NEWS - Thursday, March 16, 2006
New Rare Game Coming For 360
It's not the next Banjo or Killer Instinct, but Xbox boss Peter Moore claims it will be "an immersive experience." The game is slated for release by this holiday season worldwide. It's described as a customizable, social and spontaneous game that invites players of all ages and skills to explore an immersive world where they are challenged to create and maintain a living garden ecosystem that grows in real time." You will reportedly start with some basic tools that you'll use to build and take control of an environment to attract dozens of species of piñata to create a "thriving paradise." All signs indicate that the Viva Piñata game will not only have a corresponding TV series, set to debut this fall on 4Kids TV on Fox, but it will also have "related merchandise" for commercial appeal targeted at kids. Viva Piñata the TV show will revolve around a group of wild-roaming living piñatas animals. Don't scoff at the commercial potential of Viva Piñata: 4Kids is behind properties such as Yu-Gi-Oh!, Pokemon, Cabbage Patch Kids and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.Source: http://www.xbox.biz/
