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  The Game Released in October 2004 on the Game Boy Advance, Rainbow Rescue bares little resemblance to its predecessors Ham-Hams Unite and Ham-Ham Heartbreak (the latter of which I LP’d a couple of years ago). Knowledge of these earlier games is absolutely not required, as Rainbow Rescue features a standalone plot. This game was the first in the series to be produced by AlphaDream, a company best known for creating the Mario & Luigi series on GBA, DS and 3DS. The LP We’re going with screenshots for the most part, with uncommentated videos added where appropriate. I would doubt that many people out there have played this game, but the amount that came out of the woodwork for the Heartbreak thread surprised me; just make sure to tag spoilers if you’re discussing them. Fair warning: This LP may be fairly .gif heavy. There’s a lot of small animations that deserve to be shown off. Updates Update 01: No longer looks like a word. Update 02: A tutorial on railroading. Update 03: Rub Eyes to Reduce Sneeze Meter. Update 04: Can love bloom in the sunflower field? Update 05: Elementary, my dear Watson! Update 06: Sports, Science and Searching. Update 07: Not-so-friendly competition. Update 08: Slipping back to the SNES. Update 09: Games and grudge matches. Update 10: Fairground festivities. Update 11: A seashore study on safety. Update 12: Hams gone wild. Update 13: Pun Level - Red Update 14: Punishing Puntaros and Rainbow Rescuing. Update 15: Seedy characters and mixed nuts. Update 16: But is it art? Update 17: Practicing for the Ham-Ham Games. Update 18: Helping out the little guys. Update 19: The greatest show in the sky. Appendix A: Stickers & Mats Appendix B: Art Gallery Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 13:19 on May 7, 2015 |
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Update 01: No longer looks like a word. For anyone who wants to watch the start-up cinematic, here’s a video. I’m sure that anyone who watched the English version of the anime will recognise the music even if it is coming out of a GBA.  Rainbow Rescue only supports one save slot, so let’s get this show on the road!  We immediately fade in on one hamster’s arrival at a cliffside viewpoint, joining her in looking out over the little Japanese town where the Ham-Hams happen to reside. (The show is set in the ‘real world’, but focusing on such small protagonists provides a rather different sense of scale.  )  Of course, the game wouldn’t be called Rainbow Rescue without at least one rainbow in it! And as it forms, a rather oddly-dressed individual appears to be following it…    But that individual is much too far away to be seen by anyone other than the player, so let’s just go take a little wander around and tell some of our friends about the pretty rainbow. Also worth noting is that AlphaDream offers multiple headshots for each of the main Ham-Hams, which is a nice improvement from the previous game. It does mean I’ll be having to give the PNGout plugin a workout though…   The game gives us control at this point, and the layout is basically what you’d expect. A is interact, B makes you run, Start opens the menu.  Like so. Yes, that does say stickers. No, we won’t be fighting any dragon turtles with them.  Rainbow Rescue doesn’t share the Ham-Chat system of Ham-Ham Heartbreak, so you no longer need to HifHif (sniff) sunflower seeds before you can collect them. Just hitting A will suffice. They do still serve as the game’s currency though, so I’ll be picking up every one I see.   A magazine for moms asked me to come to Sunny Peak.Exiting stage left takes us to our first NPCs, including this familiar face. There are a bunch of side characters in this game who have appeared before… just not in the English version of the anime. Sunny Peak was a location in the last game, but there’s little similarity between the two versions of it.   A carrot grew here out of nowhere! It’s in the way, so I’m pulling on it. But it won’t budge. Really, what’s going on here?Just the game designers making sure we don’t stray from the intro area.    It’s absolutely perfect for fishing. Ho ho ho!♪I’ll take your word for it, old ham. Anyway, continuing westward (the only direction we can go) makes the screen pan over to…   Some more hamsters from the box art!  Right, those guys! Hamtaro is our protagonist and unofficial leader of the Clubhouse Ham-Hams, and Oxnard is his first-made friend, neighbour and professional devourer of everything (especially sunflower seeds).  Oh, right. I should have probably also introduced the female lead, who’s formerly hailing from France and crushing on Hamtaro pretty bad. Her name implies something small and delicate, usually in the context of jewellery.  You have to come see this rainbow! Rainbow?! Where?! It’s over there! Let’s go see it! It’s right over there! Okay, let’s all go see it together then!Man, talk about some serious rainbow hype. Guess what word the update title applies to.  And just like that, we have new party members! Yes, this game isn’t just a Hamtaro/Bijou partnership; you can have up to eight of the Ham-Hams roaming around together. They each have their own abilities, but we’ll get to that later on.    Ooh! It is really pretty! It’s wonderful!♪Meanwhile, in the skies above…  ...Oh my.   Our mystery hamster makes a valiant effort to stay aloft, but… Mayday, mayday! He’s going down!  Well, that’s quite unusual even without noticing the hamster with polka-dot wings. Rainbows shouldn’t fade away that quickly…   I wanted to stare at it all day long… If we wait here, will we ever see one again? Huh…   Ah, I believe that was our winged friend coming down to earth. I wonder where he’ll land…  Let’s go back and look for him.And now, a brief fade-away to somewhere nearby.   Huh? Where are Hamtaro and Oxnard?Ah, here’s Boss at last. His house serves as the Ham-Ham’s Clubhouse, since he’s a field hamster unlike most of the others. He’s crushing on Bijou, but she only has eyes for Hamtaro. ...Do you hear something whistling?  Heheh, right on target.   It sounded like something fell over there somewhere. Let’s go look, Oxnard! Bijou, please stay here and wait. Hopefully Boss won’t be too badly concussed from being hit by that meteoric hamster.  Ignoring the obvious prompt to interact with the displaced plank, let’s go check on our buddy.   Huh? Hey! Who’s that other Ham-Ham over there?  We passed a log on the way here, Hamtaro. Let’s bring it over here.Sounds like a solid idea, Oxnard. Just replace the ‘log’ (that’s clearly flat), and we should be good to go.  ...Ah. Seems these two don’t quite have the muscle power for it. Let’s get more help so we can lift it!Well, we can’t count on NPCs to lend us a hand. So…   Wha...what?! Boss?! We were going to help him, but we can’t get to him. There’s a log, but we need your help. We need you to help us move it! OK! I understand. Let’s go!I’m not entirely sure how strong Bijou happens to be, but here’s hoping it’s enough to make a difference with that log.  Do you know how to carry things? Want me to tell you?But when we go to find out, guess what? Tutorial time! Thankfully, it’s optional. The controls are just A to pick up, move to spot, A to put down. Oh, and the old ham also says that the number of hamsters in your party is what’s important for lifting stuff. Bijou is just as strong as Hamtaro, and even certain supposedly strong hamsters won’t count for more than one hamster’s worth.  The option to put something down anywhere is rarely useful on account of Hamtaro prompting us whenever we’re in the right spot. With that tiny tutorial out of the way, it’s time that we help Boss and our mystery guest.  Right after the Barbariccia impression and victory dance, of course.   Gee, perhaps it’s a pair of massive head injuries. Just at a guess. Boss! Come on, you need to wake up! This Ham-Ham won’t wake up either. What should we do now? Oh, hey there Cappy. One of the younger Ham-Hams, this guy’s main quirk should be fairly obvious. He also looks up to Boss, so this must be a bit of a shock for him.  Cappy! Boss and the other Ham-Ham won’t wake up! I hope they’ll be ok! I’m really worried. I think we should take them back to the Clubhouse! Good idea. Let’s take them back to the Clubhouse! Sure, let’s drag Boss all the way home on his face. It’s not like it’ll make him any uglier.   Once we arrive at the Clubhouse, it seems almost everyone wants a look at our mystery guest. So expect a fair few short introductions before the update is over.  Maxwell here is the brainbox, often found reading or spouting facts to try and educate his friends. Though he asks a good question… The last flying hamsters around here were both pests in their own ways.  Oh, he’s waking up. I’m sure he won’t be bothered by everyone staring at him.  ...Or the second concussion.  I’d call him a crybaby, but that’s honestly a pretty fair reaction to waking up in a strange place, surrounded by a bunch of folks you don’t recognise.  ...Perhaps you should clarify what you mean by friendly, Hamtaro.  Boy, that expression sure is something.  Insert merciful fadecut here. This series is generally pretty good with those.   Oh! And I made such a scene without even knowing…  Oh, the antenna light up. Guess your parents went all out on that costume, huh kid?   So, what’s your name? Well, that’s certainly one way to make an introduction. Also note Snoozer napping in the corner; no prizes for guessing what his deal is. Rainbow Land?! Just what is Rainbow Land?!  I’d love to show you Rainbow Land, my beautiful home.  It’s late! I need to go now, or everyone back home will be worried! Sorry to crash and run, but I’d better get going! Adios, hamigos!  And with that, everyone files out onto the Ham-Ham Lawn. The game won’t tell you that’s what this screen is called until the postgame.  Everyone is hanging around here to see Bo off, so let’s talk to them before getting on with the next cutscene.  Dexter is a gentlemanly hamster (whose ‘glasses’ are just his fur markings) that seeks the affection of one of the female Clubhouses hams, but also has to contend with his eternal rival…   Ha Ha Ha HA HA HA! I’m mighty funny! ...The eternal punster himself, Howdy. He speaks with a southern accent in the English version of the anime (obviously), and he likes to keep things nice and clean. Also pictured: My reaction to Howdy’s lame joke.   Moving on, we have the twins Sandy and Stan. They’re both very athletic and active, with Sandy favouring rhythmic gymnastics while Stan enjoys other pursuits like skateboarding, playing the maracas… and flirting with every girl he sees.  We’ve already met Maxwell, who’s naturally most interested in the academic prospects of this situation. Also worth noting is that Sandy has a crush on him, so this trio tends to be found together.   And here we have Pashmina and Penelope. The former is the target of Dexter and Howdy’s affections, but she’s more interested in being the big sister figure to her little blanket-wearing friend. Don’t expect Penelope to say anything other than ‘Ookwee’; she’s too young to talk properly.   Perhaps with those wings on his back, he’ll just fly home!Panda here (again, named such for obvious reasons) is the industrious one of the Clubhouse group. To date, he’s built everything from bridges to fun parks! So if you need something built or repaired, Panda’s the one to ask.   Well, if games and cartoons have taught me anything, it’s that rainbows and lands in the sky are almost always associated with candy. So don’t fill up on seeds beforehand, okay buddy?  Anyway, that’s all of the Clubhouse Ham-Hams who are around. Cappy is probably tending to Boss’ massive head injury, so… Let’s see Bo off!  Well, good! Prepare yourselves for something truly amazing! Listen up! I can make rainbows with my umbrella! Wh-what? A rainbow with your umbrella?! That’s incredible!Hey, they avoided using just the bog-standard ‘Metal Gear?’ bit! Good on you, AlphaDream.  I’m now imagining Bo singing ‘Walking on Rainbows’, sung to the tune of ‘Walking on Sunshine’. With my umbrella, I’ll make a rainbow that goes to Rainbow Land! Surely this can only go well. We rescued Bo after his fall, so the game must be over now, right?  Yeah, as if. Bo’s observational skills are perhaps a little lacking. Bo! Hm...hmm...mmm. Well, I’m pretty sure your umbrella exploded right in your face.  It did seem rather drab for a magical rainbow-making umbrella. I mean, I like sky blue as much as the next person, but…  It’s the truth! Ah, there we go. Now that feels like a game-spanning quest!   Whaaa! I want to go home! Mommy! Daddy! Yeah, he may seem hopeless and probably useless, but he’s still better than Harmony.   What…? We’ll find what you need to get back home! What a really great idea, Hamtaro! Really! Plus, a rainbow is just so pretty. Don’t you think, Penelope? Ookwee!   And with everyone in agreement, the search for the seven coloured ingredients can begin! I hope you’ll join me next time as we return to Sunny Peak for some proper exploration. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Mar 18, 2015 |
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Apparently half the people from the last Hamtaro thread were just lying in wait for me to start another one.  And Glazius is already here because of course they are. Glazius is in 99% of LP threads.GeneralYeti posted:Challenging Chocobo Tales for the record of adorableness in a single update, are we? Only one can wear the cuteness crown, buddy. And to be perfectly honest, I may have finished my first ever playthrough, made sure I'd grabbed/seen everything... and then immediately started working on the first update. Picayune posted:Oh, man, I enjoyed Heartbreak and this is even cuter. Since somebody just finished another MySims LP, I figured the subforum cuteness levels had to be kept up.  Also Leavemywife insisted I do another Hamtaro game to help him get through the eventual DS-added content for his LP. Oh, and if anyone was wondering about updates, I'm hoping to get them up twice a week. You'll definitely get at least one. And speaking of updates...
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Update 02: A tutorial on railroading. After resolving to find Bo’s  I'm not sure.  Figures that Hamtaro would agree to help someone before he even knows how he’ll do it. Still, that’s what this meeting is for. Seven colors…? Well, at least they avoided it once.   Exactly! If I had seven items with those same seven colors…  So, here we have our major quest for the game. Find seven items that Bo can use to restore his magical umbrella to its former glory. But...there’s something wrong with my umbrella. I think it’s bent…  Bent! I’ll be sure to look at it later! You can count on me when it comes to repairs!Fair enough; I suppose Panda won’t be joining in the search just yet.   I reckon I’ve just had some sort of an idea. See y’all later!  Sounds like fun! Let’s go, too! Uh-huh! Well, why don’t we try looking somewhere, too, Penelope? Ookwee! Looks like everyone else is gone....Well, there goes most of our hampower. Still, I suppose we need someone to go out and find the plot hooks for the later ingredients, and we can’t have too many party members too early!   Oh hey, look who’s out of bed. Guess that helmet of yours helped absorb the blow, huh?   Nice save there, Boss.  Well, you see…   I said I was sorry! Mommy! Daddy!  You see, Bo was… And then you… … So, you see?Aaaand fade out again. The game designers are generally pretty merciful about sparing the player recaps.    In order to make a rainbow, you need to find seven ingredients....More or less.  Hamtaro, I’m going to look for an ingredient! Aha! Oxnard, you sly dog, you.  And just like that, we’re reduced to just five hamsters standing around the table. And since Bo isn’t likely to be of much use…   Everyone! I already know what the orange ingredient is! Really? Well, Boss, what could it be? Bijou, the orange ingredient is…  …    Gee, you don’t say. Clearly we’re getting softballed into this quest, which is why we aren’t doing the logical thing and starting with red.  Heh heh heh…   ...Uh…  That certainly is some interesting logic you’ve got there, Boss.    Uh, well… Well, I suppose we don’t really have any better leads, so…  Don’t worry, Bijou. I’ll be back in no time! See ya! Bye!And then Boss rushes off out to Sunny Peak.  It may not be too likely, but it certainly sounds like the sort of folklore someone would come up with…  Perhaps we can stop him from wasting too much time out there.  And with that, the scene ends and our first real bit of gameplay begins! We can wander and explore to our heart’s content, so long as we don’t encounter any obstacles that need more than these three Ham-Hams to overcome. So let’s start by poking around the Clubhouse a bit.  Obviously, Boss came out of his own room. I don’t believe there’s any way in here, so how about we take a look at the TV instead?  Try something new for a change. Branch out and try something new for a change. Push yourself. The second luckiest for today is...Libra. I feel that you just might get that sticker you haven’t found yet.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Pisces. It’s time to make a confession! Who knows? It might just lead to love! Today will not be very good for...Gemini. Small things may get you into big trouble. The park is a lucky place. Hamstarr is the only show on throughout the game, and his fortunes are basically just random. Quillpaw’s info segments from the Heartbreak LP told us that Panda is an Aries, none of the Clubhouse crew is a Libra, Penelope is a Pisces, and Stan and Sandy are Gemini (because of course they are). Perhaps I’ll start each new ‘chapter’ with a fortune from Hamstarr, so you can all see what he has to say about your starsigns.  Ah, but it’s not just any blackboard! If you interact with it, and immediately after the dialogue box closes…  Press L, R, A, B. Ta-da! It’s a secret colouring-in page!   You see, the game comes with a selection of colouring-in pictures for the younger players. There are thirty in total, and five of them are hidden behind codes like this one. I’m not actually sure how you learn these codes. They don’t appear to be anywhere in-game that I can find.  We start off with ‘Hamtaro’ as a freebie, and ‘Secret Admirer’ is the one we just found.  The rest of the stuff in the Clubhouse is just a bunch of flavour text. Some of it is kind of interesting though, and the first visit to Sunny Peak won’t take that long.  Postie delivers mail to all kinds of cool places!   It doesn’t quite look finished.Looks pretty much finished to me! Also, didn’t he just arrive?   No surprises there, then.  We haven’t seen it yet on account of not just immediately running out the front door, but this is a pixelated version of the game’s actual map screen. It shouldn’t be hard to see which places we’ll be going in future even from this one. Ah, and there’s one more important Clubhouse fixture to look at.  Did you find the orange? He may not be too helpful yet, but Snoozer continues to be the game’s hint system. And also asleep.  The slide is pointless, but fun. With that, I think it’s finally time we headed off after Boss.  Next stop, Sunny Peak!  The starting point is one screen west from where Bo crash-landed, which means this hole must be where Cappy came from last update. A nice bit of continuity.   So, let’s immediately gave a NPC a heart attack.   Oh, great! Now the frog got away. Were you playing with the frogs? Uh, yeah...and I was just about to catch one, too. ...Well, that was pointless. Though at least he used more Ham-Chats than most folks.  Let’s leave that dude to his frog cuddling or whatever.   I don’t want to let my mom down. I wonder if there’s a better spot to fish around here.Given that you’re standing on a log I’ll probably need at some point, I’d say almost certainly. Let’s keep moving east…  We’re looking for Boss! Have you seen Boss? We really need to find him! You bet I’ve seen bass! Bass, bass and more bass. Tons of bass! Ho ho! ... Not “bass”. We are talking about a Ham-Ham named “Boss”. Oh, I see. Ummm… Just now, a Ham-Ham passed by on his way over there. But is that the one you are looking for? Ummm… Let’s go over there!  Boss must have jumped over the water to get across. We need to find a log!We clearly aren’t out of the tutorial yet. So, let’s go solve that other guy’s problem as well as our own.  I can catch a ton of fish over there? Ok, I’ll go right now! And this has been Puzzle Solving 101.  Another quick ‘Haaam!’ moment fixes the problem nicely.  This might turn out great for me and Mom. Thanks for telling me about it! Though it’s not much, here’s some fishing line. Well...if you don’t have a fishing pole, you can’t fish! If you only had a stick pole to take its place! Well, I’m sure we’ll be able to put this to good use later on. It’s nice to actually have an inventory item too.    Next time I’m here with Howdy, I’ll have him clean it up!If we continue on over to where Bijou was looking at the rainbow, there’s nothing to see except some litterbug’s leavings and Hamtaro refusing to clean it up himself.  Where we actually want to go is the path that was blocked off during the intro. Hamha! Guess what? I’ve figured out how to pull the carrot out of the ground. I’ll teach you! You do want to hear how to do it, right?This is the task tutorial. Basically, each party member is able to interact with the game environment in certain ways, and you cannot perform a task without the relevant Ham-Ham in your party.  This sunflower icon appears over the relevant character’s head whenever you are near enough to a task. As you can see, Hamtaro’s task is picking carrots.  Each task has its own little quicktime event in order to successfully complete it, none of which are terribly difficult.  Successfully completing this task earns us our very first sticker. There are 451 stickers to find and collect in this game, with five levels of rarity. Tasks will always give you a one-star sticker. If you look in the top left, we also get twenty sunflower points for completing a task. Earn one hundred, and you get either a three or four star sticker. As for what you do with stickers… They do have a minor purpose we’ll see later, but they’re mainly just a fun little collectible.  I wasn’t able to climb it before because of the carrot. I’m glad it’s gone! Moving onwards and upwards! To unexplored territory!  Ah, more NPCs to chat to. Let’s see what’s up.  All three of the grey-ish hamsters have the same portrait.  Nothing beats food after working in the mountains! Today’s lunch is orange-flavored sunflower seeds! Mom always makes the most delicious lunches! What?! Did you say… orange? Oh, so Boss came to the right place, but for the wrong reason. Hey, whatever works!   ”The sun turning into an orange!” Ha ha! You say some silly things. Ha hahahaha!♪ I’m sure an orange tree is on the other side of the river. Oh, you mean this river? It’s not exactly a long trip.  Ah, yes. The ability to swim is rather rare among hamsters. Enough so that we only met one who could swim in the last game.  But that also means…Boss has not made it over to the other side, either. Let’s go look again.But as soon as we take a step to the right…   Ah, a bit of vine-swinging! In Heartbreak, the command for this was Clingie.   Nope, we can’t reach even when Maxwell jumps for it.  Huh… Without Boss, we can’t reach it.Well, time to poke around a little more on this side of the river then.  Ah! I hear Boss’s voice!  Ah, yes. We couldn’t have climbed the tree before because the only way onto it is to the right of the hole, which is where the mountain workers were standing.  Speaking of the hole, we can’t go in there yet. Tutorial mode is still in full effect until we get our first ingredient.  Moving on up a screen lets us find Boss rummaging around inside the tree, because that’s totally where you find oranges.   Hey! Hamtaro, you guys came here, too? Did you find an orange? If we work together, we can reach the other side of the river! That’s right! With Boss, we can stand on the  and get across the river!  Where’s a slightly more sarcastic version of  when you need it? We heard that there was an orange around here somewhere. Hm? You must be talking about me. Aren’t I a cute orange color? Heke. It appears that we are wrong. We’re looking for the orange fruit, not…you! Ohh, I see. It should be on Sunny Peak somewhere. Just where was it? Well, that conversation was entirely pointless. Seems that orange hamster is only here to get in our way… Still, better go help Boss up.   Boss! Are you OK? Daa ha ha! I’m fine. I’m fine! Just fine! Now let’s go! Follow me! And now we’re four Ham-Hams strong! Boss is also taking the lead for now, not that it affects anything much. The important thing is that we’re able to cross the river now! We did manage to break the vine though…  A nearby NPC informs us about Bijou’s task, plucking the petals from flowers. It almost never comes up, but she’s going to spend a lot of time in the party regardless.  Likes. Likes me not. Likes. Likes me not. ……… Likes. Likes me not. ………  Heke? Bijou, what’s the matter? Ohhh, it’s OK! Don’t be too worried about it. Oh, my heart. Whether this flower produces a ‘Likes’ or ‘Likes me not’ is random, and it seems we’ve been a bit unlucky. Hopefully it will have a better result next time. My brothers are gathering nuts and don’t want to be bothered! We’re finding all kinds of stuff on this peak!Further west, the game makes sure we stay on track yet again.  Oh, c’mon now. This is just getting ridiculous. The hamster here just wonders who blocked the road, and hints at our path to progress…    Heading back a screen and on down the vine (past the flower Bijou plucked the petals from), we finally come to the other major part of this game. The NPC is of course there to tutorialise us, but to put it simply…  This game is to minigames what Professor Layton is to puzzles. That is to say, there’s a number of minigames you have to do to progress the plot, and a whole lot of optional ones you can find by poking around in the right places. There’s always a signpost nearby, and ones with sunflowers on them haven’t been done before.   In order to play a given minigame, you have to have the right Ham-Ham in your party. Boss tends to get strength-related challenges, Maxwell gets intellectual problems, and so forth. Hamtaro gets to try this first one on account of being the main character.  Approaching a minigame opens up a menu to Start, Quit, view the Controls, read Tips and to Skip the minigame if you’re having severe trouble with one. (You need a certain consumable item to skip a minigame though, so we must press forward in this instance.) Tips and Controls are basically must-read for the first encounter with a given minigame type.  Being the first of many, many minigames means that “Lily Pad Row 1” is incredibly easy. Failing a minigame gives you a one-star sticker as a consolation prize, while success earns you a two-star sticker and some sunflower points. How many depends on the minigame, some of them even offering bonus points for good performances.  And with that, we’ve overcome our first minigame! This update is already pretty lengthy compared to the first one, but I’d like to close out this first Sunny Peak visit before finishing up.    I hear there’s another Ham-Ham who’s a “tree-nut”, too. What kind of Ham-Ham could it be? I hope we can meet.Seedric here is one of Cappy’s friends, and the victim of one of the villain’s schemes from Heartbreak. Hopefully he’ll get to meet whoever this fellow tree-nut happens to be.  Heading up the vine on this side of the lily pads takes us past the blockade to…   Wow, good thing somebody left one single orange on this tree, or we’d be completely hosed.  That’s great! It’s an orange! I’m glad we finally found it!  You can always count on me! Right, Bijou? Huh?! What are you doing, Hamtaro? I’m climbing the tree to get the orange! Sorry, Boss. You weren’t quick enough on this one. What am I gonna do with him? Well...we should just stay here and catch the orange. Good idea! Let’s stay here and catch it! You bet I am, Bijou! Of course I’ll catch it. No sweat!  “Orange Catch” is a one-time minigame, as a few of the plot ones tend to be. While it looks like it should give more points for catching the orange the first time, it’s only worth 20 points no matter what.   See! Just like I said, right, Hamtaro? Actually, you said the sun turned into an orange!♪ I said Sunny Peak, and we’ve got an orange, don’t we? He’s right! Boss said all along that the orange was on Sunny Peak! I have to say, I like that Maxwell let that one go and just went along with everyone else. Ha ha! I just did what came naturally. Awww… You’re embarrassing me with talk like that.♪ Awww… Ha ha!♪ Bijou! Guy’s got it bad.   We have to work fast so Bo can return to Rainbow Land. We Ham-Hams will have to work hard! Heke! OK, everyone! Let’s go hand the orange to Bo!  And as we fade out on Sunny Peak, we’ll take a look at what happens when we take an ingredient back to Bo… next time. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 23:30 on Mar 4, 2015 |
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Leavemywife posted:Do you have to play each minigame twice, to get the one-star sticker for failing and then the two-star for passing it? Or does it give you both stickers for success? I'll bring this up in the next update, but the sticker prizes for tasks and minigames are randomly drawn from a pool for the area you're in. Which means if I want a sticker that's assigned to the Sunny Peak pool, I have to play minigames and do tasks there specifically. So good luck getting all of them! Mehuyael posted:You know what else is orange? A carrot. This isn't even the stupidest case of "Why that ingredient" we'll come across.Grilox posted:Top left. Yes, that.  (Thanks for pointing it out.)Xander77 posted:So... does the game have any tunes worth posting? Well, it does. But the only copy I can find online is some slightly low quality playlist on Youtube, so if I want better quality stuff to link to, I'm going to have to record it myself (like last time). As some samples, here's Boss's Theme and Uh-Oh!, the theme that reminds me of Superstar Saga the most. The sound quality isn't too shabby, so I could add these to updates until I get a chance to record them myself... What do you folks think? Of course, if anyone's Google-Fu is stronger than mine, I'd also be happy being provided with a better quality soundtrack. (Unless that's considered  , obviously.)
