Debuting during the same period as Microsoft’s ‘other’ franchise in the latter part of 2006, Viva Piñata was very much an unappreciated and often misunderstood gaming gem. As clued-up gamers dared to purchase the gaudy gardening-sim, cries of “It’s a kids’ game!” and “WTF are you buying that for?” emanated amongst uneducated social groups. Trust me; this writer was one of them. And yes, while on the outside VP may very well look like a Saturday morning cartoon transferred into a video game (in actual fact, the geniuses at Microsoft tried to secure its success by taking it the other way), we all know never to judge a book by its cover.

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