Ivy the Deer

Ivy the Deer is an French-American action-adventure-fantasy game series, being developed by and published by Ubisoft since August 10th, 2005.

Synopsis
Set in a world where animals are the primary species, a ditzy deer known as Ivy gets a job as Cozy Woods' resident frienimal tamer as soon she becomes the protector of Cozy Woods itself.

Games

 * 1)  (video game) (2005)
 * 2) TBD (200[7, 8, 9 or 10])

Main

 * /Ivy the Deer/ (voiced by TBD) - a ditzy yet friendly deer who is a frienimal tamer as she protects Cozy Woods and the frienimals from numerous evil menaces.

Supporting

 * Master Flynn (voiced by TBD) - an old and wise panda who is Ivy's mentor as he was once a frienimal trainer, now wanting to make Ivy the best there is.

Antagonists

 * Bella the Wolf (voiced by TBD) - a rogue wolf who is a frienimal tamer like Ivy, but unlike her, she wants to tame them for the purpose of attacking Cozy Woods.

Recurring Frienimals

 * Slingpigs - pig-like frienimals who can use their tongues as a grappling hook, allowing Ivy to climb up ledges and swing across gaps.

Common Gameplay
The series is a 2D platformer with an explorable 2D hub world in each game. The games focus on going through levels, solving puzzles and fighting enemies using creatures known as frienimals. Frienimals have to be unlocked through beating a specific level, allowing you to use them throughout any of the levels, including already beaten ones to unlock secrets. Ivy is able to jump, double jump, jump up walls, slide and attack, both by punching and doing a ground pound. Several collectibles are in each game but the main ones are: Star Keys which can be found exploring the levels and are used to unlock more worlds and coins which are littered across every level and can be used to buy costumes and extra lives among other things.

Tropes
See /Tropes/.

Trivia

 * This is Ubisoft's second tentative to create a rival series to Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog, Nintendo's Mario and Activision's Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot, with the first one being Rayman.
 * The characters' pet companions and the world's wild animals in general take some inspiration from Nintendo/Game Freak's Pokémon and Bandai/Toei Animation's Digimon.