Viva Piñata

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Viva Piñata
Cover art for Viva Piñata.
Developer	Rare Ltd.
Release Date	November 9, 2006
Genre	Poverty simulation game
Platforms	Xbox 360
Rating	ESRB: Wealthy
Would Margaret Thatcher play it?	Do Ruffians lust for candy?

Viva Piñata is a Poverty Simulation Game (PSG) developed by Rare Ltd. for the Microsoft Xbox 360 video game console. It is the first game for the console to implement the Xbox 360's gyroscopically sensative stick controller, which conveys the user's swinging motions onto the television screen during gameplay. Due to a general outcry from the public, the game was censored or banned in several countries because of scenes portraying sexual acts involving piñatas as well as piñata-related violence and abuse.

[edit] Plot Synopsis

The story begins on a small island just off the coast of Mexico. Here, you meet a young hispanic child, Leafos, mourning the death of her mother after a long bout with malaria. Their only source of income came from the piñatas that were once drawn to their beautiful garden and consequentially beaten, stuffed, and sold for up to five centavos each. Unfortunately, now that Leafos' sole caretaker is dead, it is up to her to look after the family's garden.

As it turns out, Leafos is an awkward and hapless gardener, more prone to wear the foliage than actually grow it. Since her mother's death, the plants have all but died and the once-fertile patch of land devoted to growing lush fruits and vegetables is now a muddy hole used by the local villagers for dumping old kitchen appliances and boulders.

With some of your help (read: all of your help), she (meaning you) decides to tend the garden back to its former glory. You begin by digging everything up and starting from scratch, because that just seems like the proper thing to do. Once the garbage pit is only a dirt pit, it is time to start planting seeds.

After much seed-planting and water-pouring, the garden is on its way to luring many an unknowing piñata to its doom. As the piñatas begin rushing to inhabit your new little plot of heaven, tragedy strikes. A gang of local clowns known as the Ruffians attack and devour one of your piñatas. This is very unprofitable for you, indeed!

As the game progresses, you struggle to maintain a constant flow of piñatas and income while fighting off the harlequined fiends, whom only desire to see all of your entrepreneurial attempts fail. A cast of whimsical characters ties the story together to bring you one very satisfying game, overall.

[edit] Gameplay

Viva Piñata is the first game to have made use of Microsoft's gyroscopic stick controller. Throughout the game, you are given special tasks the require different swinging motions from the controller. Initially, it is used to manipulate a garden shovel in-game. The shovel is useful when digging up the debris you are tasked with removing by Leafos.

Later on, the xStick 360 controller is used to hoe and water the land. Once piñatas start to enter the mix, the stick begins to serve multiple purposes. It can be used as a heavy club for beating the piñatas to death or, alternatively, as an electric cattle prod to motivate/torture the piñatas as you see fit.

With the introduction of the evil Ruffians, the stick begins to serve yet another purpose. Depending on whether you hold down the A or B button, it will act as a different type of weapon for defending your garden. While pressing down and holding the A button, the stick becomes a serrated blade that can be used for hacking away at enemies nearby. Should you need a long-range weapon, the B button is a better choice, as it gives you a pump-action Remington 870 shotgun.

[edit] List of Piñatas

Viva Piñata has an assortment of piñatas to capture, kill, and sell. Many of their names are comical portmanteaus involving food. Here is a short list.