Viva Pinata 2 has co-op gardening and Banjo-Kazooie 3 first screenshots shown

Microsoft’s Gamer’s Day event will be held in San Francisco tomorrow, but the first screenshots of the upcoming Xbox 360-exclusive games Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise and Banjo-Kazooie 3 have already been leaked. Although we’re sure to get new info on the way they play tomorrow.

Viva Pinata 2: Trouble in Paradise: Shown above are the animals from Microsoft’s Pinata Park that are said to return in a more focused and accessible Pinata life simulation game. There are new Pinatas too, like penguins, which indicates the game has different land climates. Most notable is that there are two cursors on-screen showing that Viva Pinata 2 has co-op gardening for two players at the same time!

Banjo-Kazooie 3: It seems Banjo and Kazooie have landed themselves in many different worlds in their new magical adventure. Banjo is shown racing (with others in multiplayer) through an entirely mechanical world, and doing some platforming in a Middle Ages era landscape. — In response to the leaks Rare have commented their most spectacular feature is the gameplay mechanic. Could this surprise be the rumored Wii Remote-derived controller for the Xbox 360? We’ll find out tomorrow.

PS: Other new games that were revealed are Scene It? 2, Ninja Blade and Lips.

More screenshots can be viewed at Neogaf.

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