Chatting with
Eurogamer, Rare engineer Joe Humfrey re-confirmed Microsoft's' understanding ways when talking about
Viva Piñata making its way to rival Nintendo's DS, saying that "they see DS as a very viable platform." Humfrey is of course talking about their upcoming
Viva Piñata: Pocket Paradise project that'll bring those adorable piñatas to the DS. Which, admittedly, seems a bit odd at first, but makes sense from an "let's do all we can to expand the franchise" mindset. "They put the
Viva Piñata franchise on TV to reach a broad audience, they put it on PC to reach a different broad audience, and they're doing the same thing with the DS," says Humfrey, "they're trying to widen the audience of the franchise."
And we fully agree. A DS version of
Viva Piñata is going to roxorz and Microsoft should embrace Nintendo's portable handheld, that is until our
Xboy releases. When that happens, we won't play nice with Nintendo.
{ Jun 11th 2008 at 11:15AM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
ZEBRA NINER @ Jun 11th 2008 11:42AM
Pocket Paradise is a game I've been playing for years... coincidently it's also a handheld game.
ZeitgeistXIII @ Jun 11th 2008 1:50PM
ahhh lovely and first post good on ya!
Dom @ Jun 11th 2008 12:06PM
Halo DS, un-cancel it and finish it!
Vcize @ Jun 11th 2008 1:18PM
Can we trade Viva Pinata DS for XBLA Goldeneye?
Pretty please?
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 @ Jun 11th 2008 1:45PM
that'd be sweet :D
Knight Marquise @ Jun 11th 2008 6:04PM
Personally, I thought Viva Pinata was an excellent game. It doesn't get much console time from me because of so many other great games, but hell, were it to come to the DS, I'd pick it up in a heatbeat.
PerfectStrategy @ Jun 11th 2008 11:40PM
I kind of wish they would release their own portable gaming device...
But other than that the DS is definitely the best option.