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Rare talks Viva Pinata on the DS

Posted Oct 15th 2007 1:10PM by David Hinkle
Filed under: Interviews

We all know about the whole prerendering thing with the DS version of Viva Piñata, it being the only way the fine folks at Rare could squeeze the title down to cartridge-friendly size. But, we didn't know about some of the other alterations Rare made to the title, such as the stylus-exclusive control scheme, allowing for more accuracy in digging and planting seeds, etc.

James Thomas and Justin Cook, software engineers who conducted this interview, also talk about some other DS title they've been playing and drawing inspiration from. These games include Theme Park and SimCity DS, other "god-type" games.

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10-15-2007 @ 10:29PM

flameofdoom666 said...

I love Rare!

10-23-2007 @ 7:38PM

Roogie said...

Wasn't Rare bought out by Microsoft? Is there a stipulation regarding developement for the DS.
I mean, don't get me wrong, I would love to see this game on my DS screen(s).
I was just wondering out loud...

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