Update: After a little digging, we've been informed that the piñata hunt is for the
UK version of Xbox.com only. Of course, there's nothing stopping North American gamers from visiting the UK site...
In celebration of the release of
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, Rare has informed us that the brand new community website will be launching today at midnight PST. The community website will allow gamers to share photos of their gardens and upload any Piñata Vision cards they have created. Also,
Viva PiñataAceyBongos (think of him as the European version of
Major Nelson) is launching a piñata hunt on Xbox.com. Starting Friday, piñata eggs will be hidden on Xbox.com. Mousing over them will cause a piñata to pop out. Clicking on the piñata will open a PDF of a Piñata Vision card that can then be imported into their gardens. Then you're just stuck with the (somewhat awkward) choice of either printing it out or holding your Vision camera up to the screen.
We'd opt for the first choice, especially if you're at work. After all, people might suspect something if you drag your entire entertainment center into your cubicle.
{ Sep 2nd 2008 at 3:15PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
MC Double Def DP @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:24PM
I'm looking forward to playing, but are my pinatas still going to get killed 5 seconds after I spend 5 minutes trying to think of a clever name for them?
ice~ @ Sep 2nd 2008 4:02PM
BULSH!T... Im one angry gardener, I reserved and fully paid off this game at my local gamestop in NY and wanted to get it today only to learn that the game isn't out, one idiot from the store said tomorrow, another idiot said next week, I JUST WANT MY DAM PINATAS :( never buying from gamestop again
Aero @ Sep 2nd 2008 4:17PM
Is there noway to use the cards by entering a code in the game or whatever? I really don't feel like buying a vision cam just for this game.
xenocidic @ Sep 3rd 2008 8:12AM
That's a negative, cap'n.
If it's any consolation, the vision cards are basically used to bypass gameplay anyway...
CyberKnight @ Sep 2nd 2008 5:09PM
So what's the asterisk after Xbox.com mean?
Considering it's news from "the European Major Nelson", I'm wondering if there's a "*European sites" footnote missing.
Or if the * is a wildcard, meaning it's every international Xbox.com site except the main one. Except then it'd be "Xbox.co.*", which then tends to redirect to a subdirectory under Xbox.com anyway, so maybe that theory doesn't make much sense...
Eddie @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:04PM
Maybe he meant a capital 8?
Richard Mitchell @ Sep 2nd 2008 7:43PM
I had meant to clarify whether it was Europe only or North America as well. Still don't know, but will update the post when I do.
Tony @ Sep 3rd 2008 11:25AM
So what's the deal with this game? No one seems to have it in stock and Best Buy doesn't even list it on their site.
xenocidic @ Sep 3rd 2008 1:09PM
I got my copy today at an EB Games in Ontario
Tony @ Sep 3rd 2008 2:06PM
Unfortunately it looks like US stores are all getting it later in the week thanks to Labor Day.
xboxbuff @ Sep 4th 2008 8:24AM
Ive got my copy today, but I nothing (they said there were some "pinata eggs") at xbox.com.
Matthew @ Sep 7th 2008 11:26PM
Has anyone found all of these?? I have only found 13 of them.