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Update 03: Rub Eyes to Reduce Sneeze Meter. So, whenever we manage to find an ingredient the Ham-Hams will automatically return to the lawn, where Bo and Panda will usually be waiting for them.   Boss is with you! I’m sure glad you found him. We went through a lot to get this orange ingredient! I mean, there were trees, and rivers, and at the end… OK then! Let’s go ahead and make a rainbow color! ... Bo gives Boss no respect whatsoever.  Ha ha! Prepare yourselves. It’s about to start!  That’s some interesting magic you’ve got there, Bo. Imagine being able to paint your house just by buying some fruit.   -------  Back in the clubhouse after some unspecified amount of time has passed, it seems we’re getting a delivery.  Hey there, Postie! Is it weird that we have a doll of you in the clubhouse? Flower Ranch? Who is it from? Hey! It’s from Cappy and Oxnard! Oxnard and I are at Flower Ranch! We’re looking for a sunflower. You see, a while back, Pepper once said to me…   I’m sure you have never seen such a bold yellow before. I’ll show you the next time you stop by! When I remembered what she said… I thought the flower petal would work as an ingredient.  Oh! Maxwell! I think a sunflower petal would work as an ingredient. Hamtaro, you need to come to Flower Ranch, too! There are plants all over the place! It’s really amazing! That’s all well and good, but things got a little bit Castle of Aaargh in that letter, don’t you think?  At least Postie hasn’t changed much. He’s still got his slogan going.  Sounds like a good idea! We can poke Snoozer before we go, but he’s somehow aware of the ranch’s first obstacle before we even go there, so let’s not.  You’re not feeling well, are you? Gain some energy by eating fruit. The second luckiest one for today is...Aries. You’ll have a clear head all day long. Use it on your homework.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Aquarius. You’ll make progress on your homework. Get ahead of everyone today! Today will not be very good for...Cancer. Something might get lost. The aquarium is your lucky place. You heard him, Aries and Aquarius! Get cracking on your homework! We already know the Pisces and Aries among the Ham-Hams; Howdy is an Aquarius and Bijou’s sign is Cancer.  I’m watching quietly so it doesn’t get scared away. So, don’t go this way for now, OK?This jerk is blocking us from making a side-trip to explore Sunny Peak some more, so let’s go ahead and check out Flower Ranch.  ...It lacks something when you’re this low to the ground. (The Clubhouse hams range from the 6.2cm tall Penelope to Boss’s 12cm. Most of them are in the 7-9 range. )  Follow the signs to the sunflower garden and enjoy.Flower Ranch is actually a pretty large area, especially once we’re able to visit all of it. A little bit of guidance to our goal is appreciated.  Hmm, these two seem familiar. Their conversation is normally relevant and perfectly timed, because there’s just 90 points worth of tasks and minigames on our orange-gathering trip.   One thing that may not be immediately apparent is that these blue fence posts are climbable if the base of them is clear. A log blocks off the one further to the right, since it needs more than three Ham-Hams to carry.  There are two ways to go, so let’s head south to start with.  Wow, that’s a pretty big turnip. You could definitely bop some bad guys with that thing.   Strange. I’m sure there’s a term for when, for the sake of the narrative, videogame characters have to be oblivious to something that’s incredibly obvious to the player. Something more specific than Failed A Spot Check.???: Over here! That voice. It’s… It’s Cappy! We’ve got to save him now! ...Well, he was out from under the bowl for a second there.  It’s too heavy. Let’s go find more of our pals to help us. Hang on, Cappy. We’ll save you! This is what Sleeper’s current hint is about, by the way. He says: It seems Cappy’s in a dark place and in trouble. Zzzz… When in danger, it’s good to talk to Maxwell. Zzzz… So now all it spoils is which of the other two clubhouse hamsters will appear first.  Moving onward, it seems that this path comes to an abrupt end here. It may look like we can go north from here, but…   It doesn’t matter if they win or lose, everyone smiles.Yeah, it’s too steep to go that way. Also, nuts to that. We play to win!   Two lovers divided, huh? Well, there was that log earlier…  In order to make progress, we have to take the other path from the starting screen. Also pictured: That log.   Hmm, some items up out of reach. The seeds would be nice, but this thing looks much more interesting. Pity we can’t do anything about them right now.  ...Bunnies!   Big-bottomed bunnies we can’t begin to budge. That square thing will have to remain uncollected for now. The hamster at the bottom is just freaking out about this other one admiring the scenery, so let’s keep moving.  “Rub Eyes to Reduce Sneeze Meter”. That’s not a command you see every day.  Butterfly Bridge 1 is the first minigame to introduce extra sunflower points for a better performance, but it’s only a miserly one point per second left on the clock.  The game itself is fairly generous in terms of difficulty, letting Hamtaro tank three hits without sneezing. The dust drifts fairly randomly, so standing near some to wait for it to drift past is somewhat risky, as shown.  And in a mildly amusing turn, our first sticker for reaching 100 sunflower points is the same one being shown off earlier. This is entirely coincidental.  Wow, that’s rude. But if you talk to her again, this hamster explains that you can get more sunflower points in minigames by doing whatever the Tips screen suggests. The bonus condition is always by the pink head icon at the bottom.  Climbing back down to ground level presents us with… whatever this pink lumpy thing is. Still, it looks pickupable!   Geeze kid, calm down.  OK, but I’ll only tell you guys. This thing is called candy. You might see some pieces in the Ham Games… If you do, you really should grab as many as you can.Candy collection serves as one of the most common bonus conditions for minigames, typically appearing in 5-point pink pieces or 2-point yellow pieces. I assume they’re little pop rocks or something. Edit: An interesting tidbit from Picayune! Picayune posted:I suspect the candy is meant to be kompeito! They're just little blobs of flavored rock candy, but they're so good.  Naturally, the south exit from this area is the first minigame to use candy for extra points, Slippy Slidy Slope 1.  ...Some of them are there to tempt you into crashing. If you’re not an idiot, I would suggest:  Actually using the brake button.   This first slide brings us out back past Cappy’s prison, so let’s loop back around and head north instead.  The next screen has three carrots for us to collect. Yes, we are actually collecting them.   See? No other task gives you an item like this, and gathering them up will be handy later on. So in addition to sunflower seeds, make sure to get some veggies!  The next room gives us the option of going up the fence post for Butterfly Bridge 3. Why 3, you ask? Well, we’ll see. It’s currently a dead end though, because another log blocks the fence post on the other side. So we’ll go and do that later.  The normal conversations for these two hamsters are uninteresting (I got all the candy/This minigame’s too hard for me), but this item is somewhat important. Walnuts are what you need to skip a minigame; getting any aside from this one requires a different method which I’ll show off later. It’s worth noting that skipping minigames means missing out on stickers and sunflower points.  In order to progress, it’s time for Slippy Slidy Slope 2! This one has the lesser yellow candies, but both it and its predecessor are alright sources of sunflower points at the moment. Getting 40-50 per round trip is pretty easy.  Ending up on the opposite side of the lover’s divide, we’ve hit a temporary point of no return. Until we can bridge the gap with a log, we can’t get back to the Clubhouse.   I heard that there’s a hamster’s vegetable garden near here… So, which way is it… I’ve heard that you are what you eat, but geeze. There is indeed a vegetable garden fairly nearby, but it’s blocked off for the moment.  Boss, where were you hiding that pickaxe? Also, that rock must have had a serious weak point there to completely split in two. Well, the sign says the sunflower garden is thattaway, so you know where we have to go first. Every other direction in search of treasure!   Part of the next screen is blocked off because that sleeping hamster is weighing the farmer’s cart down, so we need to get around behind them another way and push the cart in order to make a shortcut.  See? He even says so. The sad purple hamster in the back is just sad that he can’t beat the minigame next to him. But before we do that, there’s a southern exit to the room.  Nothing for us here at the moment, though. Something like a boat, hmm…  Well, let’s play a minigame in the meantime. This guy better watch that he doesn’t hurt somebody with that stick.  Finally, we have a minigame for someone other than Hamtaro.   You can change the timing to hop one, two or three steps at a time. The opponent actually seems to rubberband a bit, so you have more time to try and gather candy than it would appear if you try to speed through it. The base reward is only ten points, but you do need to play it whenever you want to go to…  Another screen with three carrots! And another sleepy hamster blocking potential exploration.  There’s nothing for it; we have to continue on toward the sunflower garden.   Another turnip is keeping us out of the enclosure with a crying kid inside, and we’ve come out on the other side of the blocked Butterfly Bridge 3 path. We still only have three Ham-Hams though, so we can’t unblock it.  Oh, and Elder Ham is here too. Snoozing as usual, I see.  Eyebrows. We’re going to the sunflower garden. I see. I see. That reminds me… I too… Umm… Where was I? Oh yeah, my favorite place to nap is near here. Climb some stairs and find a comfy red bench. It will make you sleep peacefully. Well...Thinking of that bench...I should get going. Take care! Enjoy your fifty-seventh nap today then, gramps.   The next screen has three of Boss’ little task rocks and this much larger one, though it’s an obstacle we can actually do something about for once.  A very good question indeed. Don’t worry though, there’s a signpost. Its presence is kind of like a cutscene, giving us powers behind anything we’d display otherwise.  Boulder Bash is a very simple minigame, but I’ll admit my button-mashing skills kind of suck. It’s also troublesome if you have to move a finger from one button to the next whenever it changes, say, because you’re using a keyboard instead of a controller. Y’know, hypothetically.  This is a non-repeatable minigame, which is a real shame when it gives 10 points plus 3 per second remaining.   Also, we get a permanent display of Boss’ narcissism to admire. Although, the way the stubble-eque fur is carved kind of looks strange to me.  Coming to another intersection, this area has an odd little quirk.   There’s a butterfly on top of this post. Try touching it. You should be able to play “Butterfly Bridge” again!See, there are some minigames that are slightly different based on which direction you approach them from. (We ‘skipped’ Butterfly Bridge 2, since that’s played by approaching 1 from the other way. They’re both counted as being the same minigame though, because the layout is identical aside from being flipped.) In some cases, you have to complete the second version of a minigame to play the first one again, because you’ll have moved something from one end of the course to the other. However, you do not typically have to go somewhere else entirely unrelated in order to reset a minigame. Butterfly Bridge 1/2 and 3/4 are the only exceptions to this that I can recall.  Now, we could go left from here… But let’s talk to the other guy first.    Seems to be a store in that tree. I wonder how you get in.How do you know it’s a store then? And for that matter, why would someone set up a store where nobody can reach it?  Clearly this calls for more investigation.   The power of nature is amazing!...Feel free to make your own jokes about this one, folks.  There’s also a carrot over here, but who cares about that?  Boingee~  Heading over to the other screen, it seems we can’t quite Haaam our way up to that supposed store. Looks like we’re about halfway there, so we’ll probably need everyone that came to Flower Ranch for this.  Better hop on down and see what’s to the left now then.  ...That is one sad-looking horse.  If you say so, old ham. Still, never mind the horse. Looks like we’ve finally caught up with Maxwell!   Oxnard has already left. You can climb up this horse to get to the sunflower garden. He’s trapped under a bowl and can’t get out! What?! That is most terrible. I would make a .gif of everyone making a fuss about saving Cappy, but getting their animations to sync up just won’t happen. Especially since the horse also flicks its ear in the background. Let’s hurry! Yes. I agree. Together, we should be able to save him right away! Excellent, now we’re able to go back and rescue Cappy! We can also open up a few shortcuts to help us get around the farm; we’ll get to retracing our steps next time. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 03:10 on Mar 8, 2015 |
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Picayune posted:I suspect the candy is meant to be kompeito! They're just little blobs of flavored rock candy, but they're so good. Ah, good to know. Do you mind if I quote your post in the update?  Oh, and for those of you wondering about the music, it seems that the method that works on 90% of GBA games for ripping soundtracks don't work on this game. So I'm asking the TSF about an alternative.In the meantime, here's the Flower Ranch music from that playlist. And the Ham Game music that plays for almost every minigame.
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<snip> There was an update here, but this page is getting image-heavy as it is. So it's getting moved to the second page.
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Update 04: Can love bloom in the sunflower field?  Now that we have Maxwell on the team again, we can start clearing away some obstacles and opening shortcuts around the ranch. First and foremost, we have to move this log down to make a bridge back to the start of the area.   I’m kinda jealous.Aw, how sweet.   You two are certainly eager. I wish you all the best, lovebirds.  If we make a brief journey back to where we picked up the log, Butterfly Bridge 3/4 is just on our left… but there’s also a minigame here that we wouldn’t have been able to do before.  That’s because you need to find Maxwell first. So, what are we using his booksmarts on today?   Nothing but a simple memory game, sadly. There are six cows to choose from, and that number actually goes down with each round (because you’re taking the selected cows away). So it’s a minigame that gets easier as you play it. The points are 10 + 1:1 for time remaining, so you could get 60+ points if you’re quick enough. And it’s repeatable without any downtime between games. Basically, just play Cow Hide if you’re after Flower Ranch stickers.  The other Butterfly Bridge game offers 20 + 1:1 for time on the clock, has twice the timer, more ground to cover and way more butterflies to scatter dust everywhere. Be careful with this one!  Passing through on the way to Cappy, you can see by the lack of a sunflower on the sign that Butterfly Bridge 1/2 are indeed counted as one game.  A bit of Ham-Ham muscle, and our friend’s freedom is secured! Hope we didn’t hit anyone with that bowl.   Th-thank you! It was really scary in there! Then the sunflower garden is just what you need to feel better! Now it’s back to the horse, and on to the sunflower garden! There’s a couple of things to still get along the way, though.  Moving the log on the starting screen aside allows us to climb up to one of those square things, which is…  Our first five-star sticker! Unlike the others that can all be gained from tasks, minigames or stores, five-star stickers can only be found in their one specific spot, or given to us by NPCs.  Shoving the bunny aside down below also gives us another five-star, which is probably more useful than the unknown singer’s one.  The other sleeping bunny was just lying on some sunflower seeds, but at least it let me take this picture.  Anyway, back to this horseride…  It must have finished eating the big carrot. Now we can’t get to the sunflower garden. What shall we do? Gee, whatever shall we do. Woe is us. (To be fair, we didn’t have to come over here at any point before this.)  Nice and easy. We need all five Ham-Hams to pull this out, but since we don’t need the carrot before the horse wanders off, it’s a moot point.  ...Yeah, I wouldn’t want to animate the horse reappearing either. It’s the only one we’re ever going to see this close up, so why bother?  Indeed we can! Let’s climb onboard and see how it handles.  Hope he doesn’t mind us clambering all over him.  Oh hey, an artist. What’cha drawing, buddy?   See! I’ll give this to you! I haven’t colored it yet, so you can use your own colors! See ya again!♪ Well, that was nice of them! The wandering artist is the source of many colouring-in pages, so keep an eye out.  I think by this point, we really ought to see what the fuss is about.  OK!♪ Then let’s use this horse to get you there!  ...Have I mentioned that the Flower Ranch backgrounds are great? Because they’re really great.  The horse ride is pretty neat, though you do have to sit through it going both ways.  Again, why animate that when you don’t have to? Let’s move on and see these sunflowers.  As well as more lovely orange carrots. ( ) But when we try moving to the next screen… It’s Oxnard! Let’s go!  Ah, Hamtaro. It’s terrible. The sunflower garden!  We don’t understand why you’re crying. That’s right. What’s so terrible? Just say it. Let’s go. Hmm, what could possibly be…    Well, that certainly makes things more difficult. Also, I think Hamtaro momentarily turned into a zombie.  Hi, Ham-Hams. You’ve come all this way, but…  They should’ve bloomed by now, but… Huh… It makes me so sad. This is a problem. We can’t get the ingredient! Looks like we’re going to have to go somewhere else for it.Oh, come on! We’ve come all this way, so we can’t give up now! (Sunk cost fallacy? What’s that? ) When we climb down off the fence, it seems our buddy has wandered off… and opened up a new path for us. Let’s see if we can calm him down a bit.  Hmm? He’s stopped crying, so that’s a good sign. What’s up, Oxnard?   I know that crying won’t help… even with this small sunflower. Let’s work together to make it bloom! Bloom? How?    Mmm, when Maxwell doesn’t know what to do, it’s not exactly a great sign. We need another source of inspiration.  I know! How about asking Elder-Ham? Oxnard, please calm down. You’re going to blind someone with those eyes. Let’s go ask Elder-Ham about making a sunflower bloom! Welcome aboard, Oxnard! I really like this guy, partly ‘cause he’s just a big loveable lugg. Didn’t Elder-Ham say he was going to take a nap somewhere? ”Climb some stairs, and find a comfy red bench.” Something about his favorite place. I’m sure he said that. What happens if he’s sleeping? We’ll wake him up! And so Oxnard takes the lead for a little while. There also seems to be a carrot I overlooked earlier, so let’s pull it up quickly and get going.    What kind of horrible mutant are you? Bo, is that you? That’s kinda weird. Hif-hif… Ohh! I smell fresh, yummy carrots! Want to trade two carrots for one sticker?♪So, this is what we use our carrots for. Saying Yep-P will start up a roulette, and you can get any of the area’s three or four-star stickers from it. Yes, that does mean we will be finding Carrobo in other places. He won’t be any less freaky either. Of course, having access to something like savestates would make Carrobo very useful to people that cared about getting all 451 stickers.  I had exactly ten carrots, so I could have got five stickers… But I just grabbed one and ran. OK, I’m going home. If you need me, just come find me! Driver, get us out of here as quick as you can! Don’t spare the horses! Or horse, as the case may be.  The scenery is still great, as is Oxnard’s celebration animation.   After sticking the dismount, we can make a couple more stops on the way to Elder-Ham’s bench. The turnips around the ranch can be plucked from the ground now that we have six Ham-Ham’s.   Someone find her and bring her back.Ah, a sidequest! Don’t worry, it’s a turtle. It won’t have gone far.   Behind the other turnip is a place where we can finally put down the second log, which lets us see that Oxnard has different dialogue for doing so.  Oh, good. We didn’t crush anyone with that bowl earlier. Though it may have been a near miss…  Picking up the bowl is actually progress, so let’s make one more little detour. Now that we have Oxnard in the party, he can Tack-Q some items down from high places. It nets us quite a few sunflower seeds, and…  This rather important item! There’s a flyer for every area in the game, and you’re going to need them for some of the stickers and colouring-in stuff.   Heading back to the hole in the tree, we can finally reach that store. Quite a flash little place, honestly.   Aren’t you lucky? We just got a whole bunch of new items!♪ Remember how I said that I’d be picking up every sunflower seed I saw? That’s because the stuff in the shops is really expensive when you want one of everything.  There’s a full five pages of items in this particular store, but the last two are ‘On Sale’. What this actually means is that you cannot buy those items without the Flower Ranch Flyer. Even with 272 seeds, it turns out that I am exactly ten seeds short of buying out the store on the first visit. I had to come back to buy this Snoozer sticker later on this session.  At least I got a picture of Panda mending the red saucepan Cappy sometimes hides under.  Anyway, back to the bowl. It’s the most boat-like thing we have available, so let’s use it to get behind that farmer struggling with their cart.  Bowl Boating is super-duper easy, because it lacks the main complication that a minigame like this should have.  The bowl won’t tip over if you tilt it all the way to one side. That was worth 10 points plus a 1:1 bonus for time remaining, and you can do it in both directions. Another really easy way to earn some sunflower points. Another sleepy roadblock hamster is here, but we have more important matters to attend to.  Like opening up this shortcut, and probably doing some serious damage to that guy’s cart.  And bringing Catherine back where she belongs. Ah! That’s...that’s Catherine! You guys found her for me, right? What good Ham-Hams! This...is a favorite of mine, but...I’ll give it to you! ...Snoozer in a spaceship?  Anyway, back where we found the wayward turtle is another jerk who wants Boss to show off his stair-hopping skills. This one is even easier, because always doing three-step hops gets you most of the candy.  This leads us into an area with plenty of sunflower seeds, and the still slumbering Elder-Ham.  Let’s wake him up together.  The sunflower hasn’t bloomed yet. Plus, Pepper is really depressed. We can’t get the ingredient. We might not be able to get delicious seeds this year. Um. Did I forget anything? Anyway, we’re in trouble! Hmm. Yes. That is not good. How do we make the sunflower bloom, Elder-Ham? Yes, yes, yes. Well, it hasn’t rained much this year. I guess it’s just late in blooming. Can you go with us to the sunflower garden?That sounds like a good idea, especially since it seems Oxnard won’t take waiting as an answer… Not when Pepper’s happiness is at stake.  Well? I’ve seen people at the local retirement community who drop off just as easily as Elder-Ham. It makes me just a little bit jealous. That’s right. I suggest giving it plenty of water...buckets even. Give it water… That’s it! There’s some water near the flower so…  Do you understand? Understood! I’ll try hard! That’s just Oxnard being Oxnard, Maxwell. When you’re ready to start, talk to me.Alright, it’s finally time to earn that yellow ingredient!   Sunflower-Bloom Relay is very straightforward; just be in the correct position when the buckets are being passed down the line, left or right. There’s a fairly generous pause before a waiting bucket will be spilled, so you shouldn’t have too much trouble with this.  You lose after three mistakes, and the payout is 20 points per ‘life’ remaining. Though I can’t help but notice that we wouldn’t have needed a minigame if Bijou were helping… Although, the real question is… Did watering the sunflower work?  And it’s splendid! Amazing! We need to show Pepper, too! She’ll be so glad! Let’s show her!  Oxnard rushes off ahead to tell Pepper the good news, of course.   Hmm, I’m with Boss on this one. What could have possibly…  … Maxwell is going to have an aneurysm if all this strange magical stuff keeps happening. It’s a topper!Figures that Cappy would use a slang word like that. It’s fabulous. Ha ha! Everyone’s playing around! I’m glad the sunflowers bloomed! I’m really glad you’re feeling better, Pepper! I was sad because everyone wanted to see the sunflowers. I was worried, but I’m fine now! Thanks for thinking of me, Oxnard! You bet! Hamtaro, the ingredient!  As lovely as this moment is, we must indeed leave Flower Ranch…  ...and return to the Ham-Ham Lawn, so that another colour can be added to Bo’s umbrella! Bo! Look! We found the yellow ingredient! It looks like you’ve been through a lot! Yeah! These animals kept attacking us. Boy, was it rough. But whenever those beasts came near, I showed them… I’d bet it was Boss’s imagination that scared them away! ... Good work calling Boss out on his tall tales, Bo.     And with that, we are one step closer to returning Bo to Rainbow Land! I hope to see you all next time, when we get a very special lead on our third ingredient… Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 08:44 on May 14, 2015 |
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Waffleman_ posted:I'm disappointed the shop isn't run by the Heartbreak merchant. It is sad that he isn't running the shops, but let's be honest... There's no way he could have started up a proper store, let alone a whole chain of them. KennyMan666 posted:Does it even make you... heartbroken?  Xander77 posted:People and hamsters have trouble naming things. Good catch. (I'm glad that people are actually pointing out any typos or errors I make with all this transcribed text.) Also, a decent little sketch.
