History Trivia / VivaPinata

** This was merely the start of the collaboration between Rare and 4kids, with hopes of creating more shows and merchandise based on their other IPs, including ''Banjo-Kazooie'', ''Jet Force Gemini'', and ''Perfect Dark''. 4kids' bankruptcy put a stop to all this.

** A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog, Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad, and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://pinataisland.info/ pinataisland.info]]. Active and surprisingly thriving despite the franchise being long gone.

** The Parmadillo in ''Trouble in Paradise'' has a [[https://twitter.com/TriviaPinata/status/1250559529760067584?s=20 scrapped appear cutscene]], implying that it was originally meant to be a its own species rather than an evolution.

* RoleReprise: Both games have {{Creator/Mike Pollock}} and J. David Brimmer reprising Langston Lickatoad and Professor Pester from the animated series.

* RoleReprise: Trouble in Paradise has {{Creator/Mike Pollock}} and J David Brimmer reprising Langston Lickatoad and Professor Pester from the animated series.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog, Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad, and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo.

** [[https://www.wired.com/2008/05/rare-viva-pinat/ Rare figured out how to connect]] ''Trouble in Paradise'' with ''Pocket Paradise'' despite them being on consoles made my different companies, but they had to scrap it because it was too late in their development cycles.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally planned for the Pocket PC but it never happened.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The series is called ''Atsumare! Piñata'' in Japan, with "atsumare" meaning "gather"

!![[VideoGame/VivaPinata The Video Game]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog, Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad, and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo.

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: ''Pocket Paradise'' has a rare case of this in a 2008 game with the Jeli. It's notoriously rare and has stumped plenty of players as to how to get it to spawn. Some of the rumours around it were that it only showed up once per cartridge and you needed to plant a bunch of Fir Trees to attract it. Eventually, almost a decade later, [[WordOfGod director Paul Machacek]] revealed that [[https://twitter.com/Paul_Mach1/status/1005006402413322240 starting each new game determined whether a Jeli would appear in it by random chance, approximately 1 in 3 to 1 in 6.]] He intended it as a SocializationBonus, and originally meant for the chance to be even more evil at 1 in 10000.

* WildfireFranchise: The first game, which was released in 2006, led to an [[WesternAnimation/VivaPinata animated series]] and two sequels and a party game spinoff being released for the series. However, the last installment in the series was 2008's ''Pocket Paradise'', which may have been as a result of the series' UncertainAudience - it was considered to be too childish for teens and adults, whilst children found the games too hard and complicated.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://pinataisland.info/ pinataisland.info]]. Active and surprisingly thriving despite the franchise being long gone.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally planned for the Pocket PC but it never happened. Viva Pinata: Party Animals was originally going to feature Professor Pester and Leafos as unlockable racers but this idea never made it past the games early planning stages. Professor Pester and his Ruffians were also going to be featured as boss fights in the game. A sequel to Party Animals was planned but was scrapped in early development.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog (a self proclaimed health nut that was the polar opposite to the gluttonous Fergy), Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad (a laid back musician who was also a conspiracy theorist), and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo (the only Pinata who could understand what Les was saying but was also incredibly ditzy). Dastardos was also planned to make an appearance as a KnightofCerberus that would've caused Pester to team up with the Pinatas to stop him on a few occasions.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally planned for the Pocket PC but it never happened. Viva Pinata: Party Animals was Originally going to feature Professor Pester and Leafos as Unlockable Racers but this idea never made it past the games early planning stages. Professor Pester and his Ruffians were going to be featured as Boss Fights in the Game Such as the Ruffian Tractor seen in the Games Concept Art and a sequel to Party Animals was Planned but was Scrapped in early development.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog (A self Proclaimed Health Nut that was the Polar Opposite to the Gluttonous Fergy), Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad (a Laid back Musician who was also a conspiracy theorist), and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo (The Only Pinata who could Understand what Les was saying but was also incredibly ditzy). Dastardos was Also Planned to Make an Appearance as a KnightofCerberus that would've Caused Pester to team up with the Pinatas to stop him on a Few Occasions.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The game was originally planned for the Pocket PC but it never happened.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A 3rd season was planned, but was cancelled because 4Kids went bankrupt. Not much is known about the cancelled season other than Leafos would've been a main character, giving the Piñatas a human ally. Fergy, Langston and Les would've received {{Love Interest}}s. Fergy's love interest was to be named Felicia Fudgehog, Langston's love interest was to be named Lois Lickatoad, and Les's love interest was to be named Gracie Galagoogoo.