July 15th, 2008 by Banjo-Conker

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise is closing in on us. In 53 days, this latest installment in the Viva franchise will be landing on store shelves awaiting your loving embrace. To celebrate its upcoming release, we’ll be taking a look at the past of the franchise each day leading up until its US, Canadian, and Latin American release on September 2nd and its European release on September 5th. So without further ado, let’s examine Day 12…

Day 12: The Cursed Crate

Today, we’re going to talk even more about the glitches of Viva Pinata, and delve further into the mean side of our dear Hylian.

Ok, so this all started about a month ago, when Hylian and I were trading "stuff" through Xbox Live. After half an hour of hard work, I managed to piece together this magnificent creation, who quickly became known as B30wulf:

 Like anyone who would receive such a gift, Hylian was pleased, as this is surely what compelled him to start working on what he had sent me. Patiently, I waited, tending to my almost always ill-stricken Fizzlybear. Many gaming moons later, however, I received a crate from the ol’ boy. Unfortunately, every time I tried to open the damn thing, my Xbox 360 would freeze on me. This happened at least a dozen times as I tried to open the crate, so naturally, I just gave up. This forced Hylian into a burst of non-stop laughter.

To this day, I still ask Hylian if he’ll just go ahead and tell me what’s inside of the crate. And still, as you’d expect, he refuses. Rest assured, however, as I have come up with one final course of action that will reveal whatever lies inside of that  abomination of a crate. Expect pix soon.