*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Viva Pinata Master Flutterscotch Guide By Dark Rowan December 2006, v1 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TABLE OF CONTENTS [quick search code] I. Introduction [vpmfg1] II. Purpose [vpmfg2] III. Basic Viva Piata Info [vpmfg3] IV. Flutterscotch Colors [vpmfg4] V. Flutterscotch Master Romancer Strategy [vpmfg5] VI. Da End [vpmfg6] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I. Introduction [vpmfg1] Welcome. I've put together this guide after having spent much time *cough*hours*cough* into becoming a master romancer for all of the flutterscotch variant species. I decided a few more hours later into the game play (I am, as of the writing, nearing gardener level 51, 39 achievments unlocked) that I would pass along my hard fought knowledge. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ II. Purpose [vpmfg2] As I said before, I just wanted to pass along my knowledge and skill as I was seeing no one come up with any good ideas on the GFaqs board. Most responses to flutterscotch questions were 'This is what you need for X color' or 'Have fun breeding them'. I can say I didn't like what I saw. I think better of them than that. My strategy, listed below, was an attempt to create the most efficient usage of time and cash. The goal was simple: Achieve all awards (Visit, Resident, Romance, and Master Romance) for all 10 flutterscotch species. This is simple on paper to do, but when you really get around to doing it you realize what a pain it can be. Until you realize there's a way to bend the game mechanics in your favor. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ III. Basic Viva Piata Info [vpmfg3] Right now I am going to go over some rather basic informaion, really quickly so everyone reading this guide is on the same page as me while reading the rest of the guide. First off, Romance Candy is your friend. Of course, you must have romanced with the species first before the candy will even work (or even have the want to eat it). So, for our friend the FS, at first you are going to need a piece of fruit and an apple works nicely. It's the cheapest of the general store, both in seed and in actual fruit. Once that is done, the romance candy will work, and is exceedingly cheaper than the fruit (if you buy it, and a tree wont last forever) Second, the romance mini game give you 5 lives at the start of the game. Well, almost 5. For every member of a species past the first 2, you start off with one less life. So with 6 FSs in the garden you are only going to start off with one life. Better not mess up. While we are on the subject of species: You need to know that each futterscotch color actally counts as a separate species, rather than a varient. When you go to romance a FS, the color must match. A Green and a Pink FS will not mate together. As well, for the romance game, the game only checks the current species not the total of all 'species varient'. If that confuses you, trust me I missed this little fact at first. You'll understand this in a little bit. And one last thing: no matter what color you use to breed, the baby always comes out white. There's a racist joke in there somewhere, but I don't think I feel like searching. These past 2 facts are a key part of the forthcoming strategy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IV. Flutterscotch Colors [vpmfg4] Below find the needs for creating the various colors of flutterscotch. I've made the list short. There are other guides on how to grow plants in your garden, and I don't need to be repeating them. For color - White needs to eat Red - poppy flower Yellow - buttercup flower Orange - bird of paradise flower Green - watercress flower Blue - bluebell flower Purple - thistle flower Black - tulip flower Pink - water lily flower Brown - bullrush ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ V. Flutterscotch Master Romancer Strategy [vpmfg5] 1. Plant Daisies (or have the hunter fetch if you are that far) so you have your first 2 white flutterscotches. 2. Once you have 2 FSs, build them a house. 3. While the house is building, plant or get the required items for a color of flutterscotch (like poppy flowers for Red FSs). You're going to need 7 of each for each color of FS. I suggest concentrating on one color at a time. 4. Buy or get 2 apples. Feed both of the white FSs an apple a piece. 5. Do a little dance, make a little love/Get down tonight, get down tonight (i.e. Romance) 6. After the egg is delivered, have the 2 adults eat the parts from step 2, and change color. They both need to be the same color! 7. Buy 2 more apples, and have the newly colored adults eat them to fulfill the romance requirement. 8. Do a little dance, make a little love/Get down tonight, get down tonight (i.e. Romance) Now, at this point you should notice something. Remember what I said about the game only counting 'species' and not 'varient'? Regardless of whether or not the egg has hatched yet, you have 5 chances in the romance game. Since the game counts only the current species, it does not count against you all the white FSs that are born from them. This here is the key to my system. So long as the colors are not the same, you will always have the maximum chance to breed. 9. Continue to breed until you have 7 new white FSs. **[Bam. Master White FS Romancer Award]** 10. Change the color of 5 of these to the same color as your 'breeders' **[Bam, Master Romancer Award, for color you chose]** 11. Sell off all but 2 of this color. Rename them as you please, but they are basically 'Breeder 1' and 'Breeder 2' (My names for the Reds I used). From here on out you are going to follow this pattern: 1. Plant required items for color you are working on. 2. Buy romance candy. Have your breeders each a piece 3. Do a little dance... you get it now, right? 4. Repeat 2 and 3 until you have 6 white flutterscotches. 5. Convert 2 of the white FSs into your desired color. 6. Have these 2 new colors FSs romance. 7. Once the last egg has hatched, convert the remaining FSs into your desired color. 8. By this point, you have recieved the resident, romance, and master romance awards for this color species. Sell off all 7, keeping your breeders. You will be repeating the above for the other 8 (for a total of 10) species. At the start of the looping, you'll have 2 extra whites to work with but after that they will all be your creation. At the end you will have made 68 of our 70 flutters. If you get that far, consider yourself a master. Small hint here: There are 3 water needing (Waterlilly, Watercress, bullrush) and 1 weed type (Thistle) plant on the color list. I makes sense to do these near the end, if not right after one another for the water ones. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VI. Da End [vpmfg6] So pretty much this is Credits and Contact Info time. Credits: Rare - Holy Hell you guys can you make this game any sweeter? No, don't try to answer that. Don't fix what ain't broke. GameFaqs - For hosting the guide. http://pinataisland.info - For helping me as I played the game and came up with my basic strategy for going through all of this. Contact: darkrowan@gmail.com yahoo: darkrowan gamertag: darkrowan originality level: zilch XD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~