freakin hard sometimes. Haha.

[blacksymbiote]

Its probably cause we over think it. Kids think about things more simply, and this game is made that way.. I guess. Cause I find it freakin hard sometimes. Haha.

Yeah, you'll be going about your business then suddenly 6 things happen all at once that you need to deal with that very second. But it makes it sooo fun!

[beautiful-nightmare]

Yeah, you'll be going about your business then suddenly 6 things happen all at once that you need to deal with that very second. But it makes it sooo fun!
Yeah.. Grr, frustrating though sometimes.

[blacksymbiote]

Have you bought any accessories for your pinatas?

[beautiful-nightmare]

Have you bought any accessories for your pinatas?
A few of them, why?

[blacksymbiote]

A few of them, why?

Just wondering. I know you have to sometimes do that just for romancing, but sometimes i'll just do it to make them look cool if I really like them. Zumbugs look great in a wizard hat and green scarf :p

[hbd]

So far, Viva Pinata and Outpost Kaloki X are the only 360 games I've played to completion, with full 1000 and 200 achievement points gained respectively (BioShock is close with 960/1100). I really hope they put out a true sequel soon (Party Animals doesn't count), because it's a ton of fun.

[blacksymbiote]

So far, Viva Pinata and Outpost Kaloki X are the only 360 games I've played to completion, with full 1000 and 200 achievement points gained respectively (BioShock is close with 960/1100). I really hope they put out a true sequel soon (Party Animals doesn't count), because it's a ton of fun.

Yeah, originally they were going to have downloadable content and everything for Viva Pinata. New accessories and possibly new pinata too. In the cg cartoon, there are pinata that aren't in the game. But since it never sold well they didn't see it as a good move, and so it never happened.

[heyseuss]

Hey you two, do you guys realise how weird this thread is for people who have never heard of the game? I can't imagine what kind of game it is, I'm bewildered.

[beautiful-nightmare]

Hey you two, do you guys realise how weird this thread is for people who have never heard of the game? I can't imagine what kind of game it is, I'm bewildered.
Haha.. yeah I imagine it would be..

I also believe you should go figure out what it is and play it.

[blacksymbiote]

Hey you two, do you guys realise how weird this thread is for people who have never heard of the game? I can't imagine what kind of game it is, I'm bewildered.

For those who are curious about our strange ramblings, here's the video reviews from GameTrailers. This should clear some things up. 8/10! :D

SD Video Review (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/15457.html)
HD Video Review (http://www.gametrailers.com/player/15456.html)

HD is so much better!

[beautiful-nightmare]

I would've posted links.. but I was too lazy to go find some :p

[beautiful-nightmare]

Yeah, I've given a few accesories, but I should probably give some more nexxt time I play. I like that kinda thing :p

EDIT: Dang.. pretend this was a quote from your reply, haha.

[blacksymbiote]

I bet you were just too busy playing Viva Pinata cause it's such a fun game!

Did you know there are secret accessories you can get by making gardens with special names?

[beautiful-nightmare]

I bet you were just too busy playing Viva Pinata cause it's such a fun game!

Did you know there are secret accessories you can get by making gardens with special names?
Yup, pretty much :p

Why no I didn't, please enlighten me :)

[blacksymbiote]

If you try to make a new garden, and name it one of the following names, you unlock some accessories. When you enter the name for the new garden, it won't make the garden, instead it will tell you that you unlocked stuff. I'm not sure if you can get them just by playing and leveling up, but here they are anyways. Bullseye, Chewnicorn, Goobaa, Kittyfloss. Each of these names unlocks a different set of accessories, so make sure to use them all! :D

[beautiful-nightmare]

If you try to make a new garden, and name it one of the following names, you unlock some accessories. When you enter the name for the new garden, it won't make the garden, instead it will tell you that you unlocked stuff. I'm not sure if you can get them just by playing and leveling up, but here they are anyways. Bullseye, Chewnicorn, Goobaa, Kittyfloss. Each of these names unlocks a different set of accessories, so make sure to use them all! :D
Yay for accesories :) I played today for the first time in like.. daaays.

[blacksymbiote]

Yay for accesories :) I played today for the first time in like.. daaays.

I haven't played it for a long time. Working on my other games. I'm getting the cravings to play once more!

[beautiful-nightmare]

I haven't played it for a long time. Working on my other games. I'm getting the cravings to play once more!
Do you have every pinata?

[blacksymbiote]

Do you have every pinata?

Yes. :D It took me a while, but I have all the pinatas. Even the legendary Dragonache! And I was so happy when I got it too, cause I never even looked up how to get it. I was just busy playing the game and having fun. Then all of a sudden, WHAM! Took my by surprise, and what a surprise it was!

[beautiful-nightmare]

Haha nice :)

[blacksymbiote]

I'm sure you'll get there too. Once this game gets its claws in you, it won't let go.

[beautiful-nightmare]

I'm sure you'll get there too. Once this game gets its claws in you, it won't let go.
Haha, yeah, I know :p