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HomestarCanter posted:The way you keep recruiting Ham-Hams to accomplish bigger and bigger feats of strength makes me want to call this the Wonderful Ham-Oh-One. Being compared to W101 is pretty high praise. Chip's LP is one that I've been encouraging Leavemywife to watch; I assume he hasn't yet, because I haven't heard him gushing about it. As for the next update, it will probably happen by the end of the day (it's 7:30am on Saturday for me), but could possibly be delayed until tomorrow. The delay is because S&P mentioned the Toontown MMO in the Sandcastle, and I decided to go check out whether it was another under-appreciated gem. My verdict is that it feels a little low budget, is sometimes hesitant to spawn the specific enemy you need to defeat and has a chat filter, but is also surprisingly willing to kick your butt up and down the street if you aren't careful. Made for a good way to get through my backlog of VLP episodes, probably going to muck around with it again sometime. Not the best MMO I've ever played, but also far from the worst. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 00:34 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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Update 05: Elementary, my dear Watson! Oh, looks like some of the clubhouse Ham-Hams are already here today. What’s going on?  He has something for you, Hamtaro.Ah, it’s time for a visit from the on-again, off-again Clubhouse member.  I’d like to be a carefree traveller. Where does he live? He might just be a stray, like me. I’ll bet he eats tasty foods, too. I’m so jealous! about it hundreds of times. And Jingle’s stories make me want to go see everything he talks about!Have we established that Jingle is cool yet? Because he also plays guitar. And rides a hog (by which I mean a literal pig). Jingle!  Oh yeah, he also can’t get Hamtaro’s name right at all. How are things, Jingle? Four-leaf clover? Most clovers have three leaves, but some rare ones have four leaves! If you find a four-leaf clover, you’ll get your wishes granted! Any wish I want? That’s amazing! Well, no surprises there.  ...Cool-looking, sure.  We should wish to find the ingredients! Th-That’s Bijou! Whatta good idea! With the clover, you and I can find what we’re looking for. I wanted to tell you that I thought I could help. But just where is the four-leaf clover?  But I don’t know if it’s true or not. I’m sure we’ll see each other again. My name’s Hamtaro! And then Jingle just peaces out.   It’s worth investigating, at least. Next stop, the aptly named Clover Elementary!  You’re not feeling well, are you? Gain some energy by eating fruit. The second luckiest one for today is...Aries. You’ll have a clear head all day long. Use it on your homework.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Sagittarius. You may find a new discovery. It might be a rare sticker! Today will not be very good for...Capricorn. No matter what you do, it might not turn out very well. School is your lucky place! Right after taking care of a few things here, of course. Jingle is the Sagittarius of the group, and Snoozer is the Capricorn. The latter’s hints are pretty spoilery again; if you talk to him before Jingle’s conversation, he’ll spoil what it’s about!  Jingle himself has moved out onto the Ham-Ham Lawn, where he’ll stay for the rest of the game. Hi, guys. Can you hear the voice of this tree? It’s saying that it loves all of you. This is a present from this tree. The mystical musician will hand over a walnut whenever you come and speak to him, so if you’re really struggling with a minigame, Jingle’s got you covered.  Now, let’s head to school! Make sure you’ve got your homework!  Man, this place looks huge. If we have to explore all four floors, this is gonna take forever.  We’ll have a little poke around the school grounds before heading inside… Perhaps this police officer can help us find the clover?   A four-leaf clover, you say? Umm. Wait! There’s a hamster by a telescope who knows a lot. Maybe that hamster would know where to find the clover.I suppose that depends on what he’s using the telescope for, doesn’t it?  Unless you are on the case, access is denied! There’s a problem? That’s not good! Just what kind of problem is it? That information is confidential!Looks like we can’t even get into the school itself just yet. Perhaps we can find another way in… Or maybe it’s plot-locked. Only one way to find out.   Inspector Hams! He can solve any case! Ohhh! He’s so cool! Just once, I’d like to meet him!Ah, surely such a talented inspector will need no help from the protagonists in solving this case, whatever it may be.  Moving on from my attempt to break sarcasm detectors, the screen west of the school entrance is populated by two similar minigames… Neither of which we have the right Ham-Ham for.   But only a really small Ham-Ham can do it.Case in point.  So instead, let’s pursue this lead about the observer.  The school grounds have a lot of flowers growing around the place, including some growing on trellises for us to climb up. However, looks like someone’s in the way…   I’m scared, so I’m playing dead. Don’t talk to me. Fair call, man. Fair call. Still, thanks for budging over in your panic. The snake is adorable.  Let’s move upward and see if we can either bypass the snake, or find something to use against it.  Oh? Where did he…  Oh, right. Also, Class 3-3 is doing a lovely job with their gardening.   I can’t get down because of this snake!Nice coke-bottle glasses, nerd. Oh, no! We’ll help you! Perhaps try a slightly less gung-ho approach, Hamtaro. Umm...if only we had something to hit it from far away! H-h-helllllp! Hang in there! We’ll save you somehow! Well, time to look around for anti-snake weaponry. Preferably something high caliber.   ...Eh, it’s worth a shot.  Bombs away!  Didn’t do much more than startle it, but if that gives him a bit of breathing room, I’d call the plan a success.  You saved me! Thanks! If you need anything, ask me, and I’ll see if I can do it! Actually, we’re looking for a four-leaf clover. Can you tell us where it might be? Umm, sorry, but I’ve never seen one before. But if you look through my trusty telescope, you might find something!Fadecut to…  Alright, let’s see what it shows us!    There’s a lot of strange stuff at school! Mm?  Let me see! Mmm… … It’s tough to see, but it just might be the four-leaf clover! Maxwell! Where is that place? Where is it? It looks a lot like the science room. We must go there now!Great! Now, the question is… How do we get inside if the problem hasn’t cleared up?  Look for a hole in the left side of the school building. Use it to get into the building and into the science room.Okay, that’s good to know. Now we just need to be able to get over there. Unfortunately, we’ve got a slight issue. Now that the snake has been knocked closer to the feigning-dead hamster, he’s actually blocking off the exit.   Huh? I heard Penelope’s voice!  Ah, the path the snake was blocking originally! She’s been trapped down there along with the telescope hamster, only we didn’t know it.  Penelope! Huh? Penelope was supposed to be with Pashmina! Penelope, did you lose track of Pashmina? Ookwee! Penelope! Come with us! Uh-huh! Let’s go look for Pashmina together. And since we already know where Pashmina went, it’s just a matter of getting rid of that snake and into the science room! I say we’ve got to hit it with the ball one more time. That’s it! Let’s drop the ball down the pipe!A good plan, but I’m sure you can all see the problem here. The snake is no longer in front of the pipe! We need to make a slight adjustment…   Heading past the little hamster the ball apparently belongs to, we can find part of the solution to our problem. The hamster there even says the curved pipe is supposed to connect to the rest of it, and asks us to put it back.  So let’s oblige him. Amusingly, we can’t actually lift this pipe piece without Penelope’s help.  Got to make sure to push it on properly, so the tennis ball doesn’t just slam into the turn and knock the piece off.  Now, we just need our ammunition.   What? You want this ball? Umm… Just over there, there’s a hamster that makes caps. His caps are really cool! If you’ve got one, I’ll trade you for the ball.  It’s a short journey to the cap maker, but there’s something special to be done here. If you slip around the glass and examine the shogun wig…   You can press L, A, B, L, R for our second secret picture! Like I said, Boss has got it bad.   I’ll drop the caps I’ve made, and you catch them! If you catch them all, I’ll give you the very best one! If you didn’t guess this was a Cappy minigame, you seriously need to work on basic pattern recognition.  Crazy Cap Catch♪ is fairly simple, though the bugs do flop around on the ground for a while before letting you pass by again. You do have to catch every hat, so stay on your toes.  I got a pretty sweet sticker this time.  Look at Hamtaro being all heroic and such. Out of all the caps I’ve made, this one’s easily the best!Uhh…  I think we just got cheated.  Uh-huh, sure! Thanks! Then, here’s the ball, as promised! Well, so long as he’s happy. Now, there’s just the little matter of getting the ball back up to the ledge, and we can finally deal with that pesky snake.   Then, all you need is to push it up the ramp to the leaky faucet!Ah, that’s semi-convenient.  Tennis-Ball Ball still requires a lot of work on Boss’ part, though. Getting a good initial push helps, but you have to mash A pretty drat hard.  The game is nice enough to warp us straight up to rejoin Boss, because AlphaDream are good like that.  Then it’s just a simple matter of carrying the ball over to the pipe, and we can finally head back toward the entrance.  Although it should be noted that the repeatable version of Tennis-Ball Ball (called Hamster Press) is a separate minigame, so make sure to do that too if you want to try each one once.  I got sleepy from playing dead… Good night… Playing dead sure does take a lot out of you, I guess.  Back on the west side of the school grounds, we can try out those two minigames now that we have the petite Penelope in our party.  Water Crossing is basically the practice round, here to showcase that Bowl Boating was just a freebie, and you do indeed have to worry about tilting too far in this type of game. Mainly because Penelope is actually having to balance on top of something.  Speaking of which, Balancing Act is just plain vindictive. You need enough speed to overcome the current caused by the hose, but Penelope slips further down the side she’s on as time passes, so you have to keep her just barely on the edge of falling off for a few seconds. The single-frame flicker where Penelope vanishes is caused by recording with Fraps, not the game itself. It happens fairly rarely.  Getting across takes more attempts than I care to admit.  Of course, just because Penelope got across that way doesn’t mean everyone can.   Huh? What? You want me to turn off the water? Ookwee! Oh! You want me to make it go “ookwee!” Isn’t that right?  And then he hurled.  Seriously though, the puddle’s been taken care of. Must have some pretty good drainage around here.   Go away, Carrobo! Moving swiftly along, we just need to shove this rock aside to find that hole in the wall we’re looking for.  And we’re in! Also, Penelope is leading the party since she split off from everyone for a minute there.  This means that instead of starting every single conversation with Hamha, we give people a different greeting. I’m keeping an eye on the principal’s office! Even important Ham-Hams on important errands are not allowed in until the case is solved!Still don’t know what this case is, but it must be a great mystery.   I saw her go into the science room.Thanks for the reminder, weirdo.  Something about it is very fishy.   The western corridor doesn’t lead anywhere of interest yet, aside from this rock…  Which is hiding the area’s store. I don’t have anywhere near enough to buy even the normal stock, so not having the flyer isn’t really a concern at this stage.  At least I managed to buy Best Friends Forever, which is my favourite picture yet.  Heading east from the hole we entered through, it looks like somebody spilt their milk. The hamster there wishes they had a sponge to clean it up with, so that’s something to keep an eye out for.  There’s a few little holes here and there which serve as Penelope’s task, but…  It’s kind of a pain. You can win stickers and sunflower seeds, but a single X leads to automatic failure.   They gather things from the school and hide them all over. I think you should go ask them about the shoe.Hmm? What shoe?  Right now, we’re asking questions. Come back. Mm-hm...we heard about the problem. Just what’s going on? Ask Inspector Hams about it. He’s at the shoe box....Oh, right! This is a Japanese school, so you’re supposed to take your shoes off indoors and wear uwabaki instead.  The eastern corridor just leads to an area exit hole and this guy, who explains the five different rarities of stickers. Kind of a public place for a hermit to be hanging out, isn’t it?  Anyway, let’s head to the school building’s proper entrance and meet this inspector.  The victim is a 1st-grader named Hamlin Hampton. His grades aren’t that great, but he’s a very friendly kid!   A girl, who likes Hamlin, took it as a souvenir! Maybe I’ll shift my focus to this possibility… Wow, get a load of this guy.  I think we may need to take care of this ourselves.  Sure you do, Hams. Sure you do.  Until then, Hamlin’s foot is in grave danger. I need to check the shoe, but I don’t want to smell it!...He could be here a while. We’ll leave him to his investigation, and go look around the science room… next time.
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Waffleman_ posted:Re: Penelope. You ready to get your minds blown? This is indeed a proper picture of Penelope-sans-blanket. Quillpaw posted the same one back during the Heartbreak LP! (You can actually see her without it twice during the English show's opening; when they're all asleep she's on the far left, and she lifts it up briefly during the train-in-space scene.) Kallev posted:I'm a little ashamed to say that I never did beat Heartbreak as a child, and had to revisit it when I read your LP. These games were always my secret shame for playing on car rides. I'm always glad to hear that my LP got people playing (or replaying) Heartbreak! I hope that everyone's enjoying Rainbow Rescue as well.If I don't manage to get it done in the next two hours, the next update will definitely be out tomorrow.
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Update 06: Sports, Science and Searching. Now that we’ve met Inspector Hams, we’re able to head into the science room in search of Pashmina and that elusive wish-granting clover.   Climb that chain to find a hand that leads to the shoulder.I think if a sink plug can reach all the way to the floor, the chain might be just a bit too long. Helpful in this instance, though.  I’m sure it was the mice who hid it as a prank! If we could get the sponge, we could clean up the milk.  It’s not a great hiding place he’s chosen, but I suppose body-blocking us from getting the sponge is a decent alternative. We’ll have to come back with a little more hampower.  For now, let’s take a look at one of the counter tops and see what science the human kids have been getting up to.   There’s some very pretty experiments going on up here, though the young one there is too busy being scared by the skeleton to appreciate them. Speaking of, we were just told to climb the arm…  It’s so far away I can’t get a good view, but you’re probably right! Pashmina should be around here somewhere. Let’s go! After that brief reminder of where we’re going, the NPC down below moves aside and lets us clamber over the test tube rack like a bridge. Sure hope none of these solutions are giving off dangerous fumes…  It’s an experiment using a saline solution to make crystals. Put a piece of fabric in salt water, and crystals form on it. Really? Thanks for telling me!A nifty little introduction to the wonderful world of science. Though if it doesn’t involve at least a little bit of fire, can you really call it an experiment?  Which genius set up a test tube rack between two counters? They need to lose some serious marks for this. All seven rainbow colors! But if you look closely, the colors are not in the correct order.I’m not sure you have to look closely. It’s fairly obvious, especially when the labels on the rack are in the right order. What? The colors of a rainbow are always lined up in a specific order.  Can you imagine just how much I wish the forums supported coloured text by now? Oh! Uh...but it’s not like I was really done just yet. Yeah...so, go ahead and arrange them for me. I don’t mind.You’re welcome, jerk. And no, this is not the telescope guy from outside. That’s just the generic scientist headshot.  Anyway, let’s make Maxwell do some  Oh, and if you don’t bump into this guy when he appears, he swaps two test tubes himself. Of course, he always does it wrong.  Once you’re almost done, the coloured solutions all begin to bubble. I don’t think they should be doing that just by being in the same area as each other…  Wow! It’s pretty! Let’s hurry and find the ingredients to make the rainbow for Bo! With a very pretty and hopefully not dangerous bridge all in order, let’s continue on with Maxwell in the lead.  Seems they’re doing more than one crystal-based experiment in here today. The kid just goes ‘waaaaah’ at us, so let’s continue through the glass tube (between counters again, even less visible).  The next screen presents us with only one option for moving forward, and that’s making Penelope leap between swaying test tubes in a sink full of water.  Mind you, I like that she uses their buoyancy as a way to launch herself upward for that candy. Ookwee! How this tap turns off just by being lightly jumped on by a tiny hamster, however… And who left both the tap on and the sink unplugged?   With the sink drained, we can continue on and just catch a glimpse of Pashmina running across the windowsill.  We had better catch up to her, see what the story is.    I’m glad you’re OK, but I was worried about you! I’m sure she was hiding because of the snake. You must’ve been so scared, Penelope. I’m sorry! When we lost you, we looked in the school building.‘We’? Pashmina and Penelope are the only two clubhouse hams that came here originally. I think someone might have gotten confused.  Umm...what’s everyone doing here? You see… and then… but… -------   Thanks for finding Penelope, everyone! I’ll help, too! Right, Penelope?! Ookwee! And with the reunion of Pashmina and Penelope, we finally have a full party. Eight Ham-Hams is our absolute limit, so no feat of strength is beyond us right now.  Then, everyone, let’s go that way!Oh, Maxwell. You really don’t get how this works, do you?  We have just a little more exploration to do before moving on with the plot.   But...I don’t see anyone. How strange. Well, there’s a whole lot of nothing in this sink and no other paths, so there’s really only one place the unfortunate soul could be.  Being stuck in a science lab drain must smell just fantastic, by the way.   All I saw was a thin ray of light in the darkness! ...When inspiration strikes, I guess! Or so I assume; I haven’t got an artistic bone in my body. Unless you consider LPs to be art, of course.  What do you think? It’s my masterpiece. Look at it! Ah, a spot the difference minigame. Naturally, you only get to see the original for a few moments before being presented with the edited version instead.   It gives you a generous ten seconds for looking at the first picture, and since this is a repeatable minigame, the changes aren’t always the same. I’ll let you find them yourselves, since you have the luxury of seeing both images together. The reward is 10 points + 10 per life + 1 for every two seconds remaining.  What even is this sticker.  All in all, I think this artist would do better with paint than chalk.   He does give us a pretty great picture of this lovely couple, though.  Back in the direction of progress, the scientist blocking our way backward says that he’s lined up the next set of test tubes himself.  I suspect he may actually be colour-blind.  Using a simple transfer pipette this time around, Maxwell has to hop back and forth to the beaker so that he can swap the solutions around. You can’t just swap the pipette’s contents with the test tubes, because that would be too easy.  Oh, and this jerk is also throwing stuff into the test tubes. You have to transfer the bubbling solution elsewhere before its countdown ends, or it’s automatic failure. The timer is pretty generous though, so you might be able to just power through.  Actually, I’m honestly not sure what this sticker is. Possibly a crime against nature.  On the other side of the test tube bridge…  Yeah! It’s the clover! This is what we were all looking for, right? Ookwee! Everyone…   Mustard sprout?! Mustard sprout?! Mustard sprout?! Ookwee? Um… Simply put, this is not...a clover.  How disappointing! Right, Penelope? Ookwee…  Uh-huh! It’s got to be somewhere at this school. And then, seduced by the promise of wish-granting, the clubhouse Ham-Hams proceed to ignore an entire tray of very green mustard sprouts and continue looking for the four-leaf clover. Since we’re here though, let’s talk to that hamster hanging out on the windowsill.  We thought a mustard sprout was a four-leaf clover. You guys are looking for a four-leaf clover, too? A Ham-Ham with an umbrella just came by looking for one, too. It’s got to be Bo! Where did he go? Don’t really know. The hamster in the principal’s office mentioned clovers. Ask him about the four-leaf clover if you want.Ah, a new lead! Also, as far back as entering the science room, Snoozer will spoil the fact Bo is around.  On our way back through the science room, Pashmina can perform her task to calm down the two crying kids.   These peanuts may be good for preventing adult diseases. Oh! I want to run tests on the peanuts of the world.Aiding the first child leads to nothing more than this… unique individual.  The one back by the skeleton hand, however… That path leads to another minigame!  Teeter-Beaker is much like Penelope’s minigame from earlier, except instead of having to jump when both tubes are tilted toward each other, the two beakers have to be side-by-side. It’s not very difficult.  Draining the sink this time around earns us another five-star sticker. Come to think of it, I wonder where those two got to…   Back down on ground level at last, we can scare away the snoozing mouse and claim the sponge for ourselves. Which of course goes on this spilt milk…  Now we can go in there!...and opens up another path for us!   Well, maybe you shouldn’t stand near it then. Now, exploration calls!  No doubt about it. This has to be it. The mice were playing a prank. How about this! Let’s all take the shoe to Inspector Hams. So much for the Inspector’s theory! Let’s find out how he reacts when we solve the case for him.  It seems the mice were playing a prank, and they took it! Mmmm… To tell you the truth… that was my next theory! Ha ha hrr…   I’ll get to the bottom instantly! Ha ha ha.Oh, you colossal charlatan.  Mmmm? Aren’t you the child that was reported missing? Penelope helped a lot as we looked for the shoe! Ah, thank you. What’s that? You want me to find something else? Mmmm… Mmmm… I see… I see… What’s Penelope doing? Looks like Penelope wants something. She’s been looking allll morning long. So that’s why she was at the school! I understand! I, Inspector Hams, will find what you are looking for! Do you think we can trust him? Ookwee! Ookwee!! Leave it to me! Well then, everyone! I appreciate your help! This is for the hamster near the principal’s office. Oh, right. There was that guy blocking the way into the office until the investigation is completed; now we’ll be able to continue our search for the four-leaf clover. Put that shoe back where it belongs. So long! I will excuse myself for now! And with a quick fade cut, Hamlin’s problem is resolved before he ever even learns about it. Such is the power of Ham-Hams working together for a common goal.  ...Well, I can’t say the description of the memo is inaccurate.  Youth today! They don’t listen to the elderly at all. Ummm, I see. It’s important to listen to everyone.At least one of the police hamsters learned something here today. Now, how about their colleague?  Oh wow! What a mystery he solved! Egad! He fought with the culprit? Amazing how he was able to solve such a big case! Big case? I don’t recall anything major happening. He’s Inspector Hams, yes indeed! Well, I will be going now!...What a massive con artist that Inspector is. It’s honestly kind of impressive.   You got it, chief. We’ll make sure not to damage any of the principal’s stuff.  Even with eight Ham-Hams, the sliding door to the office takes a good bit of effort to open up… but now we can access one more part of the school.  The principal’s office has quite a lot of sunflower seeds on the left side of the table, a full sixty to give the player a nice boost. After spending everything I had at the ranch’s store, it’s very much appreciated.  You can also get onto another screen back here, but both paths are blocked off at the moment.   The bean-toss prize is now a card? Man, I wanted that! The last prize was a silver spoon. Gahaha! At least it’s very clear what we have to do to get through here. The competition must be back on the last screen somewhere.   To the right of the office entrance, we can climb up onto this very ratty-looking couch. So much for this place being full of valuable things… though I suppose that is a gold spoon over there.  Bouncing to the table and walking over the spoon lets us get up on the back of the couch, and wander over to this interesting sight. Everyone, there’s a clover here! Yeah! Let’s look for the four-leaf clover!  We are looking for the four-leaf clover. Ohhh. Well then, the four-leaf clover’s in the room there. When I find clovers, I press them into a book. But right now, the book’s locked, and you can’t open it. Wh-what? Well, that is a problem. If you unlock it, you can have the four-leaf clover.♪ OK! Let’s try to unlock the book! Use the left side of the table to get to the back room. And now we know the clover is definitely here, and we have an open invitation to take it. It can’t be that hard to crack the lock on a book.  Continuing to poke around, there’s an odd fellow here if we cross the previous bean-toss prize.   I thought about going somewhere I hadn’t seen… so, I went out on a journey again. Right now, I’m taking a rest.Omar appeared in one of the earliest Hamtaro episodes, a traveller of the world who happens to look exactly like Snoozer. He’s the pet of a king of a far-away land, but prefers to travel instead of living in the lap of luxury. While it’s nice to see old friends out and about, we have a certain competition to complete. So, let’s check out the middle of the coffee table.   It’s your favorite game, the “Coffee-Bean Toss”! For this, the 86th tournament, we have a fabulous prize! Whoever wins this game gets a lucky silver card! Oooh, fancy.  Ookwee!Two-player mode, engaged! Yes, some minigames call for you to have more than one specific Ham-Ham in your party.   Sadly, Coffee-Bean Toss is not a very good game. Hitting the alien is almost certainly a matter of chance, and getting the meters to behave enough to hit the deceptively small target areas is dicey at best. Oh, and you can’t back out to have another shot at setting the vertical meter once the horizontal one starts.  The alien is worth 100, the smaller targets 30 and the bigger ones 20. So you can get a score of 310 at most… which translates into 62 sunflower points, because the point reward is equal to your score divided by five. Just beat the game and move on.  This is what you’ve won! Take it! Let’s go show this to that body-building hamster. ...Thanks?   Climbing the principal’s potted plant lets us clamber up onto his desk, where that locked book awaits us. Finally, the four-leaf clover is within reach!  Ah, there he is! I was wondering where he’d gotten to…  Hamsters were talking about a clover, and then it hit me! There’s a four-leaf clover in the pages of this book! We heard it too! It’s in the pages of this book, right? But I can’t get the book to open. Ummm, I have no idea how we can open this book.Do you not understand how locks work, kid? You find the right shaped key/emblem/statue and put it in the hole.  Hmm? Penelope’s freaking out over there.  Um… Is this the key that will open this book?! The shape doesn’t look right! No! Look closely! Pieces of the key are scattered all around! Put them together to make the key, then use it to open the lock! As usual, Maxwell! You’re really smart. Maxwell! We need you to try hard to get this book open! And so it comes down to this, Puzzle Scramble. The pieces can be rotated 180 degrees with L and R, but it’s otherwise fairly straight-forward. At least it’s pretty. (You get 10 points + 1 for each three seconds remaining from this minigame.) It’s done! It’s now open! This is it! The four-leaf clover! There’s no mistaking it! We did it! We finally found the four-leaf clover!  Its color is perfect for the green ingredient! … Huh? You really think so? Oh, well! I’ll go back to the Clubhouse first to get ready! See ya! But as Bo flies away, it seems all is not well. What’s wrong, Penelope? Are you saying your wish wasn’t granted, Penelope?Hmm, we heard a lot of different wishes from the other Clubhouse Ham-Hams. But what might Penelope’s be?     Ookwee! Ookwee!! What? You’re giving it to me?  These are the prettiest flowers I have ever received!Seems that Inspector Hams came through for us after all. Now Penelope’s wish has been granted! They’ll be best friends forever! That reminds me… I feel like I’m forgetting some… Hey! What about my wish? What about my cap? What about my seeds? That’s great, but what about my love? It’ll be OK! If all the Ham-Hams work together… I’m sure any wish will be granted!  Ok! Let’s head back to give the clover to Bo! And so we shall… Next time.
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Leavemywife posted:Clearly, it's the best sticker, and a new alternate outfit for Boss. So, are you going to make that or the fancy Inspector Hams picture your new avatar? Waffleman_ posted:We coulda just used the mustard sprouts. Do mustard sprouts grant wishes? I think not! (If mustard sprouts do indeed grant wishes, I need to visit the gardening centre.) Picayune posted:... is that... is that a Bob Ross hamster? I had to ask Leave whether that was really what they were going for, because it's pretty great if it is. Scalding Coffee posted:If you find a clover with more than four leaves, it will not grant you wishes. Ten-leaf clovers are pretty lucky though... until they disappear in puffs of smoke.
