Viva Piñata finds a new home… the Nintendo DS
Great news from the tail-end of the San Diego Comic Con; Viva Piñata is heading to the Nintendo DS.
Rare are going to momentarily slip their golden Microsoft handcuffs to work on the development, with the stated intention that it’s going to be pretty much identical to the cutesy-wootsy 360 version.
That means it should retain all of the core gameplay features that made it so loveable, if not the same level of visual splendour. But hey, who needs super-duper graphics when you’ve got a touch screen?
This is an uncharacteristically magnanimous gesture by Microsoft. Realising that this brilliant game hadn’t found an audience on the 360, they’ve done the admirable thing by allowing Rare to develop it for a more appropriate platform. Even if said platform is owned by Nintendo, one of their most bitter rivals.
And Rare? They’re probably over the moon. They’ve sunk a lot of care and imagination into this particular property, and it must’ve been heartbreaking to see it barely dent the sales charts. Needless to say, they haven’t a bona-fide commercial hit in a very long time, and an appearance on the DS could be just the thing to turn their fortunes around.
Via ShackNews
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