You may not follow the development exploits of Japanese developer Digital Kids, but it’s behind some games you’ve certainly seen in stores. Digital Kids is the mind behind some inexplicably popular DS titles like Hamsterz Life and Catz, published by Ubisoft as part of their misspelled-animals line of games.
Today, Ubisoft drew that crazy Japanese inspiration more inward, announcing that it has acquired the development studio, so all of those knitting rodents can be made and published by Ubisoft. Yves Guillemot, CEO of Ubisoft explained the acquisition.
“When it comes to Nintendo DS games, Digital Kids has demonstrated a leading knowledge that has resulted in creative animal simulation titles that appeal to Japanese and Western audiences alike, which is quite rare,” he said in the press release. “This acquisition attests to Ubisoft’s capacity to establish successful partnerships in new territories and reinforces its advance on casual games.”
Advance on casual games? Sounds like a military coup. At any rate, bets are now open for the next game in the series. Snakez? Armadilloz? Zebraz? Your guess is as good as ours.