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Update 07: Not-so-friendly competition. Having recovered the four-leaf clover from the local elementary school and harnessed its might wish-granting powers, it’s time for Bo’s umbrella to regain another of its lost colours!  Hello, everyone! How was the school? Panda! Did you know people study at school? Boss builds schools, but hasn’t spent much time in them! Ha ha! ...  Here comes number three! OK, then! Let’s go ahead and make a rainbow color!And of course, we all know how this goes by now.   OK! We’re doing so well! Let’s go find the other colors! And with just four to go, we’re almost half way there! Now, let’s see what our next lead will be… -------  Umm… This is all over my head, Maxwell. Ah, sounds like the old rivals are at it once again. Maxwell’s efforts to educate Hamtaro are noble, but I don’t think they’ll go well with this ruckus going on. Everyone in the clubhouse wants to weigh in on this one, so… They’re back at it again? Will it ever end?When Hell freezes over, perhaps. When something bad happens, I like to sing and dance!...Thanks for your input, Bo.  They really don’t like to fight. Oh, looks like it’s not just Howdy and Dexter making a fuss. The twins are in on it too! Keep fighting, and you’ll start to get hungry! Man… They’re hopeless. What a mess! I wish they would just stop fighting.Sorry, Bijou, but we already used up the clover.   Ookwee! Ookwee!!  I’ve had it with Howdy! Hmph! For a big brother, you have a small brain! Why can’t you understand what I’m saying, you blockhead? If it’ll help the four of you to calm down, sure. Tempers seem to be really raging at the moment. You see, when we were at the park lookin’ for…  What?! We followed you because you said you had an idea! Stan, stop fooling around and start looking for the ingredients! Jingle?! Huh? If I’m not mistaken, you’re the Ham-Hams.  That’s a really good question, honestly.  Jingle! Is that the blue bird you were talking about? It’s about the blue bird! It makes its owner happy. I was looking all over and finally got here, but… I know! Why don’t we all look for the blue bird with him! A blue bird means blue feathers, right? Don’t you think it might work as the blue ingredient? That’s a good idea! You sometimes use that brain, huh? ”Sometimes”? You didn’t have to say that! And we might just find a little happiness while we’re at it!  It’s all your fault! Saying vague things… making trouble… Saying you saw it here… No! It’s there! That’s why everyone ended up fighting! Huh?! You’re my sis, and you’re a pest! It’s all your fault because you weren’t listening to me! I say Howdy didn’t plan it well enough, so it’s all his fault. We’d be fine had we not gone looking for the blue bird. What’re you sayin’? It was your swell idea…  Man… They’re hopeless. Hamtaro, we can’t just leave them like this. You’re right! Let’s go after them! And so we shall! We’re back down to four Ham-Hams again, but that shouldn’t be too much of a problem. There’s just time to get our horoscopes before we go…  Patch things up with the one you had a fight with. Be brave. The second luckiest one for today is...Aries. Talk to your pals. You just might get a great hint.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Scorpio. You’ll glow brighter than anyone today. Be brave! Today will not be very good for...Virgo. Something might get lost. The aquarium is your lucky place. Hamtaro and Cappy are both Leos, Panda is Aries, Maxwell is Scorpio and both Pashmina and Boss are Virgos. It’d have been more amusing if the Leo’s fortune had applied to any of the quarreling Ham-Hams.  Alright, time to go take a stroll around the park! Looks like they have a big fountain out there, and probably lots of other interesting stuff besides.  Are you nuts? With my brains and Stan’s athletic abilities... we’ll find it first! We won’t lose! We won’t lose! Well, the challenge has been issued, the gauntlet thrown down! Let the hunt for the blue bird begin!  Oh, and I guess we should probably stop those four from killing each other. That’d be good too.   Among Ticky-Ticky fanatics… it’s popular for it’s huge size and room to… ticky-ticky!Yes, ticky-ticky is one of the walking/running sounds made by the Ham-Hams. In the show, some of them have their own specific onomatopoeia for doing so.  Since we can’t jump down from that ledge, we have to follow in Stan and Howdy’s footsteps first. Getting to the park proper would be very easy if it wasn’t for this soccer goal in our way… but as is, the NPCs point out that we need to take a detour through Ticky-Ticky Pond.  Outside of the park itself, there’s a hamster-sized play area for the little ones.   My grandchild is so cute, it’s...it’s...it’s… unbearable!  The ice cream that my big brother makes is so yummy! Mmmm. Sounds good. I want to try some!  Sorry. We’re still getting things ready. Please come back a little bit later.Sorry, Oxnard. Looks like we’ll have to wait.   As we leave the play area, our path is blocked by this kid insisting we try out their Hopscotch course.  Entry-level hamster hopscotch is long (you’re seeing maybe 30% of the court in this one picture), but pretty simple. It’s advanced hopscotch that’s absolute hell… You play by pressing and holding the buttons shown on the next set of circles before landing, with Pashmina starting to jump to the next once the buttons are released.  The next screen has some issues with foreground objects, and this dude who’s creeping on some girl smelling flowers that we can’t get to.  Why are you crying? What’s the matter with this kid? Why won’t he stop crying? Tee hee! Leave it to me when it comes to things like this. One quick juggling act later… Actually, is it juggling if you’ve only got two props? Ah, no matter.   Oh, well! See you. Huh. Who knows? (The player will, if they talked to Snoozer after the clubhouse scene! He’s just full of spoilers, that guy.)  Heading in the direction the kid went leads to a second round of hopscotch, which adds in these bugs we’ve seen in a few other games. Remember, holding the buttons of the circle(s) you’re on makes Pashmina wait in place.  We can’t cross as long as it’s like this.This path only leads to a dead end, unfortunately. Time to backtrack a few screens.   Aside from the upward path that the kid was standing in front of, there’s a small area to the south with a minigame we can’t yet play…  And a place where we can’t reach the second floor due to the stairs being broken. We could make a Ham-Ham ladder if we had more clubhouse folks with us, though.  Let’s continue on the proper path inste- CHEEP CHEEP   RIP Oxnard. Nah, only joking. We’re gonna kick this chicken’s butt, badass eyepatch or no.   The fight is all about kiting the chicken around and using the rocks as obstacles to give you enough time to knock some pinecones down, then pummeling the bejeezus out of it with them. The rock in the top left makes the left tree a deathtrap, because the chicken only has to touch Oxnard once for you to lose.  It’s pretty good fun, honestly. And Oxnard gets to be awesome, so it’s all good!   Continuing on after absolutely nothing ominous happened at all, we’ve already managed to reach Sunny Pond! We’re making pretty good time on this one.     Huff huff! Huh? Where did it go? Hm? There! I hear a bird over there.  Aaaaand of course they split up. Seems like they found the blue bird! But it looks like they went separate ways.Fact: Roland Grapow’s version is much better than the original. What are we going to do with them? Trying to head left instead of following our wayward friends only leads to another minigame we can’t complete yet, so let’s track them down.   I’ve spent a long time here, and I’ve learned some Ham-Chat in my days on Sunny Peak!Hmm, now this is interesting. Both Grandpa Frog and a sign later on call this Sunny Pond, despite what the NPCs said earlier (calling it Ticky-Ticky Pond). It appears AlphaDream might have wanted this area to be part of Sunny Peak instead.  What is it? Please tell us the problem. Well, I don’t see my grandchild anywhere. It’s a rare pink color. It’s a cute, cute little frog. I’m sorry, but we haven’t seen it. That’s okay. But if you do, please bring it here.You got it, chief.  What a polite old frog he was. Oh, and looks like somebody threw their frisbee into the pond.    The hamsters living here have spotted an occasional red flying saucer flying around in the sky! A flying saucer is a UFO...an unidentified flying object! This might just be a tremendous scoop. Typical member of the press. That’s okay, we have other places to be.  Both paths to the right are dead ends at present, though it seems Grandpa Frog’s grandchild hasn’t gone very far. Let’s head north instead.  Oh, hi there shopkeep. How goes? I’m sorry, but I seem to have dropped the key to the store. Now I can’t open the door! Oh… What should I do?Don’t worry, ma’am. I’m sure we’ll find some way to help you out, being the protagonists and all.   Speaking of which, let’s get back to being funneled down this path.  Oh, hey Stan. Having some trouble? Everyone! You got here just in time! Check this out! I chased the blue bird up here… but this dumb frog is blocking the way! I can’t get by it! If I could get around it, I could get the blue bird’s feather! Will you guys help me find a way to the other side? Sure thing, buddy. Teamwork tends to work better than going it alone!  Progress demands a little bit of backtracking to where that journalist was hanging out…  Look! Something is coming this way! ...Well, it certainly is a red flying saucer. And no, we can’t just go through the log now to check it out. We’ve got to take the long way first.   Lily Pad Row 3 is just like the first minigame we ever played, right down to waiting for the first frog to pass and then just mashing A. Which kind of lends more credence to this originally being a Sunny Peak area.    There’s another pesky frog and a carrot to gather after crossing the lily pads, but more importantly it puts us behind that journalist.  Which lets us knock the frisbee out of this tree just by walking into it. Must have been very precariously balanced.   I usually get a ride from a pigeon, but it’s not here. I wonder why? The park’s too big to walk all over!Nothing for us to do up on the treetop, so let’s see what our friend thinks of his flying saucer.  I waited around all this time for...this? What a waste. I’m going home. Sure sucks to be that dude, but we can put this plastic toy to good use here.  The grandchild that Grandpa Frog couldn’t find… isn’t that it? Ribbit.♪ Ribbit.♪ I bet that’s the one! Let’s take it with us.  ...How very direct.  That pink color! No doubt about it! It’s my grandchild! You found her for me? Thank you! Is there anything that’s troubling you? A blue bird flew past the pond, but a frog is there and won’t let us by! Is there anything you can do to make it move? Yes! When you see the frog, call me with a really loud voice. Believe it or not, I’m actually well-known around here. Troublemaking frogs jump and run at the sound of my voice. Is that true? Cool! Now we can get to the blue bird! Let’s go back to where we just found Stan! Yeah, let’s go! Alright, let’s see what the old frog can do.  Haha, nice work! Now we’re free and clea-  There’s a big rock here. Can we move it? It would appear not.  Ah, right. We did ignore another path near Grandpa Frog’s grandchild…  Namely this one.  It leads into Lily Pad Row 4, which attempts to trip up players who use the same strategy as in 3 by making the second frog spend a little longer on its lily pad. Just wait for it, and then mash A.  Clearing out another troublemaker along the way, we come to…  Everyone’s favourite punster! And the flyer for this area, sitting tantalisingly just beyond our reach. We’ll need to come back for that later, but we can chat to Howdy now.   Uh… That’s a chick colored blue! Yes, Howdy does sit there for almost three seconds before getting rid of the chick that ran afoul of a paint can or something. It’s just long enough to feel awkward, and I love it. Is that so? Well, leave it to Stan! You can count on him! Heh heh! You know it! I’ll find it before Dexter and give him a surprise he’ll never forget! Me, too! No way is my sis gonna beat me to it! Huh…  I think we still need to work on some things here, but at least we can shift that stone aside now.  And with Howdy’s cleaning skills, we can also open up a little shortcut to help us get back there.  There is actually a path next to the rock, but…   The blue bird is the other way!We can’t go that way just yet.  One bit of boulder budging, and that bird is as good as ours!   Nab him! Jab him! Tab him! Grab him! ...Wait, wrong bird.  You rushed it from the front. What did you expect?  Also that. Masters of strategy, we are not.  I’m mighty sorry.  I’ll go look for it a little more. I’ll find it, just hold your horses and expect greatness! You’re right. Oh, well. Let’s go see how Dexter and Sandy are doing.Hopefully our other friends will fare better once they find the bird… We’ll have to head into the park proper and see where they’ve gotten to.
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The nebulous requirements for ingredients seem to involve exploring the majority of an area and solving at least one problem between the Ham-Hams or their close friends. Since we haven't even been in the park yet, the Frisbee is sadly ineligible for being our red ingredient. Also, two things. Firstly, I'm surprised I didn't offend any Journey fans this update. (The band, not the lovely-looking game.) Secondly, I'm thinking of changing the thread title. Feel free to offer suggestions. Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 02:48 on Mar 24, 2015 |
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Update 08: Slipping back to the SNES. Now that Howdy and Stan have gone to try catching the blue bird on their own again, this troublemaking frog keeps us from backtracking into Sunny Pond.  So for now, let us push onward to Ticky-Ticky Park proper.  Now that Stan isn’t around to keep us from doing so, of course.  Pinecones? You mean, like the one… right behind you?!    The last obstacle between us and the park is whichever jerk is shaking pinecones and dropping rocks out of this tree. Tip-Top Treetop isn’t too difficult if you employ the usual tactic of sticking to the bottom of the screen, thus having more time to react to what’s coming. There’s ten bits of candy in this game, so it should be a fairly easy 60 sunflower points.  Once we climb up, it’s immediately back down.   Now that we’ve gotten over the hedge, we’re finally inside the park! There also seems to be something stuck in that other tree, but we don’t have enough Ham-Hams to reach it yet.    Today, my children are at the park for the very first time. I feel a bit nervous! I’m not sure they’re old enough to be able to see, let alone get very far. You should be fine, Mama-Ham.  Heading south from the intersection leads to where the soccer goal is set up, which will make for a nice shortcut if we can get rid of it.   We may need to practice a bit more, though. Heading back and east this time takes us to…  Sandy! Look over there! On top of the fountain! It must have flown here after we saw it! Ah, our inability to swim rears its ugly head again.   Excuse me, but do you Ham-Hams want to get across this puddle? Keep moving forward and you’ll see a swing. A pigeon sits in the next tree over. It can carry you over the puddle! Guide it through a Ham Game to get to the other side. Did you get that?Yep-P! OK! Good luck. He leant a little bit heavily on the fourth wall there, didn’t he? Also, why aren’t we just shoving this other guy aside and walking around the puddle? Taking flight seems like a bit of an extreme solution to this problem.  Then again, who doesn’t want to ride a (comparatively) huge bird?  Okay, time to go north from Mama-Ham then.  If you can’t jump rope, they won’t let you pass.   Why hello there, blatant check to make sure we got Sandy in our party.  Final Fantasy IX is my favourite of the series, and Mario Party 2 was the only one I actually owned. If there’s one thing I can do, it’s jump-rope minigames.  You’re welcome, little guy! Now people can get to the swings without having to ‘prove their worth’ like some kind of hero.   Continuing on, this couple seems to be encouraging their kid to jump off the fence. I assume it’s for the insurance.  Nah, only joking. It’s actually a sidequest prompt. There were a bunch of trampolines back in the hamster-sized playground, but we wouldn’t be able to get one here with that soccer goal in the way. Another one for the backburner, then.  Heading east from the jumping spot brings us to the swings, which someone says we could use to launch ourselves into the sandbox… if that hamster with the sweet sideburns wasn’t using it as a place to read his newspaper.  Of course, it’s actually up this tree that we want to go. Let’s get a look at this pigeon…  ...Hmm.  So, do you think they like hemp, black beans or a racing blend?  Regardless, it’s time for Sandy to take to the skies, and…  Experience the glory of Mode 7 style graphics. Isn’t it glorious?This minigame just requires moving left and right to pop the red balloons, though some of the bonus candy balloons are occasionally positioned to lure you away from the next one and cause you to fail.  Ah, such a graceful dismount by the guys here.  Now, you can ride the pigeon back to the swings as a separate minigame, one with ten balloons instead of five. Sooo… Enjoy this minigame in motion!   On the slide side of things, we don’t have quite enough Ham-Hams to safely drop onto the slide itself, so we’re going to need to wander around on the ground a bit instead.  The base of the tree has two more carrots for our collection, and this martial arts hamster. How’s it going, buddy?  Wait, what?   What?! Okay, this is now a JRPG apparently. So, uh… Yeah. The Karate Ham battle is repeatable, and each Ham-Ham has their own set of abilities to use. Scrit-T and Tack-Q are attack moves (the latter seeming stronger), KrmpKrmp restores health, Zuzuzu wastes your turn… And Goodgo cheers up a party member who has lost all their hearts, reviving them but not giving back the candy bonus for keeping them in action.  The white and brown belts deal two damage if their attacks connect (and they don’t just waste their turns staring into space), but the black belt really means business. This attack deals five damage. He can one-shot four out of five of our available combatants.  So we end up getting our butts kicked pretty hard before managing to take the trio down. You get 30 points plus five for everyone who avoids crying, plus it’s a pretty nifty little experience.  Don’t train too hard. Please, don’t.  The next screen just has someone wondering how far that soccer ball would go if someone went down the slide, but the one after that…  Leads us right to the other side of the puddle, which means we’re right next to the fountain where the blue bird is!   It’s you guys. Oh! And Pashmina, too!How nice to see you too, Dexter. What are you doing? The blue bird is right there! Why haven’t you caught it? Oh, yes, I see. but there’s no way I can lift it alone.   Alright, let’s take a look at this fancy toy boat.  It’s heavy. Looks like we can’t lift it even with all of us.  Why Stan? Pashmina, even a favor like that is too…  Oh, what could possibly be going wrong now?  The eyepatch chicken is back, and he has reinforcements! Hopefully not all five of the Chicky-Chickies are here to harass the Ham-Hams. CHEEP CHEEP, CHEEP CHEEP ...Everyone. Did you all get that? How are we supposed to know what that meant? It’s clear they’re angry about something.CHEEP CHEEP, CHEEP CHEEP Uh-ohhhh. What could it be? They look really angry. We didn’t do anything wrong! Did we…? What’s he doing that for? We haven’t done anything! Wh-what did you do, Oxnard?! We can’t use the boat, but we can work together. You’re right! Let’s go look for Howdy and Stan! Well, before we go and stop that brawl, let’s take a quick peek down at the proper park entrance.   Ticky-Ticky Park is once again peaceful today.Sadly, I believe you’re mistaken. We can’t rely on the park guard in this instance, so let’s head back toward our wayward friends.  ...After some more minor diversions. I’m sure the blue bird will be fine; it can fight off a lone chick, right?  Getting up on the slide lets us play Slip and Dodge, which is basically like those slippery hills back on Flower Ranch, only with more obstacles to watch out for. Seems the guy at the top has about twenty identical brothers.  Well, the ball didn’t get that much distance from just Hamtaro bumping into it. But it did get us a shortcut!  That’s probably all the water that just sprayed over your lazy butt.  Now, I believe we know someone who might be interested in having this…    Please! You’ve got to let me borrow that ball!You got it, bud! We’ll just stand over here and watch…   That’s called strategy, my friend. Besides, we wanted to get through that net. We can’t get a trampoline for that one kid to land on yet, but the Hopscotch hamsters have a third version to play.  The third course kicks the difficulty up a few notches by making Pashmina jump faster, giving you less time to react. The bugs are also present, so it’s definitely not as forgiving as before. When we move onto the next screen…    Big Brother! How did he get there? I’m sure he got there by climbing inside that tree. Let’s go… Well, it’s not like it’s surprising that Stan is flirting with girls at the first opportunity.  The hopscotch course to the west also has a new set-up, and it’s a doozy. Hopscotch 4 was the absolute bane of my first playthrough, partially because I was tired while trying to play this bit.  Not only is Pashmina jumping quite swiftly, but the course is guaranteed to have this little set-up on it. It took me entirely too many tries to navigate the course successfully the first time around.  This time, it only took two.  Hey, didn’t we see you hanging out at the school?  Anyway, now that Dexter is with us, let’s test his powers of observation.  ...This isn’t exactly the hardest minigame out there. Anyway, enough dilly-dallying! Let’s get Stan and Howdy back in the party.  Can’t quite reach… It looks like we need to find Howdy first.Fortunately, we already know exactly where Howdy is.  We saw him right at the start of the update, remember?  The blue bird is in trouble! What! You found the blue bird?! And the blue bird’s in a heap of trouble? Isn’t that some bad news? Let’s quit fighting and work together! They may have their differences, but the Ham-Hams know when to set them aside and get things done. So, all we need now is Stan. Let’s get going! The game actually fade-cuts back to where Stan is, because it’s nice like that.   Wow, looks like the stairs weren’t the only thing in need of repairs. This place needs some serious patching up.   I said no! Go away! Big Brother! I’ve been looking all around, but the blue bird is… The blue bird is in trouble! What! You found the blue bird! And the blue bird’s in trouble?! If that’s so, there’s no point in fighting. Let’s put our differences aside and work together! Anyone else get a sense of deja vu just now?   Thanks, AlphaDream. Keep being awesome.  Alright, time to see how the blue bird fared against the Chicky-Chickies.   ...How did it manage to tie the other bird up? I don’t think he wants to chat. That’s not true! If we try hard, I’m sure we can connect with him! Hm. I see. So that’s what it was. Well, don’t sweat the small things! It’s not much, but I’ll give you this. See. Here you are. …   H-H-Howdy, what were you thinking?! Where did you two come from? And does that minigame name means what I think it does? Yep, time for a boss battle! Our team is fixed this time, but we have probably the strongest Ham-Hams for this fight. Stan has an extra command to Fend-D, which lets him cover whoever has the least amount of health. Marly, the little chick in the middle, can deal either two or four damage with his attacks. Jack (on the left) does the same, plus he can glare at a Ham-Ham to attempt an instant kill. Mike (on the right) also can deal two or four damage, but his extra attack is to try and deal two damage to everybody on our team.Since we’re dealing with a boss here, let’s have a video. During the first playthough, I got the full 50 points for keeping everyone fighting fit. How about this time?  Haha, no. We won this by the skin of our teeth. I definitely should have prioritised my targets better.  Whew! We chased them away! That’ll teach you to mistreat the “Howdy Doll”! Say! Let’s go free the blue bird! Let’s untie it! Man, what an ungrateful little bird! Yep. We should’ve been workin’ together from the very beginning.Speaking of which, where were you four while we were getting our butts kicked?     And with this feather, we have come over halfway to completing our quest.  Thanks, little birdie! Sorry for chasin’ you all over the place! Mmm-hmm! Let’s round things out with the usual song and dance.  Now that’s a pretty feather! Just looking at it makes me happy! I’m so glad everyone has stopped fighting! As the leader, it makes sense to help everyone patch things up! Yep, we can always count on Hamtaro! ... Heh, yeah… Sorry, Boss. You may be the founder, but you’re definitely not the leader. Yeah! We should be thankful for the blue bird. OK then! Let’s go ahead and make a rainbow color!  OK! We’re doing so well! Let’s go find the other colors! With four ingredients found, and all but one of the Clubhouse regulars having had time in our party, perhaps it’s time to take a little break…
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Update 09: Games and grudge matches. Howdy, what are you so excited about? What? C’mon, Hamtaro! Today’s the Ham-Ham festival! Wow! You’re right! It is that time, isn’t it? Ham-Ham festival? There are booths with all kinds of stuff! And all kinds of yummy things to eat! That really sounds like a lot of fun! OK! I guess I’m going to the Ham-Ham festival as well! Get your party hats on, people! Or perhaps your kimonos… After all, this is a Japanese festival!Before we go anywhere though, let’s have a chat to all our Ham-Ham friends and see how hyped they are for this festival.  Ookwee! Of course! Do you want to go over there now? This’ll be great! There are lots of yummy things to eat at the festival! I’m looking forward to eating all of it! But how do I ask her to the festival? Mmmph.  I make no apologies for choosing to show Stan mid-backflip and Sandy mid-twirl.  I’m fixin’ to make a huge profit at this year’s festival! Not so fast, Howdy! This time, I’ll open a booth too. It’s a match to see who’s better at getting customers!Oooh, sorry Dexter. I don’t think salesmanship is something you want to challenge Howdy on… despite the Howdy Doll incident last update.  What shall we do? Ham-and-seek!Hmm, I can’t decide if Stucky and Cappy sounds more like a comedy duo or a children’s toy.   I’m really busy getting ready! So many...coming...to play… I’m so...excited. Zzzz.Oh, I can totally tell. This is the most lively Snoozer’s been in ages.  There are all kinds of vendors, and it’s so crowded! Ham-Ham festival? It has a fun ring to it! I’m so excited, I’m dancing and I don’t even know it! Have you heard what everyone’s saying?Sure, we did the rounds. Sounds like we’re in for a nice bit of relaxation after all this running around.  Well, we’d be kinda treading on Boss’ toes…  Of course, Hamtaro would never refuse Bijou like that! Which is why this is a ‘but thou must!’ situation.   ...For a strong guy, Boss sure cries easily.  Don’t stay up late tonight. Go to bed early so you can enjoy a nice dream. The second luckiest one for today is...Libra. Talk to your pals. You just might get a great hint.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Capricorn. Playing sports today is a good thing. The popularity you experience just might be great! Today will not be very good for...Sagittarius. You may be warned not to ditch. Your lucky game is tree climbing. Penelope is Pisces (so she shouldn’t be staying up late anyway), Dexter is Libra, Snoozer is Capricorn (which makes for a great mental image of him playing sports…) and Jingle is our Sagittarius. (Trying to stop him ditching the group would be wasted effort.)  Now that Hamstarr has once again read our horoscopes, it’s time to head to the festival… Or as the map screen calls it, Tip-Top Fair.  Wow! Look at all the fun-looking booths! Hamtaro! Look! It’s Bo! Hmm, looks like he flew straight past that guard. Wonder if that means we can just go in?  Once the gate is done, the stamp rally will start. Since it’s not done, I’m not allowed to let anyone in! I’m sorry to ask, but can you go look at the gate?Ah, the police are just incompetent (still). Guess this is a good chance to just poke around, see the sights…   ...and make sure not to get sick.  The stall owners have plenty to say around here, and there’s a lot of them! Expect plenty of chatter at the festival.  ...Are these trading cards or sweets? Oh, maybe it’s the Ham-Ham version of Pocky. For just being breadsticks and chocolate, that stuff is incredibly satisfying to eat.  Also, maybe we should go look at the next stall before I sound any more like a weeaboo.  Like I said, I can’t go! I’ve got a booth I have to look after! What’s it gonna hurt? Just come along with me. Didn’t Auntie Viv just say she’d look with you? You’re starting to get on my nerves!    I’m going to go look around the festival with Maxwell! How many times do I have to say it? I’ve got a booth to run! So, uh… That didn’t go so well. Seems like we might need to find a way to stop Boss pestering Maxwell at some point.  The area to the right of Maxwell’s booth is where the dance contest is going to be held, so naturally Stan and Sandy are here.   Being their usual selves, of course.  Wow, that guy looks like his life is pure hell. Must be Sparkle’s manager.   I’m Sparkle! Sorry, I’m too busy right now. Make them wait. Yep, she’s a diva. My sympathies to that guy.   I’m sure Panda knows what he’s doing. I mean, being the guy who builds and/or repairs stuff is 95% of his character. (With a 5% margin of error.)  Heading north from the site of Maxwell’s torment leads us to finding a minor gimmick of this area. Instead of having sunflower seeds scattered about, there are these animal toys we can interact with to get some. The catch is that they’re based on a strength check, so we need more Ham-Hams for bigger toys.  There are a couple of minigames we can see around here, but they aren’t available until the stamp rally begins. Must be a big event…   I’ve called ahead, so the stamp rally should be starting pretty soon. Why don’t you try going back to the assembly grounds.Ah, excellent. And what do your workers have to say?   Sparkle is here at the festival! Work faster! HURRY! HURRY! We’re all big fans of Sparkle! We’ve got to hurry! Yes, all of the workers are identical. Must be more of that slide guy’s brothers. Back at the entrance, we’ve now tripped the flag to get us into the assembly grounds… but we have the left side of this area to see yet, so let’s hold off on that.   I sure hope the Ham-Ham doesn’t get a stomachache.Gee, I wonder who that might have been.   Because of that, my sales are through the roof! Thank you! Huh. The Ham-Hams are definitely some kind of famous amongst hamsters. Must be a weird feeling to see someone wearing a mask that looks like you.  Over to the west, two of the afro hamsters are performing the Boogie Down on stage. Oh, and there’s this picture of Howdy and Dexter…  ...that responds to the code R, L, A, R, B.  One practical gift, one romantic. Kinda says something about those two, doesn’t it?   Huh… Attending a festival alone is...well, pretty lonely. Plus, my shoulders are really starting to bother me. We’ll have to see if we can do something to help out Auntie Viv too. The northwest exit from the starting screen leads to another seed dispenser, this soccer-related minigame and another gate under construction. The foreman has the same thing to say, but… Really, our boss treats us hamsters badly! I just want to get done and go to the festival! I’m hungry! I want to get some food at the booths!The workers have their own problems over here. Still, nothing we can do now but go to the assembly grounds and see what this stamp rally is all about.  Ah, there’s Bo! Let’s poke him a bit.  Anyway! Take a look at that! Wow! It’s huge! But, what is it? That’s shaved ice! The red syrup looks really delicious!  ...You have got to be kidding me. What?! Boys and girls!  The rules are easy! You need to clear all the Ham Games at this year’s festival! For every Ham Game you clear, you get one stamp! The Ham-Ham who gets all 12 stamps wins! Well then, is everyone ready to begin?! Ready…   OK! We’re going to do the stamp rally, too!So, yeah. That’s what our red ingredient is going to be. Shaved ice. Just let that sink in for a minute. Also, here’s what happened after I told Leavemywife that the Ham-Hams were going to a festival. Steam conversation with Leave posted:Leavemywife: Is it...  Also, apparently Bo is actually flying around and telling us how to play Ham Games? I don’t even know what’s going on any more. There’s a couple of other hamster teams that plan to compete…  ...though none of them are half as cool as the Sundown Kid over here.  Anyway, we should probably start filling this thing in.   Oh, and also finish the gates ourselves on account of those six workers going AWOL. We can’t really do anything about it with just Hamtaro and Bijou, though.  So let’s focus on getting some stamps first.  Acorn Shoot ‘n’ Score is a nice easy one to start off with, though you can get bonus points by having more acorns at the end, provided you can stop the meter in just the right spot to take out two cards. It’s 10 + 6 per acorn, so you could make 40 points if you manage that twice.  After successfully completing a Ham Game, we actually get to see the stamp on our card, as well as a map of the area with all the Ham Game locations on it. The map is ever so slightly inaccurate, as the north most area does not exist. There is a north exit from that long starless room, but it’s for leaving and going back to the world map. We’ve only seen the bottom two rows of the festival though, so we still have plenty to explore.  If we return to Auntie Viv, her dialogue goes a little bit further after the stamp rally’s started. Let’s give her a hand. Huh? Really? Then, I guess there’s still hope for today’s youth!  And just like that, Bijou’s off on her own! Of course, we know one Ham-Ham who might be interested in talking to her now…   Boss, if it’s OK, will you look around the festival with me? B-B-B-Bijou. Look around with you? Uhhh… I don’t believe it! Of course I’ll look around with you! Great! Let’s go get Hamtaro together! Sorry, Boss-man.  Still, at least Boss gets a little bit of time alone with Bijou, just until we walk back over to Auntie Viv.   Great! Seeing the festival together is a lot better!Heh… At least he’s settled down now. Still, those gates seems like more than a three ham job, so…  Well, the obvious solution is recruit Panda. But first, I think we need to take a certain prima donna down a few pegs.   Everyone else is too scared to come on stage.  Oh, what is it? Are you a fan? An autograph? A handshake? You bet your psychotic little butt we are!  Wow, how long has it been since Bijou had a minigame? Actually… No, I think this may be her first! And that’s despite being in the party for every area except Ticky-Ticky Park.  …  Heart Catch is a simple enough game, where you can move around and press A to gather up hearts, but is perfectly winnable by standing somewhere around here and just mashing A. Well, unless…  Sparkle manages to body-check Bijou off of the stage too many times.  Successfully dodging her by jumping with B will give you plenty of free time to suck up hearts, so getting 50 points for a full meter shouldn’t be difficult.  I really hope she doesn’t hire someone to hunt us down over this.  That’s no fair! Next time, I won’t lose! You’ll see! …  Let’s just take our stamp and make a hasty exit.  Listen, Panda! The work on the gate is behind schedule. What?! Really?! That’s terrible! Uh-huh! Of course, I’ll help! Take me to the gate! And at long last, Panda joins our party! That’s all thirteen playable Ham-Hams that’ve been with us at one point or another.  There is one last thing we can do before finishing off the gates, though. Let’s give Boss a chance to flex his muscles!  Barbell Lift requires you to set the meter, then mash A hard enough to keep it in the sweet spot for a few seconds. Boss is a pretty strong Ham-Ham, so this isn’t too difficult.  Even the second round shouldn’t give you much trouble.  Alright, that’s a quarter of the Ham Games done already!  Now, a little bit of elbow grease and this gate should be done in no time!  ...Well, it’s certainly something.  By the way, it’s important to go to both sides and finish building the gates. If you don’t do one side, you won’t be able to use it to get around the festival!  The rest of the festival has plenty more booths and things to see, but I think we’ll save that for later.   So for now, let’s just enjoy this picture of Jingle riding his hog and playing some tunes, and I’ll see you all next time.
