Rare has announced the development of
Viva Piñata! a new game that features animated piñataanimals. The game will also have a TV show tie in and I'm guessing toys and other items are in the pipeline as well. It looks like a cool game and while I'm probably not in the target demographic of the game it looks like the artists are Rare have created a pretty cool little world. More information about the actual gameplay and screenshots are available on the game's
website.