Dig Dug: Digging Strike

Dig Dug: Digging Strike is a 2005 maze video game developed and published by Namco for the Nintendo DS. In Europe, the game was published by Atari Europe. It is the fifth entry in the Dig Dug series, and the second to be made for a handheld, following New Dig Dug. The game follows series protagonist Taizo Hori, bitter about his son Susumu getting more attention than him. After a chain of tropical islands is threatened by monsters, Taizo sets out to defeat them and reclaim his fame. Gameplay combines mechanics established in the original Dig Dug and its sequel Dig Dug II, centered around sinking a large "boss" character into the ocean by digging under large stakes in the ground.