{"id":24958,"date":"2023-04-10T09:30:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pinata-smashlings-gaming-ip-get-series-adaptation\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T09:30:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T13:30:14","slug":"pinata-smashlings-gaming-ip-to-get-series-adaptation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvkids\/pinata-smashlings-gaming-ip-to-get-series-adaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings Gaming IP to Get Series Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nelvana and Toikido have teamed up to develop a new animated kids&#8217; series based on the gaming IP <em>Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings<\/em> is home to hundreds of characters called \u201cSmashlings\u201d\u2014cheeky little creatures and playful Pi\u00f1atas who love to have fun and are always on the lookout for the Rainbow Whale, who drops new Rainbow pods.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings<\/em> will debut on Roblox this June. Plans are underway to launch ancillary productions such as toys, plush, apparel, homewares, publishing, magazines and animation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToikido is an innovative new company that has quickly achieved success turning popular gaming properties into toys and apparel for a global audience,\u201d said Pam Westman, president of Nelvana. \u201cTheir first in-house IP, <em>Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings<\/em>, has already garnered massive hype ahead of its launch this summer, and we can\u2019t wait for fans of the brand to see the new character-driven series that will expand the amusing Pi\u00f1ataverse world and showcase its characters like they\u2019ve never seen them before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuilding on the momentum of our achievements bringing successful gaming properties into toys and apparel, we developed <em>Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings<\/em>\u00a0in-house as a truly immersive IP and are pleased to add an animated series to our plans,\u201d said Darran Garnham, founder and CEO of Toikido. \u201cNelvana is known for its top-quality development, production and distribution of premium kids\u2019 content, and we couldn\u2019t be more pleased to partner with them on the development of a playful new series that will further engage fans as they experience the ever-growing Pi\u00f1ataverse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelvana and Toikido have teamed up to develop a new animated kids&#8217; series based on the gaming IP Pi\u00f1ata Smashlings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":24959,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[397,7588,7589],"class_list":["post-24958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-nelvana","tag-pinata-smashlings","tag-toikido","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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