Viva Killer Instinct, special cards include nostalgia

by Xav de Matos { Oct 16th 2008 at 12:15PM }

There's nothing better than a Rare treat, is there? Rare has released three special cards to be scanned into Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise that promise "a suitable Pinata approximation of whatever is pictured." The three items pictured? Killer Instinct characters Fulgore, B. Orchid and Tusk. To access the KI pinatas, print out the cards and hold them up to your vision camera.

Let's not jump the gun and think this means a new KI is on the way, kids. Rare has mentioned they don't want to go to the IP Well before -- so, I guess that means they're filthy, filthy teases.

Gallery: Viva Pinata TIP Killer Instinct cards

Tags: killer-instinct, rare, vision-camera, viva-pinata-trouble-in-paradise

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Tony @ Oct 16th 2008 12:26PM

Any idea on what actually results from these? I have and love the game but don't have a camera unfortunately.

xenocidic @ Oct 16th 2008 12:36PM

I would hazard a guess that Orchid results in...an Orchid flower... But that would be pretty boring... Tusk, a walrusk perhaps?

Will have to try them tonight.

xenocidic @ Oct 16th 2008 12:59PM

nvm, fulgore you'll get an juicygoose and Orchid is an moozipan... Tusk is an elephant..

ciscomancer @ Oct 16th 2008 12:48PM

I am going to go to town with the shovel tonight!

MaxRadical @ Oct 16th 2008 12:49PM

They leave hints to a third killer instinct all over the place.

Everyone remember that block-mario-construction in the new banjo's trailer?

Yeah; they like stirring up hub-ub and rumours.

ryan @ Oct 16th 2008 12:50PM

B. Orchid was always such a tease.

CH3BURASHKA @ Oct 16th 2008 5:45PM

Man, you VP owners are being such downers: I thought that they'd actually let you import Fulgore and Orchid (screw Tusk). How awesome would it be to wreak havoc in coop in a friends garden with an ass-kicking robot and flashing female?

Fire Fawkes @ Oct 16th 2008 10:47PM

Eh, I traded my copy of TiP in already. Farmed nearly all the achievements and just got bored really fast. I pored hours into the original and loved it but this one just was too much of the same thing for me. However, had I known there was going to be Killer Instinct vision cards....

No, still would have traded it in.