

Pocket Paradise introduces 7 new Piñata to the franchise, which can also be found in Trouble in Paradise. The romance dance mini-games were removed, plant fertilizer and romance candy became harder to acquire, and shopkeepers have harder requests (often requiring more than chocolate coins). As well as this, Rare fine tuned many aspects of the game for use on the DS. It contains a very similar structure, but a very different leveling system. Pocket Paradiseĭeveloped for the DS, Pocket Paradise is a re-imagining of the original Viva Piñata. It was the first game in the series to have online play, and allowed 4 people to play against each other in competition. Challenge events include eating apples, painting floors, squashing ants and hitting Professor Pester - all in the aim of gaining the most candy. The game plays out a Piñata competition - in which Piñatas are chosen to participate in races and challenge events. The second game in the franchise veered away from its past, instead taking the form of a mini-game collection. The game has no mission structure and is entirely open-ended, leaving the player to play at their own pace. The game includes a RPG-style levelling system, in which the player gains experience for filling the Piñata Central records book - containing information of Piñatas and plants. The player has control of a garden and can plant trees or plants, attract wild Piñata, romance tamed Piñata and fulfil requests from Piñata Central. Originally developed for the Xbox 360, and also later released under the Games for Windows brand, Viva Piñata is a simulation of a Piñata farm. The game franchise is overlooked by Rare, and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows, and THQ for the Nintendo DS. Viva Piñata is a multimedia franchise spanning over video games and television.
