Current events
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Contests
The first PinataIsland contest has concluded. Celestial nav, Jazziefox, and Teker0 have all won official Viva Piñata mugs -- not available in any store. Stay tuned for future PinataIsland Contests.
Elephanilla Wild-card Discovered
xITDx NaMeLeZz recently posted a photo of a Wild-card Elephanilla
Television Series
In the US, the Viva Piñata television series shows on the Fox network on Saturday mornings at 10:00 a.m. In the United Kingdom, it shows weekdays at 4:30pm on Nicktoons. Episodes for March 17 are: Franklingestion and On a Sour Note
Video Game Rumors
Rumors are that Viva Piñata will be followed by a release for the Nintendo DS, and that there will be more downloadable content in 2007. Neither Rare nor Microsoft has given any indication of what the new products will be