Viva Pinata: Party Animals brings minigames

by Andrew Yoon { Jul 10th 2007 at 11:06PM }

Microsoft is bringing home family fun again with a newly announced Viva Pinata game. The game will retain the original's fantastic graphics, but will add brand new gameplay that's bound to appeal to the younger crowd. The original struggled to target an audience due to its strategy-laden gameplay that alienated the children the cartoon would have appealed to.

Taking a page from Nintendo, the new Viva Pinata title will be a game filled with minigames. Viva Pinata: Party Animals will be Microsoft's attempt at providing a Mario Party experience on the 360. Will it succeed?

Tags: e307, party animals, PartyAnimals, viva pinata, VivaPinata

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

sheppy @ Jul 11th 2007 12:17AM

Considering the sales of the first... No Hope But What We Make.

warren @ Jul 11th 2007 12:37AM

I can't wait :)

Lp47 @ Jul 11th 2007 1:06AM

Lame again more dumbass shit.

samfish @ Jul 11th 2007 1:10AM

"Viva Pinata: Party Animals will be Microsoft's attempt at providing a Mario Party experience on the 360. Will it succeed?"

The following is a future reenactment of the average 360 owner upon seeing this game:

"GAAAAAAY!"
*goes back to playing Halo 3*

"WHY CAN'T I F*CKING SHOOT THEM?!"
*goes back to playing Halo 3*

"F*CK THIS SH*T, MAN! ONLY (insert ethnic slur here) ARE GONNA PLAY DIS SH*T!"
*goes back to playing Halo 3*

Thank you...thank you. Please with hold your golf claps to a minimum, folks.

incrediblebulk92 @ Jul 11th 2007 2:51AM

Man viva pinata is a good game and you should def try playing more games on live than halo

John H. @ Jul 11th 2007 3:32AM

Ick. The greatest weakness of the Wii's lineup is a deluge of minigame collections. So NATURALLY Microsoft decides to copy it! Genius!

reppy @ Jul 11th 2007 4:10AM

Rare copies everything Nintendo does.

Lijik @ Jul 11th 2007 9:12AM

Yeah I totally remember Nintendo's first person shooter based off a bond movie.

reppy @ Jul 11th 2007 9:18AM

Lijik, that's what we "in the know" call a "One Hit Wonder."

Stupidiot @ Jul 11th 2007 5:08AM

GOD DAMNIT! When I saw a trailer up for download on XBLM for a new Viva Pinata game this morning I got all excited (haven't watched it yet, since it's lost with all the other downloads I have queued up). Now I learn it's going away from the gameplay that made the first one interesting, to substitute it with crappy Wii-like mini games, I'm extremely disappointed. At least there's Banjo Kazooie to look forward to from Rare. (has there been anything about that at E3?)

megaStryke @ Jul 11th 2007 9:11AM

Five bucks says Banjo-Kazooie 3 will be a minigame collection. Murphy's Law is infallible.

Levi @ Jul 11th 2007 12:01PM

The way that picture is cropped...it looks like that pinata bear is frightened of a big purple pinata schlong.

Katie @ Jul 14th 2007 7:02PM

I LOVED THE FIRST VIVA PINATA! the game was AMAZING, thought provoking, and most definately the best game of the year for anyone who wants something more than a game where you just shoot people. people who didn't like it, didn't play it. plain and simple.