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?

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'.