Gamespot Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise Review

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matt247 on 02 September 2008

Strategyking92 said:
xbox fanboys lololololol

But on a more serious note, gamespot has no credibility.

IGN gave it the same score

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yungmagic09 on 02 September 2008

Didn't EGM give this game, Game of the Month or was I just hearing things?

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mysticD on 02 September 2008

matt247 said:

mysticD said:
I hope it will sell well but from the look at it , MS send it to die just like the first time. There is no promotion , most didn't even know it's out today. They should have been doing more advertisement .. give out those cards, may be bundle special camera edition for $49.99 with extra cards.... etc.

But nope, it just come out on the day after Labor Day and most kids are back in school.

Sometimes I really wonder about Microsoft marketing team.

All marketing probably going to go to Gear of Wars 2 , the game that's going to sell millions anyway. They talk that they want the casual but they are doing nothing to get into the market beside token releases here and there.

there is a lot of advertisements online for viva pinata. Also there is gonna be a treasure hunt on xbox.com on friday. I assume they'll have commercials during the kids show. Advertisements are handled by an agency that Microsoft hires, so it's in their hands.

I sure hope so. May be they are hoping for good words of mouth and the game will pick up steam when holiday season come and they have thing like avatar , $199 arcade, motion controller (oh wait, scratch that) in place.

I think they could do more, generate some pre-order excitiment with those Pinata Cards, exclusive pinata for pre-ordering. If they want to get the mass excited they need to at least get their core fans excited.

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goldenpp72 on 03 September 2008

so far the sequel has outscored the original at every website.

Note: Some games in my collection are no longer owned, but have owned.

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pbroy on 03 September 2008

yungmagic09 said:
Didn't EGM give this game, Game of the Month or was I just hearing things?

It's Game of the Month tie with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09

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Picko on 03 September 2008

Good to see it getting good scores. What is particularly nice is that it is getting these good scores despite not being fully directed at the audiences that typically read these sites.

Debating with fanboys, its not

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Bagaren85 on 03 September 2008

So nice ^^
Didnt play first one but im def getting TIP.

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Sitting at 86 on Metacritic.

Another surprise (sort of) hit for the Xbox 360.

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BrayanA on 03 September 2008

Ehhh pinatas ... again ...
Sure 86 on metacritics is very good, but this game is for kids. 360 owners are focus on different type of games. I can't see me playing with pinatas. I see it bundle for free as the last one. I hope I'm wrong.