Owned by Microsoft = I highly doubt it.

This.

Are you sure they didn't mean Peter MOORE? Cause Lionhead is owned by Microsoft. Moore left them for EA though.

hey, you never know. stranger things have happened.

http://www.gamespot.com/ds/strategy/vivapinata/index.html?tag=result;title;3

Maybe a black and White game

Lionhead making a Wii game would still be stranger.  DS is less of a direct competitor to 360 than Wii is, so that's probably how Rare got the OK for Viva Pinata.

Yeh, it is owned by M$ so there is no way they are developing for wii. DS is a different thing because they have no interest in the handheld market, and indeed, helping the DS against the PSP might benefit them a little as it goes against Sony

Unless Lionhead is about to be let independent like Bungie...

Rare still develops for the DS... Microsoft seems very lax.. or maybe the DS is a non-factor for them.

@dib8rman: Yes, DS is non factor for M$, there was even the Halo DS planned.
But how do the DS work for M$, is by putting some of the franchises to system that doesn't virtually compete their own system, they promote their own systems games. I loved Viva Pinata on DS, i can get more Viva Pinata on 360!