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Crash-prone PC port loses some of the original's garden managing charm

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As a larger variety of pinatas make your garden their home, the business of caring for them becomes a feat similar to juggling fire. See, the pinatas of Viva Pinata aren't necessarily as chummy with each other as they are with you, so you'll spend a good bit of time trying to separate annoyed Buzzlegums from pesky Raisants (an improbably challenging task since Buzzlegums can fly anywhere they want). You could just get rid of the Raisants by smacking them with your shovel, but then your Newtgats would have nothing to eat, and (by extension) no way to get into the romantic mood that enables them to have little Newtgat babies.

And that's your whole reason for being in Viva Pinata: get those little pinata buggers to procreate for your amusement and profit (and so that you can earn the much coveted Master Romancer crown). If watering daisies to tranquil orchestral music so that pinatas have something to eat doesn't sound fun to you, you'll probably miss out on the treats of Viva Piñata.

 
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Viva Pinata
Viva Pinata

Genre: Family
Release date: Nov 6, 2007
Developed by: Climax
Min system requirements: PIII 1.8 GHz or equivalent, 1GB RAM, 10GB HD space, NVIDIA 5900, ATI 9600, or above
Recommended system: P4 3.8 GHz or equivalent, 2GB RAM, 10GB HD space, 256MB DirectX 9.0c video card
Multiplayer Modes:
Offline
1 player SOLO
Online
2 player CO-OP
7 GOOD
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