With all the news and leaks surrounding Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise, I had nearly forgotten that a DS version of Viva was in development. I say “was” because in a Scribes entry (Rare’s mailbag) from May 9, they wrote, “Viva Piñata DS is complete. We are just waiting for our army of university interns, illegal immigrants and small children from the local schools to assemble the hand-made cartridges that we’ll be selling at all good flea markets this Sunday.”

Okay, so it’s not coming out this Sunday, but at least we know that the game should be entering manufacturing soon. That should mean a release this summer, so keep an eye out for more details on that in the coming weeks.

via Game|Life / images via DS Fanboy

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