funny and lovely game.
Gardening ...
In Viva Piñata is about the Piñatas, hard candy filled with cartoon-like creatures, which no fewer than 60 different species, each one named for a sweet, and all living on an island. Normally Piñatas live in the wild, but you, as a gardener, she can convince in your backyard to live, provided you ensure their health. This is an appropriate requirement a garden, containing many square meters pino (no, not that of Sesame Street) on flat ground beaten, lawn and pond, which includes grasses, plants, flowers and trees.
The spade (here: shovel) is your best friend
A garden is done with all possible tools, including a watering can, which you plant and Piñatas can water, a bag of grass seeds (the translators found a bag of seeds "apparently can not), and a spade with which your country can Excavating and a big blow can hand out. All these tools can be time comes to upgrade to more advanced tools. In addition, you also have gates and lights at your disposal.
Dog Eat Dog ...
Each pinata has a different preferred habitat. Thus, the worm-like Whirlm be satisfied with a few feet dry ground, the bird-like Sparrow Mint happy with a few tasty Whirlms the muisachtige Mousemallow happy with a 'turnip', the flower and Newt Newtgat with a very encouraging set of requirements. Idiosyncratic Piñatas appear only when there is enough pasture, or enough water, or certain crops, or other pinata in the garden at present.
Pinatas are devising all part of a fairly realistic-sounding food chain from small to large, plant-eater to eater pinata, the one is on the other's menu. Vulpine Pretztails eat like Bunny Rabbit Combs, snakelike Syrupents Lickatoads eating frog-like, which in turn flying Tafflies Flutterscotches and eat. It is moreover not like eating on the Discovery Channel to it. If a hungry Piñata devours another crack this open in a number of appetizing sweets, so nothing wrong.
Pinupata Viva!
But it can be very annoying as a pinata on pinata another hunt, especially if something else than in the gorge was planned as a mating ... sorry, romantic dance. If certain conditions are met, including building a house, made by Willy (brother of Bob?) The Builder, the Piñatas are ready to dance to a good save. A piquant detail is that all the Piñatas are asexual. Ask us how she is not at all a romantic dance perform, but good.
After a mini game where you have to run through a course ala Frogger, so as to rush to your beloved, you get a movie containing festive dances to see if you can Piñataporno label. Not caring much to see, it remains a game for children, but some movements are somewhat dubious to call. Way too funny, because it hooks the hose when you are traveling together and then tied to stick.
Entwined in love
After successfully with the hips rocked, apply Storkos, a thick monster stork serves as an egg at home. Over time the egg comes out, and bring a baby pinata world. The pinata is called standard "type Pinata X ', but if you prefer, you can give him a name. The baby pinata will grow up quickly, and was himself sexually mature. Piñatas are also no long memory, because now the pubescent pinata with his own parents enter into a romantic dance. A bit strange, but nice, we think then.
Lightheadedness characters ...
Besides the aforementioned Willy the Builder (Bob who?) And Storkos (not Bob), you get during your adventure game also about other colorful characters and scattered. So you Leafos, the first helper to get you help to build a garden and also like to gossip about other characters. Then there's Seedos, the man with the seed. Flower seeds, as you probably know, in all special sizes. Think of daisies, tulips, roses, apple trees and water lilies. Many words do you not him, but his love for seed knows no bounds.
Finally there is the big boss of the island, Jardiniero, he is the father of the above persons. Jardiniero give your spade and land upgrades as you level up. Unfortunately, alongside these good samaritans also present villains that you are happy to be in your way. Especially Dastardos, you sick Piñatas oppeuzelt and later Professor Pester, who has targeted to your most valuable Piñatas, you will have enough on your nerves.
Acid **** ...
If that was not enough, there are evil Piñatas can be found on the island, known forms of acidic normal Piñatas. This rat molestation in every way your garden and your residents, and therefore serve as soon as possible to be beaten to smithereens with your spade. Do you not, is your garden in no time with dirty and raunchy sweets are your Piñatas sick and they are being repaired by Dr. Patch. If you prefer something above and are more patient than us, you can also tame the evil Piñatas and get rid of their high acidity, making them a sweet addition to your garden be.
These are less sweet sour ****
Frankly, we share everything.
Honestly, we all share, through Xbox Live probably know. Viva Pinata may be a game that mainly focuses on the single player, through exchange of packets through the post office on Xbox Live, you can do a little contact with other gardeners. So you can share Piñatas, good for your garden full of something, or if you have not just one Pinata. Unfortunately, the Internet also fun at it. Because even though there will appear in future downloadable content, playing with others is unfortunately not.
Child or how large children?
Now to the serious side of the story. Although you probably have to understand that a really nice and Viva Pinata game is sweet, it does carry some negative points to unfortunately. Whether there are Syrupents in the grass, what you want. Anyway, while playing sometimes loomed the question of whether Strange aspects of the game could not be more elaborate. Take the tutorial, which is only half explanation of what the game has to offer. Now this is not so annoying to adults, but since this one Rare game for all ages has put down, had some extra explanation was still welcome.
The existence of such the minimap, which is hidden behind the right stick on the controller is not even listed, we were accidentally discovered and that while the survey of your garden is just so important, especially in larger gardens. Moreover, you cannot move the minimap, so you do not move quickly from one to the other side can spy. Spy spoken about, the speed of the cursor, which is hidden behind the left stick, with no word.
Then there is the selection of Piñatas well as land. If a pinata sick, you will receive a nice message, which at the bottom of the screen. You can then click on this message to the sick pinata to zoom, but the option is not to directly select the pinata (and call the doctor). The selection of the land is what cumbersome, but some small areas you can simultaneously edit your spade, instead of large pieces, so much time you spend on the stamping ground. If the above points of criticism a bit more attention, would the game more 'finished' felt.
The same applies to the Dutch translation, which probably is hired for a Belgian. Although the cast is ok but it is the text tenenkrommend badly translated, "Constructor did. Thus Willy the Builder (or was it Bob?). The doctor has again eaten too much: "Doctor has arrived." Add to that too many typos to it, and bad jokes in the English language much more clearly revealed, and you had secretly hoped that one almost in the English version had left. The English version can also be activated by your Xbox 360 dashboard English (UK) position. But an option in the game of language change is not what a shame. Child or not, a bad translation ruin it a little bit. A bit further stain on a fantastic game.