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Xander77 posted:Welp. Of all the places I wouldn't expect this reference... a) I'm glad someone commented on this mysterious dude despite the red ingredient's silliness. b) Once I saw your thread start way back when, I read the OP and decided that I absolutely had to play that game. I then binged on it, getting all the rare drops and secrets and stuff. I can't recommend Live-A-Live enough. Scalding Coffee posted:So Stan and Sandy gave up going against Sparkle, so Bijou got the game instead? Actually, Sparkle isn't a dancer; she's a singer. Remember when we found her sticker, way back in Update 04? The dancing competition hasn't started yet, which is why there's two signposts by the stage entrance. It's the second-last Ham Game of the area. Heart Catch was part of a different contest being held on the same stage, so I can see why that'd be confusing.
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Update 10: Fairground festivities. Having helped out with the gates after those hopeless workers went walkabout, it’s time to explore some more of the festival! We’re at the left end of another long screen, and this booth here is the Lucky Strings game where that Jingle picture came from. Its prize seems to be determined before you play, so which string you pick is irrelevant.  It’s scaring away all the customers! I’m competing with my big brother, and now I’m going to lose!No prizes for guessing who the two booth owners happen to be.  Ookwee… I’m sorry, Penelope, but I’ll come back as soon as I can. Pashmina! Don’t you worry! We’ll be just dandy. I promise! I’ll get Penelope laughin’ in a jiffy with my gags! You can leave it all to me! Though I don’t look like it, I’m extremely good with children. Penelope, I’ll be back soon, so be good and wait for me, OK? Penelope! Please stop that cryin’! I’ll make you a tasty broiled seed!  My booth is a lot more fun than that sort of boring thing! What’re you sayin’ about my booth?! I’m just telling the truth, that’s all! Yep, that went about as well as expected. We can’t just look after Penelope ourselves though, so we’ll have to leave them to it and hope for the best.   The next couple of booths are just flavour; sadly, we can’t play darts against this mysterious dude.  The TSF did help me learn how to make this, though.  We’ve reached the right side of the screen (putting the weight-lifting game to our south), so let’s take a peek up north.  There are juice and cotton candy vendors here, but all they do is give obvious hints about the two nearby minigames in exchange for a few seeds. We can’t play one of them yet, but we can try the other…  ...which is Panda’s first minigame!  It’s also an absolute bastard if you happen to be rhythmically challenged.  You see, there is no way you’re going to meet the score requirement unless you get a couple of half-decent combos going, or one really amazing one. And of course, missing or whacking a nail with the wrong hammer resets your combo.  Pictured: My first attempt.  Second attempt was better, but I lost the rhythm and just couldn’t find it again.  Third try, nailed i- *shot*  ...I may have celebrated a bit.  The payout is your score divided by ten, so it’s not worth repeating. Still, one more stamp for our card!  ...Something seems to be missing here.   It’s my fault! I shouldn’t have been tellin’ those stupid jokes!  She must have gotten mad because we are always fighting.Gee, you think? You two dinguses should probably go find her.  Anyway, the northwest exit from this long screen has this mother hamster who will give us one-star stickers for three seeds (she wants to buy a treat for her son), and another toy to get some out of.  It also has a pair of minigames we can’t play yet, so we’ll have to come back later. Without anything else to do, we’re going to have to find where Penelope wandered off to.  After a bit of running around, it appears she went to see someone a bit more responsible.  Ookwee! Ookwee!! Ookwee! Ookwee!! What? You’re not moving until they stop? Darn! Just when will I be able to open my booth?Maxwell’s not having the greatest day today. At least we know where Penelope is now, though.  Is that true! Then, hurry and take us there! And with Dexter and Howdy eager to get her back, surely everything will go smoothly.  Huh? Penelope? She is looking at the masks? I wonder if there is a mask she wants? Why don’t you go look?Aside from Maxwell using up the question mark budget, it seems Penelope changed her mind slightly… Well, have you ever known a little kid to sit still?  Ookwee! Ookwee!! Ookwee! Ookwee!! We’ve been lookin’ for you, Penelope! We won’t let you get away now! Ookwee! Be a good girl, and let’s go home, Penelope! ...And also possibly because you were acting like a pair of creepy kidnappers.   We’re working on it, buddy. There’s not that many places Penelope could have gone, so…   She’s a quick little thing, isn’t she?  Be a good girl, and let’s go home, Penelope! I see… Now I know! Penelope doesn’t want to be around you because you fight so much. Say it ain’t so! We won’t fight anymore. Ookwee! She seems to be pretty upset by it all. It might be best if you had a present to cheer her up.Hmm… Well, we already know Penelope was looking at the masks. Let’s see if our eyepatch-marked friend can help us out. (His name is Sabu, by the way. He appears occasionally in the show to rescue hamsters, typically with the aid of Françoise the pigeon.)  Give her this mask. I’m sure it will make her feel better. It’s OK, take it! Don’t mention it!  ...Now all I can imagine is Howdy and Dexter desperately trying to flee from an Intenso’d Penelope. Which would be totally hilarious.   See, Penelope, it’s the mask you wanted! Tsk, not even one sprite of Penelope with the mask on properly? Booooo. That’s great! Well, it looks like she forgives you guys. Thanks, y’all! Now we can open our booths. Everyone, please come play at our booths later. Well, shall we go, Penelope? Someone missed a real opportunity there. Still, we had better check that everything’s going alright. Just to be safe.  It’s rented out just for you, Penelope! Play all you want! Ookwee! Did you behave, Penelope? Oo...ookwee… Ookwee. Penelope really behaved herself! Right, Dexter? Sure! We’ve been right here playing all this time! It was tough for the both of you, huh? Thank you so much.Heheh… Guess Pashmina figured it’d be hard for both of them to work together on something. Hey, if we’re all going, why don’t we all go together? Sorry, but Dexter and I have to work our booths. Pashmina, why don’t you go with everyone and have fun? Thank you both! Good luck with both of your booths, too!Their success seems to have scored Howdy and Dexter a few points with Pashmina, though. All’s well that ends well! Aside from getting Pashmina and Penelope to join our little group, we’re now able to try out the guys’ booths, so let’s earn a couple more stamps.  Ah, brings back memories of feeding dragons in Chrono Cross.  ...Well, that’s an oddly familiar-looking balloon.  Ookwee! Penelope is also quite happy!I bet she is; she’s the one who got to eat the seed!  Alright, let’s see what Dexter has to offer.  …    Well, at least the pictures of Pashmina and Howdy vary. Interesting how much attention and detail Dexter seems to have put into drawing his rival…  Ookwee! You’ve got talent, Hamtaro! Come back again!And after that, we have six out of twelve stamps! We still can’t do the one over by Nail the Rhythm, but the pair to the northwest are available now.  Penelope Pinball requires hitting all four sunflowers enough to turn them from yellow to green and finally to red; there’s no bonus for time, so don’t worry if it takes a while. Sometimes you get a lucky shot, though.  The other minigame, Toy Corral, is all about timing and making sure to get scarves on the same toy multiple times in a row. The wheel changes speed and direction with each successful throw, and a toy gets removed if it has five scarves on it. So all in all, you can get a score of 800 and earn 80 points.   With a new selection of stamps and stickers, it’s time to explore some more. The workers have run away again, so there’s some more gates to build with Penelope and Pashmina’s help.  Now that’s a little more like it! And yes, it’s recommended to do this on both sides again. We’re going in through the eastern side here…  ...to arrive at another long area, and the northern-most minigame. Sadly, it’s not available to us just yet.  The area’s flyer is hidden over behind it, though! This will be handy when we actually find the store.  ...Well, I’m sure this comes as a surprise to no one.  Fortunately, the festival happens to have a medical professional on hand, so let’s see if Flora can help us.  Geeze, lady. And no, that’s not me being bad at looping .gifs. Her animation genuinely looks that strange. Eeeeeeeeya! It’s been nice knowing you, Oxnard…  For the second time in this LP, RIP Oxnard.  It’s OK, Oxnard! Huh? Hamtaro? Did you say something about food? Now that I’m better, I’m starting to feel hungry again! That’s our Oxnard! :laughtrack:  Now that we have Oxnard all healed up, there’s a little more we can do up the north end of the fairgrounds. Looks like Maxwell is almost ready to open his booth, too.  The north-most minigame lets Oxnard show off his skills on the balance beam, twirling the baskets around to gather up seeds. As shown, it’s super easy.  On the west side of this screen, there’s a few NPCs worrying about some tower building being behind schedule, and this little dilemma. Looks like Cappy’s game of Ham-and-Seek might have gone a tiny bit wrong.  Please! I need you to help him!He seems to have gotten stuck in two pipes, at that.  Of course he will, Cappy. Now, join the party and let’s give this a shot.   Don’t worry, kid! We got ya!    I didn’t mean to make you worry. Sorry, Cappy. It’s OK, Stucky, so long as you’re OK! Really! Whatta troublemaking hamster! Everyone, thanks for saving me!No worries, Stucky! I hope you’re happy being stuck in your own little pipe.  Yeah, looks like he’s fine. Just a few more things we have to take care of, now…  Like making Cappy run a gauntlet of squeaky hammers! This is the minigame over by Nail the Rhythm, and it’s fairly simple even if Cappy has to run against a conveyer belt. You can press up against the sides of the hammers, just so long as you aren’t under them when they fall.  There’s only two stamps left to get now… The dancing competition, and Maxwell’s minigame! But before the dancing can begin, we have one more place to visit.  Back where Oxnard was lying about with his sore stomach, there’s another path to the north.  Because you’re a bunch of hopeless slackers, most likely. Yes, this is where the tower is being built, and it’s still behind schedule.   There are a couple of five-star stickers on the trees at either side of the screen, the latter of which is something that came up in Ham-Ham Heartbreak.  You see, this ticket was needed to enter a Couple’s Night at a haunted manor. Drawing an umbrella and writing a couple’s names under it is similar to the classic heart with an arrow through it you’d see carved into trees.  In order to build the tower, I need more help from the Ham-Hams. Will you all help out?Hey, you gave us that mask for free, and one good turn deserves another. Let’s do this thing.  The festival will really get lively once this is done!Building the tower is definitely best watched as a video. For those who can’t, the main thing to take away from it is:   OK! Everyone, go get all the other hamsters here at the festival! It’s time to boogie like we mean it! You got it! You guys better not try to escape this time! Let’s go! Hamtaro! You look so cool! B-Bijou… All right! I’m gonna hit the drums, too! Boss, there are times when you should watch. This is one of them. That’s right. Let’s all have fun dancing. You look fabulous, Hamtaro! Hey, hey, Hamtaro! Let me take a swing at it too! I don’t think so, Howdy! I’m going before you! Isn’t it possible to have fun without making so much noise?Ah, how quickly some folks can change their tune…  It’s all because of your hard work. Thanks!You’re very welcome, Sabu. Now that the tower is built, there’s one last screen up north we can access. Gee, a carrot. In an area where we have seen no other carrots. I wonder…  Yeah, it’s totally Carrobo. We also have the last two of the seed dispensers here, and they’ve got plenty to throw out.   Which is definitely a good thing, because inside this building (with a five-star sticker on top)...  ...is the area’s store! Since we got the flyer earlier, it takes 274 seeds to clear the place out entirely.  The picture we got is called “Maxwell’s Great”. Actually, it comes at a really good time.  The dance contest at Sunflower Stage is now open. All confident Ham-Hams are invited to take part.Because now that we’ve done everything else (including getting ten out of twelve stamps), it’s finally time for Stan and Sandy to strut their stuff!  ...Oh. This doesn’t look good.   Big Brother! I’m starting to get nervous.  This isn’t good at all! My concert is waiting for me!You’re not helping, Sparkle! Actually… Well, we know someone that might help Sandy perform.  Hamtaro! Please take me to where she is! That’s right, Maxwell. You gotta help whenever you can! So, Cappy, stay here at the booth! What? Why me?! Ham-Hams always help one another if a problem comes up! Don’t worry, Cappy! This won’t take long.   I was worried about you, so I came to help. We’ll be cheering you on from here! Good luck! Maxwell! Everyone! Uh-huh! I’ll try my best. Everyone, be sure to watch us! Ohhh, my little sis! Isn’t the power of love just great?Took the words right out of my mouth, Stan.  You bet! Come on, Stan and Sandy!  Uh-huh! Let’s do our best, Big Brother!  Of course, Shadow Dancing is the obligatory game of Simon, starting at one input and going all the way up to eight. Making a mistake means losing a chance to gain popularity, which means less points at the end. It’s only the difference between thirty and forty points though, so don’t stress about it.  We won because of all of your support! It’s great to have truly great friends! Thank you, everyone! We won, thanks to you all! And with that, we have just one final thing to do before winning the stamp rally!  I’m sorry, Cappy, but you really helped me. OK! Let’s open for business! This time I’ll really open!Took you long enough, bud.  Since we’ve had our game of Simon, let’s also have a card-matching memory game! Three strikes, and you’re out.  I’d say that the Ham Games here were easy because they were mandatory, but Nail the Rhythm was a thing, so…  Here! Your stamp for the rally! Come again! At long last! Let’s go claim our red ingredient!  Mm...mmmmm. Why are you in such a panic, Bo?  What?!  It’s true! It’s all gone!  Can you believe this? Hey! I want a refund! Mom! I want to eat some shaved ice! Don’t underestimate us! My… My hips.Well, it looks like the crowd’s in an uproar! Aside from the old ham, anyway.    Here’s your prize… One year’s worth of shaved ice! Isn’t that great, Hamtaro? If everyone’s happy, it was worth the effort! Anyway, when you eat ice-cream bars, you get brain freeze! Here, Hamtaro! Say… “aaahhhhhhh!” My brain! It’s frozen! I’m not sure that’s the ice’s fault…  At long last! This has been a pretty lengthy endeavour, so let’s leave the usual song and dance until next time… Until then, I hope you all enjoyed the Ham-Ham festival!
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ParanoidLogician posted:Well I'm now all caught up with the thread. I have to say, I'm kind of disappointed I didn't hear a word about this game coming out way back when. Although, judging from what I've seen so far, it looks a little too mini-game heavy for my tastes. Of course, I'd probably enjoy it just the same like the GBC game and Ham-Ham Heartbreak. The format I've chosen doesn't really convey this so well, but a lot of these minigames take all of 4-10 seconds when you do them successfully, and the majority are actually optional. There are a few that take a while, but they're not very common. I hadn't heard of Toriko before, but now I know where that blue-haired dude is from, so that's good. And if anyone wants to claim that .gif as an avatar, they're more than welcome. In fact, I still have all the footage from early Flower Ranch onwards. (It's 26.4 GB so far.) If anyone wants a transparent .gif of anything, ask and I'll see what I can do.
