Viva la Viva Piñata, Rare's Pokemon-killer

By Christopher Grant


Microsoft announced the secret identity of their collaboration with 4Kids Entertainment–the masterminds behind Pokemon–and... we already knew about it: it's Rare's Pokemon-killer,
Viva Piñata! And like the Pokemon craze, Viva Piñata is going to be both a video game (on the Xbox 360, natch) and an animated children's cartoon!

Described as "an immersive world where
[players] are challenged to create and maintain a living garden ecosystem that grows in real time," it sounds very much like another Nintendo property: Animal Crossing. Can Microsoft grab the kiddie crowd, serving up heaping spoonfuls of Halo 3 firefights with equal time for Piñata cuteness?

I
found a bunch of stuff to check out for more:

Read [Viva Piñata game information]
Read
[Viva Piñata press release]
Read [Viva Piñata
screenshots]
Read
[Viva Piñata press conference audio]
Read [Viva Piñata press conference photos]

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