I saw this and thought of you all, as it seems very Animal Crossing/Pokemon-esque, but unique in its own way. Yes, its for the 360, and i doubt a game like this would entice y'all to pick one up, but its nice to see game developers other than Nintendo picking up on the popularity for games like this.
http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/vivapinata/news.html?sid=6146002 The basic gist is that you have a garden, which you have to maintain in order to attract colorful pinata creatures to come live in it. You then create a pinata ecology and try to keep everyone happy, while "evil" pinatas can sometimes come and ruin the mood. And yes, you can smash the evil pinatas, but they have evil candy inside that also can corrupt your garden. Ouch!
Hehe, fun stuff.