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Update 11: A seashore study on safety.  The festival did turn out quite well, despite a couple of little mishaps along the way. Certainly a fun little change of pace.  Exactly, Panda! I’ve gotta say the best part was easily the Taiko drumming! I mean, all the hamsters came there just to watch me play the drums! Sabu was really talking about Hamtaro, not Boss! ... Some parts of these ingredient-adding scenes may all run together, but I’ll never get tired of Bo disrespecting Boss. Especially since Boss makes most of it up…  OK, then! Let’s go ahead and make a rainbow color!Of course, you all know the drill by now.  Eh heh heh… heh… Although in that case, it kind of makes me wonder if this spell is endo- or exothermic. How much does rainbow magic follow the laws of science?   OK! We’re doing so well! Let’s go find the other colors! At any rate, we had some fun at Tip-Top Fair, but it’s time to get back to the search! -------  We are here to talk about the remaining ingredients. And so, Bo, if you would fill us in. Thanks to everyone, there are just two ingredients left! And those are indigo and violet. I have a question! What exactly does indigo look like? Indigo is a color that’s perfect with each and every other color! And just why is that, Howdy? <beat>  Dowa ha ha! Oh, ha ha! That was hilarious! Mighty hilarious!That was a Geop-level pun. What a punster… Can we continue with the meeting? Put simply, it’s like a darker version of blue. It’s like the color of the ocean! The color of the ocean is a very pretty indigo! All we need to do is get water from the ocean! Easy as seeds! Uh… First of all, what’s with that animation? Second of all…  But…  Oh, the Ham-Hams already partied up. Guess we’re going to the seaside!  Going to an aquarium generally benefits from being awake, Snoozer. As for Hamstarr’s Horoscopes, he actually offered up the exact same one as before the festival, so we’ll give that a miss this time around.  I’d say to pack your bathers, but we all know the Ham-Hams don’t swim.  So we just go get some ocean water and go home, right? If we go straight ahead, we should find the ocean. Let’s go right now!Hmm, something seems slightly off here. Oh well, let’s chat up the nearest hamster.  What are you doing, mister? The beach has gotten so dirty. If someone would get together and help clean up… How did it become so dirty? Mm… When visitors come here, they don’t clean up their garbage. Then let’s all clean up together! I’m all for it!♪ Ookwee! Ookwee!! It’s settled! Let’s help get rid of all the garbage…  Ho ho ho. You’re all good kids. And all good kids get rewarded for doing good things. However, make sure that you don’t drop any garbage along the way. The waves will pick it up and make the beach even more dirty. This has been a public service announcement. Thank you all for reading. ( ) All right! Let’s throw it away! As you can see, the garbage scattered around consists of a collection of crumpled cans. Might as well clear up a bit of room to move while we’re here.  There’s also this little dilemma to take care of.   Ookwee! It looks like it’s in trouble. Maybe it can’t get up because it’s flipped on its back? I’m sure that’s it! It looks like it’s in pain. OK! Then leave it to me! I’ll save the turtle! Since Boss is a pretty strong Ham-Ham, it’s not too hard to keep the meter in the right place even if you have exceptionally poor timing like mine. There’s not much to be seen on the screen behind the toppled turtle, unless you want to pull up Carrobo for some sticker roulette. (Really, why would he try and hide at the beach?)  Heading further down the beach leads to another three cans, and a second struggling turtle.   I, uh… I may not have had my priorities in order.  Still, at least we got ‘Sleep Tight’ for our good deed. Hamtaro looks so tired.  Let’s help it! Possibly from taking a turn at flipping turtles! It seems that Hamtaro is close to as strong as Boss is, if this minigame is to be believed.   We just need to get some of the water! Huh? This water isn’t colored! Heke? But look! The water all the way over there is indigo, right? If we get water from somewhere else, will it be colored? Maybe. Let’s try looking in a different area!Well, I suppose we might as well keep looking around. And there seem to be some more hamsters right beside us, so let’s get chatting.  ...Wait a second. I recognise that earring.  You’re…    And the rest of the Ham-Hams. What are you doing in a place like this? Well, just when I thought I was really gonna do some surfin’... my board totally floated out to sea. Now I can’t find it. And so I’m havin’ my friends help me find the darn thing. I know! We’ll look for it with you! Duuude! I’d be so totally grateful! Dudes, I’m totally counting on you!Of course we’d find our old pal Broski at the beach! He may not have been of much use back in Ham-Ham Heartbreak, but that doesn’t mean we can’t help him out. And speaking of helping things out…  OK! I’m gonna come to the rescue again! I can do it, too! Hold up, everyone. ? Have you forgotten? Mm? Are we forgetting something? What could it be? Who cares? We need to help the turtle. Umm, ladies… there just happens to be another strong Ham-Ham in your presence…   ...Ice cold, Pashmina.  Though she’s not exactly wrong, because Stan’s meter depletes way faster than Boss or Hamtaro’s. For someone with less-than-perfect mashing skills like myself, you have to get the meter to stop just about at the top.  Like so. I’m not gonna lie… This one actually took over a dozen tries due to poor timing on my part.  I’m tired.Well, perhaps you shouldn’t have been so eager to show off. But...why were they all upside down? Looks like they were flipped over by the nasty hermit crab. If we don’t cross by the hermit crab’s place, we’re stuck. Hmm. We have to find a way to cross! In case you were wondering, this is the nasty hermit crab they’re talking about. Only after righting all three turtles can we challenge this crusty crustacean for safe passage down the beach!  There’s a slight wrinkle to this one, however. It functions like the lily pad games where we had to dodge frogs, but…  Hamtaro doesn’t stop! There has to be an opening for him to run all the way through, or you’ll fail. The crabs are incredibly uncooperative, to the point where the earliest reliable opening I’ve found…  ...is when the timer’s half way drained. There’s no time bonus though, so it’s just a bit of waiting.  At least the sticker we get for this game is somewhat appropriate.  With an opening found in their defences, the hermit crabs disappear and let us continue unassailed.  This screen is pointless, though it does allow me to point out that the seeds around here are all in very small quantities. Not sure if that’s a matter of luck, or intentional design.    All the same model, too.  Who are you? Hey, hamha. I was just fishing here. I like boats, so I hop in my boat and go fishing all the time. Cruising in your boat? I’m so jealous! ....... What is it? I...I...I’d like to give you a boat as a p...p-p-p… A p-p-p…? Hey, you guys also want a boat? Well, if you have a big board, I’d be able to make one! A big board… Just you wait, Bijou! I’ll find a big board somewhere on the beach! Sounds like fun! Let’s follow him!We had better make sure he doesn’t get into any trouble trying to impress Bijou, yeah.  Also, these sailors are blocking the way forward anyway.  As we try to go back, we get a cutaway to the waves washing something else onto shore.  And of course… Hey, Hamtaro! Don’t you think this would make a nice boat? But Boss! It’s too small! It would only fit one Ham-Ham. Huh? There’s a name written on it. Let’s see… Bros...ki? … Broski?! This has to be the surfboard Broski was looking for!You know what, readers?  He just might be right. Nice nod to continuity there! (We’re seeing the other side of the board right now, which is why the stripe goes the other way.) Boss found the surfboard! Totally thanks, Boss! Now the girlies at the beach will think I’m wayyyyyy cool!  We need to look for stuff for our boat. Mm? What, dude? You are looking for boat materials? That’s right! Dude, a huge board totally drifted that way. You better go check it out. See ya!  Later, bros. Totally.  Broski was right! We should be able to make a boat now! OK! Let’s carry it! Alright, let’s get this back to the hamster with shades and see what he can make out of it.   OK! I’ll give you this mast! Let’s make it now! ...Well, at least the price was right. It’s done! Mmmm! Ain’t she a beauty? Well, I’m off to fish the world with a good buddy! He’s gone.Seemed like a pretty cool guy, all told. Though I think he might have the better boat.  With this… With me…  If you’re not gonna use it, I’ll take the girls with me! Haha, wow. Boss is gonna be pissed.  I like it! But...I’m sure Boss is pretty angry.  Are you sure? Yes, I’m sure! Anyway, let’s just enjoy the boat for now! OK! I’m gonna go faster! Aw yeah, time for more Mode 7 goodness! There’s a whole bunch of candy out here, but you have to balance collecting it with grabbing the heart-shaped buoys, because those grant you more time on the clock. Miss too many hearts, and you won’t make it to the end of the course. There’s a video of it here, though you could be a lot less cautious than I was with this minigame.  Rrrrr! STAN! Huh? Oh no, something’s gone wrong, hasn’t it?  Something’s gone very wrong indeed! Eeek! Big Brother! B...Bijou! This is terrible! Bijou and the others will be swallowed up by that whirlpool! Broski must know what to do! All right! Let’s go see Broski and ask him for help!Yeah, about that…  It’s terrible! Bijou, Pashmina and Stan are drowning! We need you to help us out! Huh?! But...uuh...I’m a...shoresurfer...so I...can’t swim. What?!Hamtaro should really know this from his last encounter with Broski, but there’s also what he said earlier. quote:
While it could be interpreted otherwise, I’d say Broski meant surfing for the very first time! I’m afraid that Broski is once again unable to help someone at risk of drowning.   The turtle said it would take us to Bijou to repay us for helping them earlier! Great! Thank you, turtle! Hang on, guys! We’re coming to save you! Time for some Super Shell Surfing!  Take ‘Raft Race’ and add in a few balloons you have to jump up for, and you’ve got this minigame. Fortunately, Hamtaro can’t miss landing on the turtle again. There’s another video, because I think these minigames are pretty nifty.  Hamtaro!  I was so scared! Hamtaro, thank you. I’m glad you’re OK! But don’t thank me. Thank the turtles! That’s right. Oh? It’s saying something. It’s saying that they’ll be around. If we want another ride, we can just call them! I understand. See you next time. Because of what you did… everyone almost drowned! I’m...sorry. Just so long as you learned your lesson! Now don’t do such stupid and dangerous things anymore! OK, Little Sis.Well, Sandy was mighty quick to forgive her brother on that one.  Ookwee! I’m glad everyone is safe.♪ OK! Got ya! I’m on my way right now! All right! Let’s get goin’! Ookwee! OK. Alright, let’s hurry on over there!   You can’t go over there. But Bijou is waiting! We don’t have a choice! Let’s go, Oxnard! Penelope! Wow, go Boss. Trying to tightrope walk with such an unbalanced load can’t be easy! And there’s even a couple of bees to harass Oxnard and Penelope as they get swung about violently over a drowning hazard. You’ll have to find a board and use it to get across. After we cross over to the boat, we have to set up a few bridges to reach the pier. It doesn’t seem to serve much of a point.   Hmm, a storehouse you say? Sounds like somewhere we should poke around.  ...Or not. I suppose we are supposed to be in a hurry anyway.  Let’s just head up north like we’re supposed to.  Looks like there’s an aquarium nearby. Well, we don’t have time for that right now! Quite right! Besides, the game wouldn’t let us do anything there if we tried…  Ookwee. Yes! Yes, I’m fine, Penelope. I’m really sorry, everyone. Boy am I glad that everyone is OK. We didn’t have time for that. That’s true. Hmm? Why has the turtle returned?  Thank you very much!♪ Huh? What is it, Hamtaro? It looks like the turtle will take us to the other side! Now we can get water from the other side!...Other side of what? Is it gonna kill us?   Bijou, what’s wrong? You too, Pashmina? Can’t really blame them, can you?   What do you mean?Someone’s eager to head right back into danger, though. How about if just the guys left? We can’t let something bad happen to the girls! OK! I’ll go, too! Then we’re going! And with that, the boys depart in search of the elusive indigo water. See you all next time, folks!
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Update 12: Hams gone wild. What should we do? Ookwee. What is it, Penelope? What? You saw a sign that said something about an aquarium? An aquarium! Bijou, do you know what that is? I heard that there are all kinds of fish swimming, and it’s a really pretty place. Really? Why don’t we all go? I’m all for it! Ookwee! Ookwee!! So, since the boys are off on a pointless quest to find indigo seawater, we’re going to be spending some time with just the Ham-Ham ladies today! (Yes, it is indeed pointless. The game may have had shaved ice as an ingredient, but it isn’t quite that silly. Glazius gets points for having more faith in the game than the rest of you. ) There’s now a minigame on the pier, but we never ended up getting the fishing pole back in Sunny Peak. There’s actually a few things like that which we could go and do in the old areas, but I’m saving that stuff for later. Even if we did have it, Hamtaro’s the one who plays this game. We can’t actually examine the sign like Sandy suggested, so let’s just head on in and check the place out.  Hey, I think we found where all the NPCs for the area are. Guess this is a pretty popular place!  What are you doing? I’m putting my heart and soul into this canvas called a wall! In other words, you’re painting a picture. That’s right! It’s almost done, so come back later and see it! We will!♪The jellyfish look pretty adorable already, Bob Ross-ham.   This place is so relaxing, right? Right.It seems like a pretty chill place so far, but we’ve only just arrived. Hopefully the fish are cool too.  This hamster does toss a ball back and forth, but it takes quite a while for the animation to loop.  Mainly because he’s conducting the lesson by throwing the ball all the way over the top of this gate.    ...Did he say indigo? in this aquarium, right? That’s right. I sure did! The indigo ingredient is in this aquarium! Ookwee!Hmm? What is it, Penelo-  ...Oh.  Oh, Penelope…    Well then, you’ll need to open the fence. But how? There’s a switch on top of the fence. All you’ve got to do is press it. On top...of the...fence…  Well, that didn’t take too long. We know where a proper ingredient should be, and it’s time for our first minigame!  Fence Climb is basically the same as Boss’ minigame from back in Ticky-Ticky Park, except that Bijou doesn’t have anything to knock balls aside with. Speaking of which, how many of those is Salia throwing?  Still, it’s easily done. Oh, and also there’s this.   That’s great, Bijou! Now, I’ll open it.  Alright, let’s get back to poking around and seeing where this seashell is.  You must be Salia. A relative of Snoozer’s, perhaps?  The hole just below Salia is the store for Sparkle Coast, which means…  We can add ‘The Girls’ to our collection of colouring-in pictures.  Aside from this five-star sticker we’re going to need Boss to get, the only other thing of interest is that blue pipe in the background.  Penelope must have gone through here… Hopefully she hasn’t gotten far.  Well, we’ve definitely left the part the humans are supposed to visit. Pretty dark in here, too.  What are you doing? The lights went out, so I came to turn them on. Are you going in? Penelope may have gone in already. Is Penelope a friend of yours? Yes. I see… Well then, I guess you can go in, too. But can you turn on the lights for me? The...lights? Yes. There should be a switch up one of the pipes. I appreciate it! Flick a switch, got it. Shouldn’t be too hard.  Only two choices, but let’s try the other scientist first.  Ahh! It’s dark, and I can’t see. There should be a pipe over here that I can climb.How illuminating. ( ) ... It won’t budge! Maybe this switch can only turn the lights off! Then, I wonder if there’s another light switch.Why would someone build two light switches, one to turn them off and the other to turn them on?  We must want to be up here by this tank instead.  Be careful! I don’t want you to fall in. Huh? Ah?! I just saw Penelope over there! Huh? Where?! See! Over there! It’s so dark, and she’s all alone… She must be so lonely! I know! Let’s have the jellyfish in the tank help us!That sounds… unwise.  And yet, that’s exactly what Pashmina is going to do. It’s very similar to Teeter-Beaker back in Clover Elementary, except that the jellyfish sink if you stand on the same one for too long.  ...Wow, that switch animation is speedy.  That’s a 0.2 second loop, by the way.   There’s only one way to go still, so let’s head down to the bottom again.   Heading back to the left brings us to a ladder spot we are way too short on Ham-Hams for, and…  Well, nothing aside from this extra little bit of dialogue. We should probably just go to the right.  Thanks! You’ve helped us. Did Penelope come running this way? Penelope? You mean the short, little, yellow Ham-Ham? If that’s who you mean, she just ran back there.Not so much yellow as wearing a yellow blanket, but yes. Really?! Let’s go over there! Thank you so much. Oh, if you’re going back there, take this.  No, it’s an airplane. Yep. If you run into any problems, all you have to do is show the letter. Thank you! Well then, be careful. ...The item descriptions in this game could not be less helpful.   Speaking of things that aren’t helpful… There’s going to be plenty to investigate when I revisit this area for the flyer and such. For now, we’ll just keep heading to the right.  Why? As you can see, there’s a rather large gap. Hmm, that is pretty wide. Sandy could probably clear it with some sweet gymnastics, though. How can we get to the other side? It’s designed so that when the hamster in charge turns the handle, the path is completed. What if the hamster in charge isn’t here to turn the handle? There’s only one other way that I know. See that hole over there? If you get in the hole, you’ll enter the tank. From there, get in the bubble to move yourself forward! Sounds like fun!When you mean bubble, you don’t mean…  Okay, sure. The game says to press A to float up and B to float down, but it’s actually adjusting your speed rather than having to mash a button. Just click A once, or you’re going to rocket up into a seahorse. That means you only have to tap B once to brake, too.  Well, just look how cute you are! I never thought such a cute girl would climb this tank. I need to get to the other side and connect the pipe. I see. Well then, you’re not quite there yet. What do you mean?  Apparently Bijou’s decided to make up for her lack of minigames by having two in a row!  There’s a constant downward momentum to this one since we have to contend with gravity, but Bijou can slow her descent fairly quickly to avoid those steam vents. Still, bet she didn’t expect to go parachuting today.   Once we reach the bottom again, it’s just a matter of walking over to the valve we need to turn.   And it was fun, too! If you turn that wheel right there, you’ll connect the pipes. OK! I got it! Pictured: Something not intended to be done with the arrow keys of a keyboard. It also takes a fair while… Probably about thirty seconds if you were doing it well. Some time later…  Thanks! Let’s keep going!East is where we landed after the parachuting, so the only way is south.    I’m glad you’re OK, Penelope. But from now on, don’t go running off by yourself, OK? Ookwee…  Ookwee! What is it, Penelope? Ha ha! For a while there, she was complaining! About what? About wanting to ride in the cups. These cups take you down below. However, if you go down, you can’t get back up. If we go down, we can’t get back up? If you keep going to the right, you’ll go outside. But these cups are only for the hamsters running the aquarium. That means it’s impossible to get down from here! Huh… How are we going to find the indigo seashell? Ookwee?! Yes, but I really can’t let you ride the cups.Man, you’re a bit of a buzzkill, aren’t you?   That’s more like it, bud. The cups themselves aren’t too exciting, but I like their colour scheme.  ...That’s just rude. Anyway, to the right!  Hey, some non-jelly fish at last! This must be where…  Ookwee? Ah! It’s really pretty.Ah, now this is a much more suitable ingredient. Quite fancy-looking, too. But...as long as it’s in the water, we can’t get to it....Hmm. Pashmina raises a good point. How do we get it out of the tank?  Oh, right. The one hamster that can swim could just fetch it out of the tank by coincidence, sure.  Let’s go ask him if we can have it. And why he and Barette moved their photo studio out of the clubhouse.  Just hop over here, and…  Hmm? He can’t have gone far.  What’s wrong, Penelope? Did you hear something? What?    What’s wrong? My...my leg! It’s cramping BAD! Glug, glug… Oh, no! What should we do?! We’ve got to help! Ah! But how can we get it to him? Leave it to me!  Great choice of minigame name there.  It is indeed just like the ringtoss game Pashmina played back at the festival, only with someone’s life at stake.  You’re welcome. I need to repay you. Just name it, and I’ll help! There is one thing… We’re looking for an indigo seashell. Ohhh! You mean that seashell? Ah! I just dropped it! Don’t worry. I’ll pick it up for you! ...’Mmmmmph’? Did you cram it in your mouth?  No, I’m the one who should be thanking you. Let’s take this to Bo right away!♪ OK! Great! I’d better get going. I’ll be around here. Call me if you need anything.Take care, Seamore. Say hi to Barette for us! Alright, the rest of this should be a cakewalk. Just need to head north, and…   How are we supposed to get to the other side? Suddenly, penguin-hamster out of nowhere! (He leaps up from below.)   I’m Tux. You all want to get to the other side? Yes. Can we cross here? Of course! Just watch! It’s used when giving the fish their food. Get on the glass to go across and reach the other side. OK! Got it! If you’re worried, I’ll show you the way. If you follow me, everything will be fine! Just follow me!   So, Tux is going to lead us across the tank bit by bit, the floor constantly fading in and out every few seconds.  He’s being a little bit too hand-holdy if you ask me, but he’s a cool dude. I’ll spare you most of his dialogue though.  Oh, that’s not a very good shot. Let’s take a clearer look at this sticker by showing off the collection page.   Alright, so the collection page allows you see all the stickers you’ve picked up, their rarity and where you found them. The latter bits of information are also shown on stickers you don’t have, which means you know where to find them and how (based on rarity)… but it also will spoil the names of areas we haven’t been to yet! Oh, and see the ‘Dream World’ and ‘Holiday’ text on these entries? Every sticker has a mat associated with it, which are only sold in stores. Cover a mat with one of each sticker it’s grouped with, and you get a special ‘Complete Medal’ sticker. There are even three mats for all the complete medals to go onto, because 451 is a lot of stickers.   Seriously, there are 33 of these mats. You need to find all the stores and their flyers to get all of them, of course.  Anyway, let’s pick things up after the little maze. And for the curious, falling off the glass walkway just means starting the room over. Thank you so much. Let’s play again!Is again some kind of Linux game?    From here, you can go outside using the pipe-slide. Slide? Ookwee? Yes, if you go...well, let’s just say you’ll know. You’ll find that you get out instantly.By “you’ll know”, he means “I’ll yell at you if you try to slide down any pipe except this middle one”.  Slide time!   It scared me, too, but it was also fun! That’s right! Ookwee! Oh! It’s Hamtaro!Presented: Strong evidence Boss hasn’t got a snowball’s chance in hell with Bijou.  Not good at all. The ocean water was clear no matter how far we went. What were you guys doing, Bijou?  I know! I know! You were all digging for seashells! Seashells?! If I knew I’d be this tired, I’d have gone with the girls! They’re wrong, right, Penelope? We weren’t looking for seashells. We were looking for the indigo ingredient at the aquarium. Aquarium? That’s right. We went and saw lots of fish. It’s a pretty seashell. Hamtaro, this is indigo. Heke? Then, all we’ve gotta do is show this to Bo? You did great, girls! We did it, Bijou! Ookwee! Yes, it was definitely worth all the effort. Girls can do anything if they try! And with a dose of good old-fashioned girl power, our rainbow of ingredients is almost complete!  That’s right! Let’s get back to the Clubhouse!Alright, time to cut back to the Ham-Ham Lawn! -------   How was the ocean? I’m jealous. I wanted to go, too.Sorry, Panda. We’ve got a party size of eight to work around here. I’ve often been called a man of the sea. Yeah, a sea monster! ...   One more left! We’re almost there! OK, then! Let’s go ahead and make a rainbow color!  We have one more ingredient left! Let’s keep going! And with our time having fun in the sun at an end, it’s time to move on to the final ingredient… and to our most mysterious location yet!
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Added Space posted:Color trivia of the day: That's a pretty interesting bit of trivia! Thanks for sharing it. ParanoidLogician posted:Honestly, I wouldn't have been surprised if they actually wound up getting Indigo seawater instead of the indigo shell. I've learned a lot from Ham-Ham Heartbreak... or maybe it's just done something to how I perceive things in regards to what occurs in a Hamtaro game. I don't know really. Well, when Heartbreak had us meeting a Tarzan-like hamster, riding minecarts, fighting ghosts with a stick and ultimately facing off against a giant robot shaped like the villain's head... I think you could be excused for thinking things might get a little bit strange. And I did mention at the start of this update that there's more to go back and do in the areas we've visited, so don't worry. Even if we'll have all seven ingredients soon, the LP is far from over.
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Update 13: Pun Level - Red  Oxnard’s predictions usually come true! Right, Penelope? Ookwee! If it’s OK, how about I predict your future, Hamtaro? Bleah! I don’t believe in any of this! Playing outside is much more fun! Right, Howdy?! That said, I’ve got things I need to do. See y’all later. Hmm… Curious.   And with that, most of the guys file out, leaving Oxnard and the girls to their fortune-telling.   -------   They did what?!   Let’s try hard, Penelope! Ookwee! That’s what they said. We didn’t exactly do a great job at the beach, did we? No way! I can’t let it end with me looking bad! Oxnard, where did Bijou and the girls go? Hamstarr Manor, a mansion that just opened recently. I predicted that the last ingredient is there somewhere. Alright, it’s time for this game’s manor! I guess people must have liked exploring Boo Manor in Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Also, even with Howdy and the girls absent, we have exactly enough Ham-Hams left over for a full party. How convenient!  Enough Ham-Hams that actually move, that is. Well, since we’re going to see his house, might as well get one more fortune from Hamstarr himself.  Difficult homework is in your future. Don’t wait. It might be really tough. Check it over before you start. The second luckiest one for today is...Sagittarius. Get your friends to trade cards with you. You might get a sticker for it.♪ The luckiest one for today is...Aquarius. You’ll make progress on your homework. Get ahead of everyone today! Today will not be very good for...Gemini. You could end up wasting your money. A bag with a pocket is your lucky item.  Well, let’s go find the girls!  ...Hamstarr is clearly eccentric. Guess being a fortune teller on TV earns him a lot of seeds!  Pretty swanky lobby he’s got here. And who’s this mustachioed gentleham?  The shifting stars are a nice touch, too.   What are you sayin’? I’m mighty certain you haven’t seen me before! Something’s fishy here. Are you perhaps… Then I’ll prove I really am a fortune-teller! Yee haw! I see that what you are lookin’ for is behind that door. A prediction can come true or not. Well, I’m goin’ now. ...That was interesting. Let’s see if the mysterious fortune-teller’s prediction comes true!   Boy am I glad you’re safe. We were all worried about you. But I’m not goin’ to hand over the girls! That voice…  Heh heh! The fortune-teller was only a disguise!   I’ll tell puns, and we’ll “ketchup” on the day’s events...forever!Gasp! What kind of vile fiend would do such a thing? Hamtaro! Bijou! I won’t let you get away with this!  Man, this Red Punster sure is “hamming” it up.  And apparently he escaped into the void of space…  Ah, it’s the owner of the manor! The mighty and mystical one himself… It’s Hamstarr! Umm…  Do you mind? I’m meditating… Hammmm hmmmm. Have you seen Red Punster? ... If you can answer my questions, I’ll tell you.  Hamstarr’s questions form a simple memory game, going up from one gem to four. They’re all distinct enough that you shouldn’t have much trouble remembering the sequence.  That’s a very familiar looking lamp…  When you’ve overcome your problems, you’ll find what you are looking for.Well, that was suitably vague. Let’s just keep going and catch up with that dastardly villain! Now, I’m about to .gif the begeezus out of this scene, but here it is in video form as well.  Ah! You’re…        You know, this somehow feels a little bit familiar.   So, yeah… That… That was a thing that happened. And it was amazing.  Okay, what fresh new madness is this?    Hello and welcome. It’s time for a pop quiz! Tonight, we have a special for you! It’s a match between the Ham-Hams and the Puntaros! Let’s check in with the Ham-Hams and see if they’re ready!Is this going to be one of those pop quizzes where we have to pick the right dresser again?  Nope, turns out it’s multiple choice trivia! There’s eight questions chosen from a random pool. Today’s questions were: “What instrument does Jingle play?” “What is the color of Cappy’s cap?” “What was the name of the detective in the school?” “Who appears when you use a walnut?” “What is the color of Pashmina’s scarf?” “What were Hamtaro and his friends looking for at Flower Ranch?” “What kind of animal was eating a carrot at Flower Ranch?” “What does Penelope like to say?” You should know the answer to all but question #4, and that one isn’t hard to guess! It’s Jingle. If you answer a question correctly…  ...but if you get one wrong…  Well, a little mud never hurt anyone.  Look! Over there! But if you think you can “hamper” us any more, you’re wrong! And so, we must make our exit. Good-bye. Well done, Puntaros. Still, I suppose they are still getting away…  Time to take another rocket sled in pursuit!  The game is a glorified quicktime event with inputs of left, right and A; however, the nice background makes it pretty enjoyable.  Huh?  Hey! You! Get your paws off of Bijou! Are you sure? I’ll let go of her! Oh, no! Don’t let go of her! What do I care? Wake up, Bijou! I’m not gonna forgive you for this! Look closely, Boss! It’s only a doll!  Why don’t you two play dolls in there? Boss! Stan! We’ll save you!  Then bring two Ham-Ham medals, and I’ll let you play.Hmm, we’d better find those medals and get our friends out of this fiendish trap.  ...Those are kind of creepy.  Red medal. Blue medal. There are two medals. Hammmm hmmmm.The TV in the next room provides a small hint, as will some of the others we see throughout the mansion. They’re not too helpful, but at least it means more Hamstarr.  ...Well, that was easy. Love? Life? Other worries? For the one who worries, we have a special low price in honor of our grand opening!The TV up on this ledge is just advertising. It’s kind of surprising that Hamstarr has a whole TV network of his own, though. Guess it explains why his show’s always on.  It would seem that these medals weren’t very well hidden.  Other fun stuff such as pictures and sticker mats! Those with a flyer will be offered special items. Interested? Go ◄ from here to reach the Hamstarr shop. Ah, of course there’s a gift shop.  The picture on sale, appropriately enough, is called ‘Crystal Ball’.  I’m not going to mess around anymore, so just help me! We can’t leave those two in there!Oh yeah, we should probably actually use the medals now that we have them. I guess.  Getting Boss and Stan out of the crane machine is actually very easy, simply because they do you the courtesy of standing still when the crane starts coming down. And not squirming about like in that Mario Party 2 minigame…  Anyway, where did the Puntaros go now? They ran that way! Let’s follow them, Hamtaro!  …… Let’s just keep this well away from Boss, shall we?  Heading through the door takes us back to the main room of Hamstarr Manor, where the Puntaros made their introductions. There are eight different exits from this room, and we’ve only used three of them. (South leads to the entrance, north is the Space Slider.)  The room is vertically symmetrical, with one exit on the raised platforms on either side and two more in the lower corners (in the south and east/west walls).   The north-west exit is a no-go at the moment, it seems. Crossing over stars… Do we need sacred feet for that?  The lower westerly door has Carrobo’s hiding spot for this locale. Come to think of it, there hasn’t been a single real carrot since Ticky-Ticky Park.  Oooh, sparkly!  Bring me four Ham-Ham dolls, and I’ll let you pass.Just so long as you don’t do anything weird with them, bud.  Speaking of weird, here’s Boss as a genie. With a transparent version if anyone wants it.  Back in the main room, the lower exit on the east wall just leads to a bunch of sunflower seeds, and a TV… that tells you to look at the TVs for hints.   The door right beside it brings us to another sticker, and the only open path we have that leads somewhere new. Since we know where the Puntaros must be… Let’s take a break. Tune in next time for the thrilling conclusion! Same ham time, same ham channel!
