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Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise planned to have Nintendo DS - Xbox 360 connectivity

Greeno | May 20, 2008 | Previews | DS XBOX 360 
Although it will not be happening, DS - 360 connectivity was considered and planned for Viva Pinata: Trouble In Paradise. It was tested, and it worked - if it had been thought of sooner, it would have happened.
Microsoft has had trouble getting the kids market that Nintendo so effectively courts to buy kid-friendly Xbox 360 games, such as “Viva Pinata.” The DS is popular with kids. Rare just announced this month that a version of “Viva Pinata” for the DS has just been completed. The “VP” game on the DS seems like the perfect agent to sell the series to those Nintendo kids. And now, with this camera feature in the 360 sequel, Microsoft has a way to connect DS “Pinata” gamers to Xbox 360s, for actual gameplay incentives.

So, thinking I’d figured it all out, I asked Cook: Is “Viva Pinata DS” going to connect to the new “Viva Pinata” on the Xbox 360?

“We got it to work, but it was too late in the development cycle,” Cook said, presumably talking about the cycle of the DS game. If only they’d thought of it sooner, he laughed. “It’s one of those things where you just kick yourself.”
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    Jak66 | May 20, 2008
    Rather interesting. My friends made fun of me for playing the first game, but it was so much hard work playing the first Pinata. This one looks the same, but with a few added features. I'll have to give it a rent.

    I don't think the DS version would even be good enough to waste money on it, just to try this out though.
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    BoomStikAngel | May 22, 2008
    Unless the companies merge together it aint happein. But never paly the first one, always wanted to but thought it would look gay or werid in my collection of games. XD so i did not get it.
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    shadow993 | May 24, 2008
    Viva Pinata. I dismissed this game the instant that I saw it. I just never saw the allure.

    On the article's topic, 360-DS. Wow, it's like the apocalypse. They seem like they'd be very incompatible.

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