Ok, this was odd. I just got back from doing a bunch of errands in a neighboring town about 30 miles away, so I figure I will buy myself a birthday present and get Viva Pinata.

So I go to Wal-Mart and they do not have the game. It is not sold out, they do not carry it. The electronics clerk called a few other stores, one had it, but the other did not.

What irks me, is why would my local store not carry the game? Surely its relatively popular, they carried two other Rare 360 games, Perfect Dark and Kameo. They had every other high profile game I can think of, including Gears of War, but that wasn’t what I was wanting. Anyone else ever experience their local chain not carrying something as basic as this?