History VideoGame / NinjabreadMan

''Ninjabread Man'' is an ActionAdventure and PlatformGame, created by Data Design Interactive for the UsefulNotes/PS2, [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2005, and then ported for UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2007. After nearly being eaten by a foxy fox in the original story, the Gingerbread Man decides to learn self-defense. Now he's willing to kick butt as the Ninjabread Man, slashing baked enemies with his sword as he tries to learn more powerful moves.

Although the [=PS2=] version never came to America, the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version was negatively received for its poor controls and low amount of content. A Europe-only sequel was announced, but it appears work on it never got off the ground, and given that DDI disappeared in 2009, it's likely that the sequel is dead.

''Ninjabread Man'' is an ActionAdventure and PlatformGame, created by Data Design Interactive for the UsefulNotes/PS2, [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2005, and then ported for UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} in 2007. After nearly being eaten by a foxy fox in the original story, The Gingerbread Man decides to learn self-defense. Now he's willing to kick butt as The Ninjabread Man, slashing baked enemies with his sword as he tries to learn more powerful moves.

* SelfPlagiarism: Some of DDI's other games (''Trixie in Toyland'', ''Anubis II'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Adventures'', ''Casper and the Ghostly trio'') are all reskins of this game. All five share the same HUD, as well as some of the same music.

* AWinnerIsYou: If you beat the game it goes black for a few seconds, before returning you to the title screen.* FakeDifficulty: The overall difficulty comes from the game's poor controls, bad camera and borderline useless weapons.

* AWinnerIsYou: If you beat the game it goes black for a few seconds, before returning you to the title screen.
* CameraScrew: A lot of the difficulty in this game is caused by the faulty camera.
* FakeDifficulty: The overall difficulty comes from the game's poor controls, bad camera and borderline useless weapons.

* ObviousBeta: The game was originally designed as a test pitch for a sequel to a completely unrelated game, and it shows with an array of glitches, finnicky motion controls and an incredibly short length of only three near-identical levels and a tutorial.

* SelfPlagiarism: DDI's other games (''Trixie in Toyland'', ''Anubis II'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Adventures'', ''Casper and the Ghostly trio'') are all reskins of this game. All five share the same HUD, as well as some of the same music.

%%* FollowTheLeader

%%* ObviousBeta

* ShoutOut: The PC version uses Gingy from Shrek in the load file menu. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHaU8yIu1E4&feature=youtu.be&t=30&ab_channel=JakeSharrattMart%C3%ADnez We're not kidding.]]

Although the [=PS2=] version never came to America, the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version got universally panned for its terrible controls and short game content, and gained notoriety for being one of many games made by the company that are just reskins of each other (including ''Anubis II'', ''Myth Makers: Trixie In Toyland'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Adventures'' and ''Casper and the Ghostly Trio''.) Despite this, a Europe-only sequel was announced. It appears work on it never got off the ground, and given that DDI disappeared in 2009, it's likely that the sequel is dead.

* AWinnerIsYou: If you beat the game it goes black for a few seconds before going back to the title screen. Seriously.
* BadassAdorable: Or at least that's what they tried to do for the main character.

* {{Expy}}: The engine was used for other DDI games later on.

* LevelAte: Pretty much the setting of the whole game.

* ObviousBeta: Or even more an alpha as even some ''pre''-alpha games are better like [[https://youtu.be/du3TCclPIBY this one here]].
* RecycledSoundtrack: DDI was fond of reusing the same music throughout their games. For instance, the [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLYr5VROlQ same song]] from the tutorial also shows up in the tutorial levels of ''Anubis II'', ''Trixie in Toyland'', and ''Billy the Wizard''[[labelnote:*]]DDI's attempt at a Harry Potter-esque racing game, featuring even worse controls than their platformers [[/labelnote]]. While not a bad song per se, it never sounds like it fits well in any game.
* SelfPlagiarism: DDI's other games (''Trixie in Toyland'', ''Anubis II'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Adventures'', ''Casper and the Ghostly trio'') are literally all reskins of this game. All five share the same HUD, and even some of the same music!

''Ninjabread Man'' is an ActionAdventure and PlatformGame created by Data Design Interactive for the [=PS2=], PC and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}. After nearly being eaten by a foxy fox in the original story, The Gingerbread Man decides to learn self-defense. Now he's willing to kick butt as The Ninjabread Man, slashing baked enemies with his sword as he tries to learn more powerful moves.

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Although the [=PS2=] version never came to America, the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version got [[InternetBackdraft universally panned]] for its terrible controls and short game content, and gained notoriety for being one of many games made by the company that are just reskins of each other (including ''Anubis II'', ''Myth Makers: Trixie In Toyland'', ''Rock 'n' Roll Adventures'' and ''Casper and the Ghostly Trio''.) Despite this, a Europe-only sequel was announced. It appears work on it never got off the ground, and given that DDI disappeared in 2009, it's likely that the sequel is dead.

* FollowTheLeader

* RecycledSoundtrack: The [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ajLYr5VROlQ same song]] from the tutorial also shows up in the tutorial levels of ''Anubis II'', ''Trixie in Toyland'', and ''Billy the Wizard''[[labelnote:*]]DDI's attempt at a Harry Potter-esque racing game, featuring even worse controls than their platformers [[/labelnote]]. While not a bad song per se, it never sounds like it fits well in any game.