Players Can Garden On-The-Go with an Intuitive Control Scheme Designed Specifically for Nintendo DS
AGOURA HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 2008--THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that Viva Pinata(R): Pocket Paradise(TM) is scheduled for release this fall for Nintendo DS(TM). The game is based on Microsoft Game Studios' highly-rated original Viva Pinata game for Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise features an array of content exclusive to Nintendo DS and an intuitive control scheme designed to take full advantage of the DS touch screen and stylus, making it a breeze to navigate through the garden.
"Nintendo DS is the perfect platform for the Viva Pinata franchise because players can have direct interaction with the environment and their pinatas using the stylus," said Bob Aniello, senior vice president of worldwide marketing, THQ. "We are thrilled to introduce Microsoft's critically-acclaimed Viva Pinata series to an entirely new segment of the gaming community."
In Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise, players will inherit a neglected garden on Pinata Island and turn it into a pinata paradise by tending to all aspects of cleaning the garden, growing and maintaining vegetation, caring for and breeding pinatas, as well as attracting new pinata species. The game features seven all-new pinata species, each with new requirements, houses and unique cut scenes. Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise also includes twelve full motion video clips that serve as tutorial levels within the game. The videos feature the stars of the Fox 4Kids Viva Pinata TV series, including Hudson Horstashio(TM), Fergy Fudgehog(TM) and Paulie Pretztail(TM). The brand-new Playground mode allows players to create a lush garden full of exciting and exotic pinatas in a very short amount of time. In addition, certain rare pinatas can only be acquired by using the Nintendo DS local wireless connection, where players can transfer items from their garden to a friend's garden.
Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise is developed by Rare Ltd., one of the world's leading video game developers and masterminds behind some of the most popular video games in history, including multi-million-dollar sellers "GoldenEye", "Perfect Dark", "Banjo-Kazooie" and the "Donkey Kong Country" Series. From 2005 to 2006, Rare released "Perfect Dark Zero", "Kameo: Elements of Power" and "Viva Pinata" for Xbox 360. Rare continues to entertain the world with the release of "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts" and "Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise" later this year. For more information on this game, as well as additional THQ titles, please visit www.thq.com.
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2:35 PM on 05.13.2008
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There is certainly a precedent for this: Rare( a Microsoft first party developer) has been making GBA and DS games even after they were sold to Microsoft by Nintendo. Diddy Kong Racing, It's Mister Pants, Donkey Kong Country: it's happened before, though its GREAT to hear that the game is gonna come soon to the DS. PERFECT FIT! Now you can kill Piniata's by poking them with the touch screen! And the children will cheer! Huzzah!
Also, its probally a better fit, audience wise, on the DS then on the 360 with the Halo 3 jerks who think Racism and Sexism are HIIII-larious.
*Maybe not...
Damn you dtoid and your quick mouse clicking fingers.
Anyways, like I was going to say in my cblog, this could work well if implemented correctly. VP seems like it work well in the portable market.
and I believe THQ is just publishing, they don't have rights or anything.
Shit at least in my cblog I spelled "piñata" correctly. Lazy ass THQ press release.
I will make a vow NOT to R4 this
for candy...
Butmac, will this game just turn you into a little bit of a girl?
There goes work productivity :(
Piñatas are the last thing I think about when the words "Pocket" and "Paradise" are placed right next to one another. I'm just saying...
I loved the 360 version personally!
more humping Piñata