Diggles

Diggles, or Wiggles in German, is a sidescroll strategy game that was released by Innonics in 2001. It never became very popular outside of Germany and even there it wasn't particulary notable for it's success. You manage a clan of Diggles, to look for and capture Odin's pet dog Fenris. On your journey down into the Earth you are joined by a fairy and meet other clans who compete in the race to capture Fenris. Because after all, everyone wants to be the Chosen One, right? Right?

Not to be confused with Biggles.

Tropes used in Diggles include:
  • 2½D: The game employs a 3D-engine, but you can only move and build in two. The third is probably to look fancy.
  • Dug Too Deep: The depths of Earth promise treasure and adventure. Adventure as in 'flesh-eating nasty things'.
  • Game Mod: There are few, if any, mods. Of course there is a nude patch.
  • Our Dwarves Are All the Same: Justified. Diggles like to drink, have sex, make gadgets and dig too deep.
  • Our Elves Are Better: Although the elf is actually a fairy (a case of Artistic License Mythology), she's the perfect elf. Annoying, arrogant and useless.
  • Suicide Mission: A god tasks you to find his dog. His flaming, three-headed dog.
  • Technology Levels: You start with sticks and stones and end up with a pseudo-nuclear reactor.
  • Tech Tree: It even comes with the task and skill of 'Inventing'.
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