# Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise

> Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise is Rare's 2008 garden sim, a sequel in which you attract, raise and protect living piñatas on Piñata Island.

Web page: https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/vivapinatatroubleinparadise/
Page updated: 2026-09-30

- Console: Xbox 360
- Released: 2008
- Developer: Rare

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise is a life simulation game developed by Rare and published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360 in 2008, the sequel to Viva Piñata.

The player tends a garden on Piñata Island to attract wild piñatas, persuades them to stay and breed, and protects them from the Ruffians. The sequel adds desert and arctic areas where piñatas can be trapped and brought home, a Piñata Central hub, more species and cooperative play.

A native PC port, ReTiP, made by static recompilation, runs on Windows.

## Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise PC Ports

- [ReTiP](https://emulationking.com/microsoft/xbox360/games/vivapinatatroubleinparadise/ports/retip/index.md): ReTiP is a native Windows port of Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, made by static recompilation with ReXGlue, with unlocked frame rates and mod support.