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Leavemywife reading Update 13 posted:Yapping Eevee: I hope you enjoy this one. A little bit of bonus material after Update 13. Seriously, I love the entirety of this segment, and I'm probably going to put out an update early again to show the rest of it.
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Update 14: Punishing Puntaros and Rainbow Rescuing. Last time, on Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue… The sinister villain Red Punster kidnapped the girls during a visit to Hamstarr Manor, holding them hostage with the aid of his Puntaro crew! Now, the continuation…   Help me, Maxwell!  See ya! Bye-bye!Fleeing once more, huh? Time to give chase!  As with many minigames, the ideal strategy for this one is to act on the first pass while everything’s still nicely synced up. At 10 + time remaining times 2, it’s a quick and easy way to earn some points here.  Drat, looks like that Punster eluded us! But still, we didn’t come away empty-handed.   But don’t worry! We’re here, so you’re safe! Um, Maxwell. You’re talking to a doll…  Oops. We were tricked again! Huh? The doll is holding something? What is it? Aha! We can use this to pursue the Puntaros further… Their hubris will be their downfall!  ...I’m going to choose to ignore that.  Hammmm hmmmm.The special ring, hmm? Sounds mysterious!  The second version of Star-Studded Swinger is the same as the first, just in the opposite direction. Doing one after the other over and over is definitely the best source of sunflower points if you want to farm up the stickers in this area.  You may pass!Alright, let’s see what devious challenge awaits us in this so-called special ring.  Aaa! I can’t eat that much. Someone help me! Ookwee! Firstly, Penelope is in danger too, Dexter.  Secondly, what the hell is that? And watch out for his Gobble Drop and Pork-Out Punch!...Uh… Mean Oxnard, sure. Well, an evil clone is certainly a new one for us.  It’s an eating competition, so why not?  Hey, guess what? This commentator is actually worth our while to talk to despite their generic dialogue, because…  Pressing B, L, A, B, A, R after talking to them earns us the ‘Too Much Good Stuff’ picture! Man, Oxnard looks like he’s gonna be sick.  Anyway, back to the matter at hand. Let’s take on Mean Oxnard!    Ookwee! Ookwee! Ookwee! Ookwee! Ookwee!! Ookwee!! She said that she’s ready to do battle! Gwaha! So these guys are my opponents! Yikes! He looks exactly like Oxnard! Hee hee! We’ll beat you for sure with Mean Oxnard on our side! You won’t know which one is the real Oxnard! ...That does sound like a rather large flaw in the Puntaro’s plan. Behold my powers of eating! Gwa! Gwaha ha! Pffft, as if anyone could out-eat the real Oxnard! Time to have a chow down showdown! I’ll show you my power! So, remember back at the fair when Bijou faced off against Sparkle in that heart-gathering game? This is basically the same thing.  Messing up the dodge is no big deal; if you get it right about half the time, you’ll still win.  You’re so careless, Mean Oxnard! This calls for a…  Pashmina! Penelope! Something’s just not right! Aaa! I can’t eat that much. Someone help me! Ookwee!  Just where did the real ones go? Hey, finally someone who isn’t going to be a little bit creepy about it. With both of these, we now have four Ham-Ham dolls in our possession.  I really like dolls.Good for you…?  If you want to watch the show, enter the room this way ◄. Here it is at last, the final showdown with the Puntaros! (Also, the area’s flyer is on the wall there… just out of our reach.)  And of course, what kind of climactic face-off doesn’t happen in space?    Oh, you better believe it! You’re going down, Puntaros!  And of course, they pull their pose one more time. Oh, and I also prepared…  The avatar-sized version! Oh, and about the “D” that appears... SKBasis posted:My guess would be that they're called something like the Dajare-taro in Japanese; "dajare" means "bad joke/pun". Dunno for sure. Sounds like a fair assumption to me, so let’s go with it.  Now, on with the show. Let’s see what the Puntaros have to throw at us.  Raise Your Flag is a fairly straightforward game to begin with, requiring you to press whatever button is on the flag the Puntaros hold up. Red Punster handles A/B/L/R while the ladies cover the four directionals.  After the first four inputs, the ladies will begin to spin. Of course, this means you may have a flag to press right on the left side of the screen (for example), plus there’s the spinning motion and the moving background that may make players a little dizzy.   The last four inputs involve two flags at once (requiring simultaneous button presses), though Yellow Punster will try to throw you off with a blank flag at times. In that case, just press whatever’s on the other one.  And yes, Red Punster can be the one holding both flags. All in all, a challenge where the main difficulty comes from the mind game aspect of it.  Eventually, we manage to make them cry.  But I won’t lose! Get ready to see what we’re made of! Heh… You didn’t really expect a final boss fight to have only one stage, did you?  Duck and Throw is a seriously nasty little game for people who want a good score, because getting hit means losing a Ham-Ham and therefore points. You need to dodge both the peppers and the Puntaros as they charge toward the bottom of the screen; it takes three hits to defeat each Punster, and there’s also a UFO to hit for bonus points. There’s a video of the no-hit run here.  This can’t be! How could we lose!  Red Punster went out the way he always wanted to… Making awful puns. (This pun is dedicated to Leavemywife.) Mmph…  Everyone! Snap out of it! Hamtaro, don’t tell me you don’t see what’s going on here!  Who ever would have guessed? We were helping Howdy out with his part-time job. That was fun! Right, Penelope? Ookwee! This mansion’s goin’ to open up as an amusement park soon. Everyone helped me get the Ham Games ready for y’all’s amusement. I see. Well, it’s safe to say that we were fooled. Wow, changing in and out of costumes that fast must take some practice.   Ah, so Hamstarr is the ham in the moon?   Ohhh, right! We totally forgot to look for ingredients after the girls got ‘kidnapped’. We’ve done it, Hamtaro! Umm, so, umm...about my paycheck… It’s not much. It’s OK! Forget the crystal ball. Now, about my pay… It’s not much. I told you, forget about the crystal ball! My paycheck… It’s not much. It’s a classic, but my favourite version of this bit is still Slappy Squirrel’s.  Finally, we have all seven ingredients! Now we just need to add this one to the umbrella, and Bo can go home… A meaner person would make this a cliffhanger, but let’s just continue on! -------  This time, everyone except Jingle and Snoozer are out on the Ham-Ham Lawn to witness this momentous occasion. You can watch a video of this scene here.  Everyone, thank you so much! Hamstarr Manor was really fun! Who would’ve thought Howdy was behind it all along! Uh, well… I knew it right from the start! But how much fun would it have been if I had said some… OK! At last, I’ll make the final color! ... Bo still isn’t having any of your tall tales, Boss. Had to get one more in for the road.  And here comes the umbrella. Since this is the final ingredient, let’s see it in motion again.  There it is, the rainbow umbrella in all its glory.  I can’t stand to wait any longer!I hope you’re all ready to see Bo work his rainbow magic, readers.   ...uh…  Well, that isn’t suggestive at all!  So, uh… Bo, are you still alive?  Is Rainbow Land on the other side of this rainbow? No, but there’s a station connected to Rainbow Land! I’m taking a train from that station to Rainbow Land, my home!There’s a magical train in the sky?    We’re friends forever!  We’re friends forever and ever! Adios, hamigos! Even if he leaves, he can always come back, right? OK, then! Let’s all go and send Bo on his way home! And now it’s time to let the ending play… This part deserves a video, so you can find it here.    The entire time you were gone, there has been a terrible problem. What?! Bo is actually the prince of Rainbow Land?! I remember he said that he’s Rainbow Land’s big star, but a prince? Minister, what happened? Follow me, and I will fill you in.  If there’s a problem with Bo, we’ll all help! We want to ride that cloud, too!   Welcome to Rainbow Land’s Rainbow Theater! Thanks to the Ham-Hams, I was able to get home! I’m glad we could help! Wh-what’s wrong? It’s good that I got back to Rainbow Land, but while I was gone, not a single visitor has come to visit our land! Yep, it’s as empty as can be. That’s right. And so, it’s time for this! Mm? What is that? An invitation? That’s right! This is an invitation to Rainbow Theater! I want you to take them and hand them out as a gift to all the hamsters we’ve met! OK. So, hand these to all the hamsters we’ve met. That’s right! And we’re thinking about starting the play when everyone gets here! I can’t wait! You should also look for rainbows in new areas. The rainbows will take you to areas that you haven’t been! That’s great! There are a total of 40 invitations. I want you to give them to all kinds of hamsters. Got it? Got it! The invitations are for all the hamsters we’ve met. Thank you! I really appreciate it! When you get back, look at the Rainbow Art, everyone! Well then! See you later, hamigos! So, with all seven ingredients gathered and Bo returned to Rainbow Land, it’s time for the Ham-Hams to embark on a whole new quest! We’ll be revisiting all the places we’ve been and exploring them further, even visiting whole new locations while we hand out invitations to Rainbow Theater, and the special play Bo has planned. There’s still a whole lot left to do, folks! So, I’ll see you all next time… Take care!
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ParanoidLogician posted:I really wish I could somehow make this moment an avatar. It's probably my favorite moment in the entire LP. If only more villains were like Red Punster.  Put the pun as the title text, and hopefully this will work for you. I'd shrink the whole thing, but the text becomes utterly illegible at 150x100.
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flarp22 posted:I almost want to apologize. ParanoidLogician posted:Thank you. Thank you so much Yapping Eevee. Glazius posted:All the Hamtaro games have had kind of a giant after-game, haven't they? I'm not sure whether Ham-Ham Games will hold up the tradition though. I may have to play that after this LP is done, see if it's worth covering too...
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Update 15: Seedy characters and mixed nuts. With a new quest to undertake, it’s time that we bid Rainbow Land goodbye… We’ll explore it once there’s actually hamsters to talk to, because as is, it’s not even fully open.  Huh? Something’s written on it? You can press SELECT at any time to go back to the Clubhouse! You can talk to Snoozer to select the Ham-Hams you want to go with you!  Bo’s recommendation to check out his Rainbow Art is definitely worth following, because it tells us about a couple of very handy features! No more running back to an exit just to head home, and…   We finally get to choose our own party members!  Everyone has their own animation for being picked to go out with the group, which can be seen here.  Despite what Snoozer says, we can immediately talk to him again to pick new party members. Since we need the right Ham-Hams for both tasks and minigames, there’s basically a recommended party for each area… but there’s often tasks for more characters than will fit in one party.  We’re headed off to Sunny Peak to start off with, and everyone in our party has something they can do there; Howdy does as well, just to prove my point.   That one hamster who likes playing with frogs is still around, and bumping into any of his amphibious friends will start another game where you need to run between them, working the same way as with those hermit crabs at the beach. Bumping into them from the left means only dodging two frogs, while coming from the right means dashing between three.  Over where the game began, we can find one of three gates that lead to the rainbow train stations, allowing us access to Rainbow Land. The ones on Sunny Peak and Sparkle Coast are kind of pointless though, since we can just walk out onto the Ham-Ham Lawn and go from there.   ...Way to go there, champ. Guess we’d better save him from his own stupidity.  Fortunately, it’s a simple matter of grabbing him with A when Hamtaro goes past. You’ll get more attempts if you mistime it on the first pass, but less points.    Ah, excellent! Now that we’re going back and doing these optional little things for other hamsters, we should get plenty more five-star stickers.  Why yes, he will dumbly stumble off that cliff every time we rescue him. Some people just can’t be helped, you know?  These petals keep falling and falling. I’m cleaning, but I can’t keep up with them. Can you help me? Sure, I think Bijou can handle it. The petals can still be picked up for a brief period after they touch the ground, but they come thick and fast enough that getting 35 shouldn’t be an issue.  Oh, and this is why the petals are falling there. More flower predictions! We’ll have to see about getting some of our own later.  Sandy has a task to do over by the river, but we can’t swing across this time. (We broke the vine, remember?)  We could visit the store now that it’s open, but I’ll wait until after getting the flyer. Instead, we need to do a minigame to get back to where Boss was once searching for oranges.  Speaking of which, Hamtaro has to put his old Stickee stick to use batting away more pinecones.  I’m getting ready to move, and I’m getting rid of things! Which reminds me. I just found this, so I’ll give it to you! See? We’re going to be tripping over these things soon.  Moving left takes us to a game with a bit of a punny title.  Leaf of Faith is just a matter of timing. Press A when you land, and you’ll bounce up high. Press too early or land and then press A, and you’ll jump low. Use these to hop in the right pattern for maximum candy!    On the other side, we can go up and around to drop another vine…  ...which allows us to climb down to another branch, which will allow us to climb down on the left side of the river. If you recall, there were hamsters gathering nuts up this one to keep us from roaming too much during the tutorial.   What do you think of my ladybugs? Huuhh?! I’ve managed to lose track of my ladybugs… What should I do? Will you find them with me? Much like when Maxwell had to pick out cows on Flower Ranch, he’s called upon to track down the right ladybugs here. This one’s slightly more difficult simply because you can get caught up on the other ladybugs crawling about.  the value of ladybugs? Probably not. Hmmmm. Oh! As a show of thanks, I’ll give you this. Uh-huh. In case you think it seems a little odd, this sticker belongs on the Movie Set mat. Which reminds me… I’m not sure yet whether I’ll gather up all of the 451 stickers and show them off. Feel free to speak up if you have strong opinions one way or the other.   I’m pretending to be a chestnut while thinking of them. There’s a moist kernel inside its bur. Oh… JOY! Heke? Chestnuts are good! Chestnut rice, sweet chestnuts… Oh, I’ll bet there’s a chestnut dish that is just fabulous!♪ What? A place called Rainbow Land? There must be a new chestnut dish there! I want to go. So when Bo said to give invitations to all the hamsters we’ve met, the general rule of thumb for this is to try anyone who was polite enough to give us their name.  Once you’re given a hamster their invitation, they’ll disappear from their regular location and show up in Rainbow Land. And with that, Marron is the first hamster to be invited to the Rainbow Theater!  Down at the bottom of the tree, we can head right to try our luck at flower predictions again. It turns out that in addition to having two possible outcomes for Hamtaro and Bijou…   Heke? Bijou, what’s going on? You’re acting weird. Tee hee!♪ Phew! I’m so glad to hear that!♪There’s also a Likes/Likes Not result for two other Ham-Ham pairs.  Maxwell/Sandy Likes:   Tee hee!♪ Phew! I’m so glad to hear that!♪Maxwell/Sandy Likes Not: Wh-what?! That can’t be! Th-that’s not true, Sandy! Honest! I...I… Ohhh, that’s OK! Don’t be too worried about it.And who are the other pair, you ask?  Howdy/Dexter Likes: Ha ha! I knew it, Dexter! Why didn’t you say so?♪ Well, they say the more you fight, the better you get along! Tee hee!♪ Phew! I’m so glad to hear that!♪Howdy/Dexter Likes Not: Hmph! That’s no surprise to me. I thought he felt that way! ”Hmph” to you too! I was mighty certain that you thought that way also! Ohhh, that’s OK! Don’t be too worried about it.Howdy and Dexter may be rivals, but they’re really good buddies too. I quite like that these conversations were included.   Back on the path to productivity, Stan can dance to cheer someone up while Oxnard knocks down the stick pole, the second of two items we need to make our fishing pole. Now we just need someone to put it together.  Huh? Really?! Then I’d like to go there, too. That someone is not Seedric, but we can hand him an invitation once a fellow tree-nut has arrived at the theatre.  Aside from making Sandy look kinda like she’s one of the Sith, we can also complete another version of the game’s very first minigame, which is the same thing in reverse (but considered to be a separate game, as shown by the sunflower on the sign).  The path that used to be blocked off by a bunch of logs is now clear, but there’s something to attend to where we found our first ingredient.    I came here looking for a new friend, but they’re mostly tree-nut Ham-Hams, not my type. I want to meet a Ham-Ham like me.♪ Well, I’m going to go there now! Thank you!♪I looked it up, and Championi is from one of the Japanese-only episodes of Hamtaro… where she’s a princess getting married to Radar. Yes, the long-eared reporter. Apparently he’s a prince in the Japanese version of the show.  Heading along the formerly blocked path takes us to a new part of Sunny Peak, as well as our first rainbow path! Each of the seven places we visited in search of ingredients has one of these paths, and it takes us to one of two entirely new areas. However, we will not be crossing this rainbow today.   We are going to have Bijou try and throw sunflower seeds on top of some statues though. The part of the meter that counts for each statue is a bit on the small side, but it’s simple enough.   Sorry, but can you pick up Mom’s sack lunch for us? Go right until the end, and you’ll find my house. Please hurry!There’s no guarantees that Oxnard won’t eat it before we get back, bud. But we’ll try. Now, up the hill to the right…  ...Okay then!  Fortunately, all we need to do is interact with the fan.   I can’t stop that fan by myself. What were you doing? Experiments on being able to fly freely through the sky. This surely is a man’s passion. Oh, I’ll give you this. Thanks! Perhaps you should find an assistant to help you with the fan, friend.  Headline: “A Man’s Passion.” It’s a special article! It must be nice, wanting to be able to fly! Now that’s a scoop! I’ve got to hurry and get there!Figured you might like the sound of that. Here, have an invitation.   With the  Hi, Ook-Ook! Tree climbing looks like fun! Ook-Ook, you must love high places. I’m sure Ook-Ook would like Rainbow Theater. Uki?! Ukii! Ukii ukii!!♪ ...I’m just going to take that as a yes and move on. Also, look at all these oranges!  Oh! Silly me! I thought you were my son. What?! My son is so hungry that he can’t move? He must be working so hard today!Well, he did clear away all those logs for us. I’d say that’s pretty impressive. Well, I’m going to whip up some lunch. Want to help? Order Up is another test of memory, but this one’s only one round and pays out pretty well.  Here’s the lunch, orange-flavored sunflower seeds! Please, take it to my son. Hurry! As I’ve said, the game’s item descriptions were perhaps not AlphaDream’s highest priority. Hey! This is it! Munch…… Crunch! Munch.. Man, that was good. Thanks a lot! Here, take this. For making a quick delivery, we get rewarded with the Three Buddies picture. It’s simple, but still nice. Now, back over by this guys’ house, there’s another path south. My heavens! You have a stick pole and fishing line.♪ Shall I make you a fishing pole? Some assembly later…  …  There’s also a kid nearby we can cheer up, and this one gives us something quite nice.   Stickers and pictures, here I come! Oh, and we can ride the raft next to the old hamster for a shortcut back to the bottom of Sunny Peak.  Now that we finally have a functional fishing pole, we can try our luck in the pond.  I’m sure you know how fishing minigames tend to work, and the button prompts are shown above anyway. There are a number of different things you can catch, which will earn you either a medium sticker or 1-10 sunflower seeds.  Sorry, Mr. Turtle! The final thing to take care of here is buying out the store; curiously, this one doesn’t have a picture available unless you have the flyer.  Birdhouse Builder is pretty cute. And with that, we’re done with Sunny Peak! I posted in the thread that I was considering doing the seven known areas in order, then the new ones; however, I’ve since reconsidered.Now that we’ve finished this area, the ones with the most unseen content are Flower Ranch and Ticky-Ticky Park. Clover Elementary has some new stuff as well, but not as much. Sparkle Coast has a few things to do, while Tiptop Fair and Hamstarr Manor have very little left.  So in light of these facts, let’s sort out both of those last two right now.  Hamstarr Manor’s rainbow is right at the entrance, of course. Everywhere else is indoors, and we couldn’t see where any of the windows were.  Seems like today’s lucky place is the Rainbow Theater. Thanks, everyone. Hamstarr is the one and only hamster at the manor who needs an invitation, since the only other hamsters here are the ghosts and the shopkeeper. He’s also the first hamster who requires a specific Ham-Ham in your party, since Howdy has dialogue for inviting him. The prompt to give an invitation simply doesn’t appear otherwise.  There’s also a little something beneath the Super Slider…  I’d better go hide somewhere else! Good-bye!  Another one for the collection! The flyer for the giftshop fell down after our clash with the Puntaros, so we can claim it without hassle.  What? We’re uncool? Sheesh. All right! Ah, so these ghosts can still shapeshift with Flipflop. If we manage to win against these second-rate Puntaros…   We get perhaps the game’s greatest picture, Red Punster & Hamtaro! In fact… Give me a minute here…  -By Yapping Eevee, age 26. I wish I could have gotten rid of those lines on Hamtaro (dramatic shading's a little hard to do with the selection of colours on offer), but I gave it a shot. The picture deserved to at least be attempted.  After a quick stop at the giftshop, it’s time to make a quick journey around Tiptop Fair.   Oh, Rainbow Theater? There must be those who need care! I’ll go there for the health of all hamsters! She does seem to be wound up a bit too tight…  Eh? Rainbow Theater? Sounds like a rowdy kind of place. For some reason, this reminds me of when I was young! Thank you, boys. I’ll go right now. Why does Auntie Viv laugh like Boss?  This time, I won’t lose! I want my revenge! What? Planning on tricking me with a present? Nice try! Sparkle’s still a bit on the crazy side, but perhaps a good show will calm her down.  Sadly, being the Ham with no name means that we can’t invite the seedslinger to the show.  Turns out the Lucky Strings game had a five-star sticker hiding in it! It’s also a very easy source of stickers, since the festival has so many seeds to get out of the statues.  Rainbow Theater? Thanks, Cappy! Sure I’ll go! What? What? Rainbow Theater? Sounds fun! Thanks, everyone!All of the named hamsters at the festival require someone specific to hand over their invitation; we’ve now managed to hand out eleven invites out of forty, as well as cleared out three whole areas! See you all next time for a trip to Flower Ranch! Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 11:14 on Apr 18, 2015 |
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ApplesandOranges posted:What was the Howdy-specific thing to do in Sunny Peak, if you're done with it? I just meant that there's tasks there Howdy can perform for a one-star sticker and some sunflower points, nothing major. It's been a while since we used it in Ticky-Ticky Park, but Howdy can clean up piles of garbage. There's two or three scattered around the area. KataraniSword posted:I think those colored lines are there on the pictures to suggest where you need a different color to simulate ~dramatic~ shading. I assumed as much, but that would have required a better selection of colours.
