Viva Pinata heading to DS

Rare and Microsoft announce Viva Piñata will be heading to the DS. Update: More details and first "official" screenshot from Rareware.

At the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday Rare and Microsoft announced that Viva Piñata will be remade for the Nintendo DS platform. Viva Piñata DS will be retaining the same core gameplay aspects as the original Xbox360 version while introducing a new top-down perspective. That is all that is known for now.

source: Via Kotaku

Update: More details from the Rareware website updated this morning:

"This is a full-size Viva Piñata game in your pocket, featuring not only the entire range of paper beasts from the Xbox 360 title but also a few new ones thrown in to spice things up for those familiar with the established cast.

You'll also be given free rein with an expanded selection of tools and tool actions, upgraded forms of the Journal and Encyclopedia, and brand new game modes such as Sandbox (for full and easy access to your favourite Piñatas) and Episodes (tying in more closely to the TV series and allowing fans of the show to spend quality time with familiar faces).

But one of the biggest changes is obviously the control method, with stylus input transforming the way in which you interact with your menagerie. Design, nurture, instruct, protect and care for your garden and animals through direct touch. The DS WiFi service also lets you send prime Piñata specimens to your friends, making the act of parading your Doenut around in a humiliating pirate outfit easier than ever."

Also, the first official screenshot.

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  Banjo-Threeie for Wii... Banjo-Threeie for Wii... Banjo-Threeie for Wii...

  Nintendude, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Think after this was rumored, most people knew it would happen as there is an obvious market for this on the DS what with the huge sale numbers for games such as Nintendogs and Animal Crossing

  ganepark32, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Hmm.. So what's this all about? I think I recall it having something to do with Pinata mating...

  shinneri, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Yea I have no clue how this game works...

  NPC, 30-11--0001 at 00:00
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  Basically you have a garden and you spruce it up to make it suitable for Pinatas to come and live there. Breed them and basically up your collection of Pinatas by making your garden more attractive. Pretty much it. And Banjo-Threeie on Wii is not going to happen as Rare cannot make games for Nintendo home consoles.

  skarma, 30-11--0001 at 00:00