Viva Pinata!
I'm so flippin excited for Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise to release next week. I remember back when the 360 was released and I heard about the original I just knew it was game that I had to have and I would love.
The original Viva Pinata was released on the same day that Gears of War was released and I'm not going to lie - GoW sat in it's wrapper for a solid month (first achievement 12/9).
It still makes me sad that MS markets this game as an exclusive "kid's game". It deeper than stupid Ratatouille or Cars....I think a lot of the gameplay elements are similar to something like Civ Rev even...But that's just me.
So come next week...I'll be mating pinatas. Pengums and Kittyfloss FTW! I can't wait.

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So Ive never really understood what the game is about. Care to enlighten a Pinata noob?
As long as the buzzlegums still go MMMM......m! MMMM.....m! I'll be happy.
I put maybe 7-8 hours into the first one, and I always got the feeling that my garden was in total chaos. Is there any way to order things better? Or is the entire game like that?
@ Midnighter - At a high level - you are managing a garden. At first there is nothing there. The goal is to attract various pinata species, mate them, adorn them with accessories that increase their value and sell them if you choose (or trade/give them to friends). The problem is that in order to attract them they have all these requirements. A croc won't show up unless you have water. A fox won't show up unless you have chickens. But then the fox eats your chickens. And then those asshole ruffians are bad guys that come and fuck your shit up. And then some pinatas fight and kill each other. And then they might get sad if you don't have the right kind of tree or something so they get sick and die. Plus you're growing plants and making sure you water shit and fertilize it. And you can hire helpers. So at first the game is kind of slow. But as you build up your garden it's like one crisis after another and you're trying to keep this pinata utopia. It's probably not for everyone - but I love it. It's a god game...Very SimCity-ish.
Thanks for the info, much appreciated. Is there a DL for the demo for the new one?