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Data Design Interactive (DDI) was a low budget video game company founded in 1983 in the United Kingdom. They were known for developing video games for the Wii, though previous consoles included the GameCube and others. In May of 2008, DDI opened new offices in Sarasota, Florida (the first office in America), the headquarters of which are described by them as a "stunning Class-A 10-storey glass elevator building which has an open-air courtyard, a fountain and overlooks the beautiful Sarasota Bay" that, according to them, is two hours away from Walt Disney World.
NuYu[]
The NuYu was a feature by DDI that greatly resembled Nintendo's Miis. Basically it allows you to create avatars (with a similar appearance to Miis) and save them to your Wii Remote (which, once again, is a feature that is present in the Mii Channel). After you make your NuYu (which is a play on the words New You), you'll be allowed to use it in DDI video games, the first of which is Kidz Sports: Crazy Golf for the Wii. This feature was exclusive to the DDI Wii video games.
Critical response[]
DDI's video games have been considered by most critics to be terrible, with each of their video games receiving well below average grades. Many of their games are dramatically similar to one another - for example, in one game you'll control a Ninjabread Man who wields a candy cane as a sword, while in another you'll control a character named Anubis II who wields a similar batting weapon. While using the same game engine is common, it's odd seeing that these games were released very close to each other and feature almost identical gameplay and music without any major improvements.
List of games[]
Game Boy[]
- Wheel of Fortune (1990)
- Jeopardy! (1991)
- Jeopardy! Sports Edition (1994)
- Jeopardy! Platinum Edition (1996)
- Jeopardy! Teen Tournament (1996)
Super Nintendo Entertainment System[]
- Pinkie (Canceled)
Nintendo GameCube[]
- Nickelodeon Party Blast (2002)
Wii[]
- Ninjabread Man (2007)
- Billy the Wizard: Rocket Broomstick Racing (2007)
- Anubis II (2007)
- Monster Trux: Arenas (2007)
- Rock 'n' Roll Adventures (2007)
- Mini Desktop Racing (2007)
- Action Girlz Racing (2007)
- Myth Makers: Orbs of Doom (2007)
- Offroad Extreme! Special Edition (2007)
- Myth Makers: Super Kart GP (2007)
- Rig Racer 2 (2007)
- Classic British Motor Racing (2007)
- Monster Trux: Offroad (2007)
- Kidz Sports Basketball (2007)
- Kidz Sports Ice Hockey (2008)
- Kawasaki Jet Ski (2008)
- Kawasaki Quad Bikes (2008)
- London Taxi: Rush Hour (2008)
- Kidz Sports International Soccer (2008)
- Myth Makers: Trixie in Toyland (2008)
- Kawasaki Snowmobiles (2008)
- Hamster Heroes (2008)
- Earache Extreme Metal Racing (2008)
- Urban Extreme: Street Rage (2008)
- Kidz Sports: Crazy Golf (2008)
- Party Pigs: FarmYard Games (2009)
- Battle Rage: Mech Conflict (2009)
- Crazy Mini Golf 2 (2009)
- Junior League Sports (2010)
- My Personal Golf Trainer (2010)
- Call for Heroes: Pompolic Wars (Canceled)
- Kidz Sports: Baseball (Canceled)
- Ninjabread Man: Blades of Fury (Canceled)