First Viva Pi�ata: Trouble in Paradise 'Vision Card' up for download

by Randy Nelson { Aug 8th 2008 at 5:15PM }

The festivities on Piñata Island won't get into full swing until Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise hits shelves on September 2, but that's not stopping Rare from handing out an early party favor. As we reported back in May, the game will use the Xbox Live Vision camera to "scan" physical cards – similar to Sony's Eye of Judgment – that unlock items, change the in-game weather, etc. The first of these cards is now up on MundoRare, featuring a curious critter created by VP2 designer Ray Stevenson.

Clicking on the card image above will take you to a full-sized version that can be printed out and tucked safely away until the game streets. The rest of the dev team is also crafting cards that will surely pop up online closer to launch. Speaking of making cards, you'll be able to do the same simply by snapping photos of items and piñatas in your garden via an in-game camera. They can then be emailed to friends, who can print them out and hold them up to their Vision cameras, thus completing the circle of life.

Tags: cards, rare, viva-pinata-trouble-in-paradise, xbox-live-vision

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Shagittarius @ Aug 8th 2008 5:20PM

Why did they write "Masturbation ruins your eyesight" up the right side of the card?

j.howlett @ Aug 8th 2008 5:34PM

because it does

BigD145 @ Aug 8th 2008 5:37PM

Staring at a monitor full of porn will do that to you.

RiccochetJ @ Aug 8th 2008 5:50PM

Huh? Where does it say that? I don't see...

Dammit!

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 8th 2008 6:58PM

hey.....it doesnt say that!

lol and i looked too.

(/*sigh* im so gullible. their's what on my shirt you say?)

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 8th 2008 6:59PM

crap. i meant "there's". sorry everyone.

ApolloIV @ Aug 9th 2008 1:43PM

Duke @ Aug 8th 2008 5:21PM

Pinata Cards, sign me up! Oh man, this has got to be the greatest moment of my life!

Wait, no, it isn't. Forget I said that.

Robert @ Aug 8th 2008 5:29PM

Man, those things are huge! They need to give away a voucher for free ink cartridges with this game.

Zertoss @ Aug 8th 2008 5:36PM

With the price of ink at over $9000 per gallon, I think I'll just play the game without the cards.

Of course, if I even had a XBL Vision camera, I'd probably try to get it to read the cards off of my PSP first before moving on to less portable screens.

Autopsy15 @ Aug 8th 2008 11:27PM

I suppose you could just photoshop the image to where it just has the barcode on the right. I'm pretty sure that's all the Vision camera reads. Saving you from wasting an assload of ink and having a picture of a fruity looking penguin in your room.

giantenemycrab @ Aug 8th 2008 5:37PM

Joystiq should have added the caption "O RLY" to that picture.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 8th 2008 5:47PM

srsly.

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 8th 2008 7:00PM

lol im glad im not the only one that thought that.

ComradeTrotskii @ Aug 8th 2008 11:31PM

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e387/comradetrotskii/cerealz.jpg

I honestly don't know why this is funny but i'm really drunk so that might explain it.

Mr.ESC @ Aug 9th 2008 2:10PM

Ya rly.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 8th 2008 5:49PM

Okay, there is something truly awesome about a blue penguin pinata with a monocle and furry mustache.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 8th 2008 5:53PM

HOLY CRAP, I just realized! He's the peanut guy! :O

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 8th 2008 7:01PM

...i thought he looked more like an owl.

Saria the Cat @ Aug 8th 2008 7:07PM

Yeah, I think had a brain toot and I somehow thought "penguin" instead of "owl" even though I had just replied to the orly post...

John @ Aug 8th 2008 5:57PM

Is it an owl or pidgeon? Whatever it is, I think this is a very neat idea. The camera seems to have gotten ignored, and this is a good way to add it into the game.

I might actually buy a camera with the extra money I saved if this game really does cost $40.

Great job Rare with coming up with a great IP and an interesting new feature.

ice~ @ Aug 8th 2008 6:24PM

the camera is going to mao the game easier than it should be. Im a hardcore piñata gardener and I got everything in the first one and I am so lookin foward to this

SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread) @ Aug 8th 2008 7:03PM

im going to have to watch some game videos or something cause i still have absolutely no idea what this game is actually about. i just keep hearing about cannibalistic pinatas or something. *shrugs* or maybe i made that part up.

Snowblind @ Aug 9th 2008 10:27AM

Just to reiterate, you do NOT have to buy cards. You simply print them out and scan them in with the camera. After how easy it was to simply scrible down the symbols and put them into Eye of Judgement, I don't think they were ever going to bother trying to market a trading card game.

It's just an easy way to trade your Pinata's with others :)

Senor Facekick @ Aug 8th 2008 7:12PM

Is it just me, or do most videogames having anything to do with corporeal collectible cards seem to fail miserably? Don't get me wrong, VP2 will be exquisite, just...I won't be going out to the store to buy these things.

Also, that parrot looks like watson