With the success of Viva Piñata, the then-elusive devs of Rare are now opening up some more to the public. Recently, Ryan Stevenson, a concept artist at Rare, Ltd. was interviewed by GameTrailers and he talked about the future of Viva Piñata and details about the next Banjo game. The video is of course laden with personal tidbits like how Rare is still getting used to the fact that they're opening up more to the media, among other things.

With regards to a sequel to Viva Piñata, he mentions that they are going to continue on with the series, although they are still working on what's gonna be new in the game's sequel. The concept artist also mentioned that he has been working on a new game for the Banjo series.

He divulges that the next Banjo outing is still going to be part of the series and it won't be a new one - which means that all the characters you've grown to love will still be in the game, but he wouldn't reveal if Gruntilda would be back. There was also a section about what happened with Stop 'N' Swop. Anyhow, we'll quit babbling and let the vid speak for itself.