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Update 16: But is it art? As promised, it’s time to go wandering around the ranch again! Everyone in our party has either a task, a minigame or an invitation to take of; Maxwell also has that cow-spotting minigame he can play, but we need the invitation Ham-Hams for this trip.  The first order of business today involves finding the artist hamster. After each ingredient is gathered, the artist appears in a new location with a picture for us.  There’s one for each ingredient’s arc, except the crystal ball (because we already got Red Punster & Hamtaro). Bucket o’ Sun is the first, reminding us of that bucket relay long ago. Looks like Oxnard worked up a good sweat…   Above the second slippery slope, we can find the Maxwell Puzzle picture to commemorate the long search for the four-leaf clover.   Down by the couple we united earlier, there’s the Stan vs. Chicky-Chickies picture of that time we nearly got our butts kicked in RPG-style combat. There are two more pictures to find, but let’s take a little break from that to do other things.   The sacred grounds of bunny hopping, sure. Whatever you say, bud.  Actually, since the staircase is of infinite length until you beat this minigame, there might be something to those claims. If you’ve got good timing, you can clear 109 steps.   Not many Ham-Hams have been able to clear these steps. Oh! That reminds me. Please let me give you this! Come again. Seems like an odd thing to be recognised for, but hey, free trophy!  This .gif exists only because I want to mention that the jump sound effect here gets layered on top of itself into a cacophony of noise for about two seconds.  Ummm, Pepper, here you are. Thank you, Oxnard!Now that we’re way at the other end of Flower Ranch, there’s a couple of things to take care of. Pepper’s invitation is one of them, and we can now go further left along the fence than before.   The artist is here again to give us To The Rescue, showing just how determined the turtles were during our shell surfing.  No, no. Both arms.  The sunflower garden at Flower Ranch is always great!♪ Don’t worry, Solara. We already took care of it.  Must be because it was raised with lots of love.♪Now, we have the opportunity to offer Solara an invitation here. I went and found out what she says without the right Ham-Ham in our party: If a fabulous boy invited me, I’d do it. Fabulous would be an energetic and happy Ham-Ham.Which explains why we need this.  Must be Stan’s lucky day, finding a girl that’s actually kinda interested in him!  We’ve done all we can on the main path through Flower Ranch; all that remains is over in the side area where the stair-hopping games are, and where Elder Ham went to sleep. The artist has one more picture for us, but after we get it…  What? Why? I’m thinking of going all over and drawing scenery! That’s perhaps why I won’t see you Ham-Hams for a while. It’s going to be a little lonely. I’m going to be lonely, too, but I’ve already decided. Take care of my pictures and be sure to use them! Bye!♪ And with one more picture entitled Let’s Dance, the artist hamster leaves Flower Ranch. Perhaps we’ll see them again somewhere, but who knows?  Anyway, let’s wake Elder Ham up and hand him an invitation. Hm? Rainbow Land’s Rainbow Theater? That is great. But, no one my age will be there, so I will be lonely. If there was a Ham-Ham who would talk to me, I’d go. Auntie Viv is coming too. What? Really? Then I think I will go.This is why I went to Tiptop Fair at the end of the last update.  There’s no longer that hamster sleeping here, so we can take a look at the next screen.  The next screen is long. Very long. It also has four dirt piles that Howdy needs to clear away before the minigame can be played…  Don’t you have other things to do? Mm. But you can’t go away empty-handed. Take this. ...and this old hamster who gives us a random three or four star sticker. In this case, one I had just gotten while cleaning up the course.   You will roll the empty can, won’t you? Go fast, and you’re good. Go slow, and you’re bad. OK? Roll, Can, Roll is kind of an odd minigame. We have the balance mechanics of earlier minigames, sure. But after you dodge these three bugs, there’s about ten seconds of empty course you have to try and speed over without falling.  Still, it’s not like failed attempts would take very long.  Now there’s just one more path we can explore. Another sleeping hamster has disappeared, leaving this boulder blocking the path instead.  So Boss gets to sculpt another statue using nothing but a hammer.  This leads us to where some of the ranch’s animals live; we could go north through that large opening, but I’m going to wait a minute on that.  The reason for bringing Penelope to the ranch is to play these two lucky games here, because completing the right one pulls out this blue chick. We’ll see what that does in a moment.  We have this yellow chick to attend to first.  I’d like to go on the record as saying “gently caress this entire set of minigames”. The idea is simple (and probably very familiar to people who played certain Yoshi-related games), but the size of the goal area and the timing required to get a chick into it are questionable. This first one isn’t too bad, with eighty seconds given to round up eight chicks.  Heading right and into the hole…  ...through the bunny-fluffing shed…  ...and up through a window, we can leap down to the other side of the shed.  And into my own personal hell. (If you don’t pull the blue chick out of that hole, the third and final level of Chicken Roundup isn’t available.)  The second version cuts the timer to sixty seconds, and introduces faster chicks. Purple ones are just barely faster than Bijou’s walking speed (though you can make her run with B), and blue ones are even faster.  I think round three speaks for itself. You may want to just use a walnut for this one, because goddamn. The reward is pretty “poultry” too.  The rainbow for this area and one more five-star sticker are back here, but now it’s time to head around to the front of the shed again.    They buried any seed they could find! Looks like they did a pretty job! Also, there’s that sleeping hamster again. There doesn’t seem to be any way of interacting with them.   I haven’t in ages, and weeds and rocks are all over the place. You sure look bored. Will you tend to my garden for me?Only for completion’s sake, old ham.   And because I manage to nail the rhythm on the first try this time.   ...Thanks? (As far as I know, this item does absolutely nothing.)   Huff puff! It’s no use. If only I were just a little taller!Maybe you should ask someone else from the Salad Kingdom to help you, kid.  I got it! What do you think of my tomato? Looks good, huh? It’s thanks to your “hamha”! Here, take this! I was going to give it to someone anyway. Thanks, pal! If we talk to him again…  Huh… Now that I’ve got the tomato, I’ve got nothing to do.That’s a pretty obvious invitation to… well, give Tomy-T an invitation.   Back to the beginning of this new section now, and it’s time to take a quick peek inside this part of the shed.  It’s a little rundown, so it’s time to put Panda to task repairing the place. We need to fix two out of the three holes just to be able to get through.  The place looks a bit better now, old ham. Someone's going to need a few new floorboards though. Wow! You fixed the shed! I’m very impressed. I know! I’ll give you this. Sadly, the reward for patching up all three little holes is just another three or four star sticker.  There’s just one last thing to do on this trip to the ranch, and that’s up out the window by the old hamster.  I’m totally lost. My best friend, Tomy-T, is probably tired of waiting. If it’s Tomy-T, we’ve invited him to Rainbow Theater. What? Really? Then I want to go too. And that’s it for Flower Ranch! There is one other reason for us to come here, but we need to visit Ticky-Ticky Park first.  Ticky-Ticky Park is fairly full of things to do though, so we’ll save that for next update. Instead, we’ll pick out a party for Sparkle Coast. Since most of the minigames there are one time only, you actually only need Boss, Pashmina and Penelope to cover everything on return visits.  The first thing we need to do at the beach is talk to this new guy two screens north of the entrance. What are you doing? I’m collecting seashells here. I want you guys to try it, too, but my equipment is broken.  You want to use that shovel to collect some seashells?Sure, why not. Who knows what goodies we might turn up? Ok! When you go in, find a place you like and press A! I don’t know what’ll come out...but take whatever it is! The place you choose is actually irrelevant, much like which string you choose in the lucky strings game at the festival. You can find seeds, carrots, stickers…  ...and eventually, the area’s flyer.  Aside from the area’s rainbow being where we found the board for our raft, there’s only one more thing to do on the beach itself.  I want you to have this! Dude! For me? It’s an invitation to the Rainbow Theater! Totally! Sounds like there’ll be a lot of girls there! ... Much thanks, dude! I’m totally there!He may not be the most useful friend to have in a crisis, but Broski’s still a cool dude. I wonder what he’ll think of the Theater?   We can indulge in a bit of ocean fishing outside the aquarium, which is the same as pond fishing except for which things you can catch.  Oh, and the other gate to the rainbow train stations is out here where the turtles dropped everyone off.  My fabulous art is finished! It’s amazing! It’s great! Ho ho! Don’t you think? Now that I’m done, I wonder if there’s another colossal canvas that’s calling my soul. Artists, man. Over by the shop I’m about to buy out, we can invite Salia to the Rainbow Theater despite her still sleepy-looking state. Apparently she’s also Tux’s grandmother.   Those rocks we saw on our first visit can now be dealt with, yielding another sticker for our collection. (Anyone else think that ribbon looks like bacon?)   Since Hamtaro wasn’t around for all that lightswitch stuff, we can actually use this to make the back rooms dark again. We could just go switch the lights back on over by the jellyfish tank, but we have another option too.  On the way, we can climb down to another five-star sticker. There are more of these ladders further along, but they all yield a high amount of sunflower seeds and nothing else.  The way past the second tank gets blocked off in the dark, which means we have to climb up here…  ...and play a new minigame to reach another lightswitch. Quick Crossing requires patience despite its name, at least if you’re after the candy. The tiles appear and disappear just like the glass walkway Tux hangs out nearby, but it’s not hard to remember where they are. Just don’t make any risky moves.  About a minute later, we can restore power and move on.  I want you to take this! Really? There’s a place like that?! Thank you! You bet I’ll go!Don’t worry about it, Seamore! You helped us get the indigo ingredient, so it’s all good.  if I’m not here, no one will know about the floor. Isn’t there an artistic hamster somewhere who likes to paint? He could paint the floor so that everyone would be able to see it.Ah, an obstacle to the giving of invitations. Fortunately, we already know that one of our two artist friends is looking for a new project.  I’m in trouble! What’s wrong? My children look like they’re going to fall! That’s terrible! One’s at the end of the pipe that runs left and right. Please do what you can to help my children! Why were you letting your kids run around up here anyway? Also, the dialogue’s a bit misleading. Each of her two kids are at opposite ends of this pipe.  Uh...uh-huh. The kid on the left side is nice and easy to save, since we can just form a ladder on down to them.   The other kid is a couple of screen lengths downward though, so there’s no way we can just chain ourselves down to them.  Instead, we have to make a very worried-looking Pashmina bungee down to rescue the kid. Why Pashmina? Your guess is as good as mine.  Go on, kids, what do you say to them? Thank you! Thank you! Oh! That’s right! Please, take this. Thank you so much.No worries, ma’am. Thanks for the sticker of… a swingset?  Anyway, let’s slide down the pipe and ruin that sign at the bottom again.   If you’re looking for one, there’s a great place! I think Tux is looking for an artistic hamster. I see! I got it! A new canvas is out there, just waiting for me! And as the artist walks off, the game does something very unusual. It doesn’t teleport us to Tux’s screen; we have to walk there ourselves.  Really? Where? Huh? He hasn’t shown up yet? It’s OK if I throw my heart and soul into the place, right? That’s right! Leave it to me! Incredible! Thanks! Now I can go to the Rainbow Theater and not worry about the floor! Well, Tux, here’s the invitation!And with that, we’ve handed out twenty invitations! That’s half of them done!  The floor will no longer fade in and out of view in this room, so that’s nice if you want to come through here again. We’re done here though, so it’s time to head back to the Clubhouse and prepare for our trip to Ticky-Ticky Park. See you all then! 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suddenly cats posted:I think you've got the order of these screenshots switched? Nope! The old hamster is in the back of the shed, and you can't even reach him without patching up two of the three repairable holes. It's a bit silly. I can certainly see how you'd think that, though. I'll edit it to avoid confusion.
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Update 17: Practicing for the Ham-Ham Games. Fair warning: Since we managed to open up a couple of shortcuts in the park during our last visit, this update may feel a little bit disjointed. There’s a lot of running back and forth around the park and pond to be done, and I’m sure I could have streamlined things a bit better than I did.  I want you to give ice-cream bars to anyone who wants any.Other hamsters are oddly eager to trust us with food despite Oxnard’s presence, it seems.  It’s easy! Give one to any hamster who wants something cold. Thanks!♪Wait, you’re giving these icecreams away for free? Anyway, Lolly hands over four kinds of icecream bars; they come in sunflower seed, carrot, sardine and cabbage flavours. There’s also an unused trampoline right here, and we already know what we need that for.   That hamster can’t get down. Can you help out?We’re not just carrying this around for a workout, ma’am.  ...That must be a very tightly stretched trampoline.  Evidently not. We don’t actually get a reward from these hamsters at all, beyond the fact that we can now walk along the fence the kid was standing on.  Said fence leads us behind the swing set, and over to…   … Um… Excuse me? We kinda need to get past…   I’ll give you more sunflower points, too. That’s if you win. It all depends on your number of wins. Is there a Ham-Ham with enough courage to fight me? Yes...Yes! I’ll do it! The mysterious seedslinger’s minigame is a simple one, but your reflexes need to be pretty decent. The timing’s tight, and the coin moves at different speeds every time you play.  It’s easy to start another, too. You get twenty times (wins - losses) in sunflower points when you decide to move on, but only one sticker.  And then the seedslinger moseys on out of here.  Which allows us to claim another sticker for our collection!  The fence leads on to the park’s rainbow bridge, which means you could come in this way and get stuck behind the kid who hasn’t jumped down, forcing you to either backtrack…  ...or get another dose of Mode 7!   Zooming through the skies on pigeon-back takes us to where the old hamster was complaining about the pigeon’s absence on our first visit. The reporter was camped out in this log looking for red flying saucers, remember?  The return trip is also considered a unique minigame, so we’ll fly back and make our way from there. I’ll spare you a video this time.   Call the police immediately! Back in the park, it looks like Mama-Ham’s little ones have gone walkabout. We’ll have to keep an eye out for them. But first, we need to attend to some other business… Like retrieving this flyer, over where Howdy caught that blue chicken.  Not that it does us much good when the store is still locked, of course. We’ve got quite a list of things that need taking care of, don’t we?  Further to the right, we have a turnip that we can uproot. This only takes six hamsters, so we could have done this way back in update seven.   However, the only thing behind it is a can, which gets taken to the left of the item shop. Since we didn’t have Penelope with us at the time, opening up this minigame wouldn’t have done any good.  ‘Can do!’ is Penelope’s usual fare, based around balance and avoiding three bugs. The main oddity to it is that one of the bugs is right at the end of the course.   Aside from a few seeds, the only reason to cross that stretch of water is to hand over the sardine-flavoured icecreams.  Heading down to the path we took around the reporter, there’s another frog we can scare away.   Ah, this is the deadend near the hopscotch games. Except now we’re up where we can actually do something.  The sunflower seed icecream gets handed over to this guy; all the hamsters who crave something cold have exactly the same dialogue.  We can also pick up that board and throw it over to make a path somewhere else, but now we need to backtrack.  If we head up into the tree with the broken staircase inside, we can hand out the carrot-flavoured icecream to that hamster, and then have Panda make a new path for us by patching a few holes.   Ending up on the opposite side from where Stan rejoined the group, we can make use of that path we just opened with that board.  Oh, hey. Guess we just found where the Jump-Rope Brothers went to!  While the goal is still twenty successful jumps, you can now keep going after that, having the rope spin faster and faster until you finally slip up.   Just watching got me all tensed up! I know! To reward such fine jumping, I’ll give you this! They’ll make trophies for anything these days, it seems.  Oh, and one of Mama-Ham’s little ones is hiding back here as well. That birthmark must be convenient for telling which one’s which.  When you rescue one of the babies, they’ll reappear by Mama-Ham’s side immediately. Guess we’re allowed to carry little frogs in our inventory, but not baby hamsters.  Over by where we entered the park the first time, we can finally grab this out of the tree.  Well, hopefully we can open the store with this.  You went to the trouble to find it? Thank you. What a relief. Now I will open the store.You’re using a bent bit of wire as the actual key? Perhaps you should get a proper one made instead, lady.  At any rate, this means we’re getting ever closer to having all the pictures, mats and stickers for our collection.  Our newest picture’s called The Great Theory. Looks like Maxwell might be onto something there…  Over by the slide, Stan can make this plant grow with the power of dance. No, that’s not a joke.  He can also make these flowers bloom, though it just gives us sunflower points and one-star stickers like any other task.  Remember the Karate-Ham over by the slide? If you beat him once while at the park, he moves here. Then he’ll go back to the slide after another defeat. There’s not much point to it.  Moving along to the swing set, we can climb up the broken chains now that we’ve got a full party.  And get this sweet sticker of Hamtaro wind-surfing.  There’s also a minigame we can play while we’re up here, since that newspaper-reading hamster has gone elsewhere.  Since the swing is available now, we’re going to hurl Dexter off the swing at breakneck speeds.  He’s not too happy about it when you mess up. In order to successfully launch him, you have to get the swing going for full 180-degree arcs, then press A when the meter’s needle is in the tiny red section. Launch at a 45-degree angle to maximise distance (ignoring air resistance), if you remember your high school science classes.  And then suddenly he manages a graceful dismount.  Now that we’ve launched over the sandpit, we’ve got a new part of the park to explore…  ...where this jerk manages to catch me off-guard.  Seems we weren’t the first to try and cross the sandpit that way. They’re all a little disappointed about their landings.   At least the one in the back’s a good sport about it.  Pushing over the toy here lets us climb back up to the swingset, but there’s still plenty more to see and do here.  For example, there’s a couple of tunnels to dig out. While being pursued by snakes, which you can supposedly scare off by pressing B.  Not that you’d really care, because even someone with incredibly weak mash-fu like myself only had the snake on screen for the last seven frames of the minigame.  On the other side of the tunnel, we can find the last hamster who wants some icecream, and that dude with the bulldozer who I’ll get to in a minute.  Climbing the orange trowel lets us go a little further beyond the sandpit, and I’d like to poke around here first.  With those sideburns, he truly is the daddliest of hamsters.  I dropped off my son Bobby at the nursery. Ohhh… I sure hope he’s behaving himself.I’m sure he’s fine. How about you just leave him there and go to the Rainbow Theater?  I don’t look busy, but I’m busy right now. Let me be. Ah, the good ol’-fashioned double take. And yes, he is going to just leave Bobby behind.  Hey, maybe you should keep a better grip on your balloon! Still, we’ll fetch it for you. Climbing this pole looks like it should get us there… But who’s this guy?   Because of you, my students now want to stop training… and become students of the Ham-Hams and their ways! I will prove to you the strength of Ham-Ham Karate! Oh dear. So, Headband-Ham and his top students are the toughest opponents we can face in RPG-style combat. His students deal three damage now, and they’re unlikely to waste turns while their instructor is still around. Headband-Ham himself can perform a charge to deal three damage to the whole party, or do a bodyslam to absolutely wreck one Ham-Ham. Even with a better selection of party members (and the fact some of them are now stronger compared to the Chicky-Chickies fight), this guy may well curbstomp the Ham-Hams. Oh, and for the record, it is possible for some weaker Ham-Hams to have less than five health. Penelope has three, and is sadly not a lethal joke character.  I’ll even hand over my students! And this, too! Now excuse me! We’ve certainly managed to assemble a fine collection of trophies, haven’t we?  Now, let’s return that wayward balloon.   Here’s your reward! Take it! From now on, I’ll be real careful and hold on tight. Jingle’s Lullaby is perhaps not being put to the best use… If there’s one Ham-Ham that doesn’t need help sleeping, it’s Snoozer.  Oh, and another of Mama-Ham’s missing offspring is up on the lamppost. Don’t ask me how it managed to get up here.   I would regain my strength if I saw a lively dance!Back by the bulldozer, this guy has a rather peculiar demand. Luckily, Stan’s got it covered.  OK! I think I’ll give it a shot! Well, the bulldozer certainly isn’t just a toy. Now that the rock’s been pushed aside, we can head through…  ...and have Oxnard knock the last of Mama-Ham’s kids down off that truck for us.  There’s one last thing to do in the sandpit before we head back and see her, though.  I told you I’m OK. I’m going now.And as soon as this guy leaves…   Will you take it to him? He’s probably somewhere around Flower Ranch. Thanks. ...I’m not sure I’d want to eat something that’s mostly sand. Maybe he left it behind on purpose… Still, we’ll go see what he says after we’re done here.  Huh! Rainbow Land’s Rainbow Theater? Of course, I’ll go! My children will be glad, too! Thanks!It’s worth noting that Mama-Ham is indeed taking her kids with her, so this counts as handing out four invitations. That’s 10% completion, right here.   Ah, I’m sure you did your best, Buster. Here, have an invitation. Huh? Rainbow Land’s Rainbow Theater? Sounds nice. Then I must go and protect the peace over there! You’re the one to get it done, Buster! Of course, this invitation can’t be given out until the children are found.  Rainbow Theater? Sounds wonderful! Yes, I’ll go! What! Is it OK? Yeah! Yeah!And with these two, that’s all the invitations handed out for Ticky-Ticky Park. There’s only two things to do here now; one of them involves delivering that lunch, and the other is way back where the blue bird was before Howdy and Stan started shouting.  Oh? Well, check out these four trophies we’ve found!  It turns out that he likes them so much, we get a five-star sticker out of the deal. Now, let’s make a quick stop at Flower Ranch. Please, give me the homemade lunch! No worries, mate. Just make sure to check and double-check you’ve got what you need before you go out next time, huh?  ...Are you being paid to clean this horse with a broom?  Anyway, the worried wife hands over one more five-star sticker as thanks for delivering those dumplings. Seeing such a big book reminds me of the old Ham-Chat dictionary… although they look nothing alike, of course.  While this update is almost as long as a regular one already, let’s go ahead and poke around Clover Elementary anyway. Consider it a bonus.  I think I’ll go now. Thank you!Clover Elementary doesn’t have a whole lot that’s changed from our previous visit; aside from inviting Dr. Peanut, we only need to visit the principal’s office and one new place.  Thank you! I think I’ll go now. Let’s meet again!We already knew that our friend Prince Omar was looking to travel, so I’m sure he’ll enjoy an unusual place like Rainbow Land.  Up on the nearby shelf where we were told about the locked book, it turns out that this potted plant can be walked upon.  Hmm? What’s going on up here?      I thought those ruffians would eat more excitingly. They simply lacked excitement. Isn’t there anyone else? Y-yes! Yes! If it’s an exciting Ham-Ham you want, I’m here! Stepping forth and announcing your name? Splendid. Let us see if you can show me a good time! Ha ha heh heh! I’m gonna eat a ton!Wow, this is all kinds of decadent and suspect. Still, I don’t think we’re going to stop Oxnard from trying to impress…  Golden seeds are worth five points, regular seeds worth one, peppers stun Oxnard for about two-thirds of a second. Seems straightforward, right?  Well, about halfway through the game, some severe ice physics get involved. Perhaps not quite La Mulana, Graveyard of the Giants levels of slipperiness, but still.  The amount of seeds thrown out definitely goes up to compensate for the loss of traction, though.  A gift? Do you mean sunflower seeds? Ha ha heh heh!  Well, you can’t say it wasn’t an appropriate sticker.    Is there a place where I can roll around freely?♪I don’t know if you should roll around quite so high up, but here’s an invitation anyway.  Well, I’m going!♪That’s three invitations given out here at school; there’s only four in total, and the last one’s in a new place.  Namely, this room that was closed off during the investigation into the missing shoe.    This room has something of a theme going.    It also has a decent amount of room to explore, both on the ground and up above.   One that melts in your mouth. Munch. Munch… Definitely a… proper snack for a gourmet Ham-Ham.Ah, so you’re the one who’s got everyone wondering what turtle food tastes like. Mind you, I’m not sure a hamster should be eating that…  Up on the bench, we’re able to climb up to the top of the turtle tank for a quick minigame.  It’s just getting in the middle, waiting for the turtles to line up and making a dash for it. Nothing special.  I’m sure someone out there has a joke for this one.  Climbing down on the other side of the tank, there seems to be a very familiar hat hiding over there.  I’ve become bored with my work. Any case or mystery, I find to be much too simple.Well then, sounds like you should take a break. Perhaps a trip to the Rainbow Theater is in order? The Rainbow Theater? I’d like to go, but… I must decide what turtle food tastes like. Until I’ve come to a conclusion, I must stay in this area.Determining what something tastes like is most easily achieved by sampling some yourself, I find.   Now that we have a case to solve, it’s time to head up onto the ledge under the chalkboard.  Fortunately, the humans are still leaving stuff lying around to be used as bridges.   My great song is nearing completion, but it’s still not right. Something’s missing. With your youth, would you be able to help me? Well, Bijou does know how to play the Moonlight Sonata.  It’s a memory game. There’s two different Organ Lessons, and I’ve got videos of them here and here. Warning: Videos may be wholely uninteresting. I don’t know the tunes though, so if anyone wants to let the thread know, I’d appreciate it.  Thanks to you, I can finish a song for the ages! As a token of my thanks, let me give you this. ...Thanks? There’s also this flyer lying right here, so let’s go clean out the store!  Hey, this seems like it might come in handy…  And we even got to buy this adorable picture of Inspector Hams and Hamtaro out ‘On The Case’.   We’ve been wanting to try that! Do us a favour and give us some? Here you go! Thank you! Let’s try it now. Munch. Munch. Munch…  Huh?! Th-that! That’s…  Patooey! Yuck! I guess that’s why it was only a rumor. There’s a reason why we got to try some. Don’t complain.Kudos on taking that in stride, by the way. Still, better you guys than us!  I doubt whether he’s really a gourmet eater. Oooo… I feel sick from eating too much.ie. More than none.  Indeed, any case is just way too simple for me.Undoubtedly. Now, this invitation… Um… Rainbow Theater? OK! I understand! I, Inspector Hams, feel a new case calling me! Well, friends, I must be going! And with that, we’ve handed out 80% of our invitations! These last eight are for hamsters in the two new locations… Next time, we’ll finally be taking a look at those.
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Update 18: Helping out the little guys. Alright, time to finally cross one of these rainbows and take a look at these new locations! The area on the left side of the map (Sunny Peak, Clover Elementary and Tiptop Fair) all lead to…  The scenic Acorn Trail! We’re actually around the middle of the area here, but the lower half loops around. So before we explore this screen, let’s make a quick circuit around the southern area.  Indeed, there are three exits from this next screen, the left and right ones forming the loop. There’s also some very important hamsters in here.   I got separated from my friends! Waaaah! The three of you, hmm? Sure, we’ll find your pair of missing friends.  While the Hambini hang out on the left side of this screen, there’s also someone further right.   The Djungarian Choir members are… ♪missing!♪ Choir? Uh-huh! We sing… ♪together!♪ But I can’t sing all alone. Ummm, if you see any members, can you call them for me?Can you guess how many choir members there are, readers?   Now that we’ve spoken to these two and can therefore gather up their friends, let’s head down the left path.   Hey, it’s that game with the glass plates from the aquarium, only with lilypads. It too takes about a minute due to waiting for platforms to line up, and doesn’t pay very well for the time invested. Play once and move on.  Hey, a nice little Japanese garden! It has bamboo fountains, stone lanterns and everything.   I want to draw a picture, but it’s so loud, I can’t. What a troublesome crab!What a troublesome crab indeed.  Let’s scare the piss out of it!  Ha ha! Now that it’s quiet, I think I’ll draw a picture. Wow! It’s great that you can draw pictures! Ha ha! You think so? I can give it to you, but… I know! Have you met the Sticker Hermit yet? He’s a mysterious hamster who is rarely seen! But if you get me his autograph, I’ll trade you.♪If you remember way back at the end of update five, we actually did see the Sticker Hermit in Clover Elementary. He leaves after the storyline visit to the school though, so we’ll have to find where he does his hermiting.  There’s a small house in this area, but the porch is in desperate need of repair.  Patch up the panels with holes when they flip over, don’t touch panels with crabs on them. This is the only sneaky trick to this minigame, where you’d need to know in advance where to stand to get that bit of candy.  There’s way more holes than you need to win, so you could afford to take a moment and grab it.   Did you guys fix it? Nice work! Now that it’s fixed, I feel like cleaning all of it! Leave the cleaning to me! Ohhh, so you want to compete with me, do you, mister?!Oh, it won’t be a competition.  Howdy’s gonna wipe the floor with ya! Bad jokes aside, this game is a good example of risk and reward. You want to pick up candy, but doing so kills your speed. How much can you grab without giving up your victory? (It requires alternating A and B to move though, which isn’t always fun.)   Your sidekick?!Sorry, but who beat who just then?   Heh, looks like the crab went running back to its owner. Come to think of it, that must be a fairly small crab if it’s smaller than a hamster.  What’s wrong? Oh, it’s just I can’t tell which carp are mine. Say! Will you help me look for it?Ah, how would we ever know we were in Japan without a koi pond?  Huh? Oh, actually my markings are shaped like glasses. Uh...forget it. I’ll do my best. This matching minigame is fairly easy, unless perhaps you have trouble with the ones with three red splotches.  the rare cherry tomato I see over there? I want to eat that cherry tomato! How can I get it? Oh, that’s right! The members are looking for me. I need to hurry. See ya. Good thing we had Tomy-T’s cherry tomato, or who knows what might have happened to that poor frog. Oh, and that rainbow is where the Tiptop Fair connects to this area.   Ah, we’re already done with this little circuit. Now, let’s take a peek down the centre southern path.  Hu… Hu… Here we go again. What’s wrong? I haven’t...hic...been able...hic...to stop my hiccups. Hiccup! What’s wrong with me?Oh man, isn’t that just so annoying?  No worries, bud.  What do you want? I was just resting in the shade. Huh? The other members are looking for me? Oh, no! I have got to go! Thanks for telling me about it.And with that, we’ve found the two missing Djungarian Choir members in this area. The other two are in the other new location, which is why I chose to come here first (so I could tell them they were being looked for).  There’s nothing else on the screen except for this barrel. It must mean something.  Huh… Guess not.  And yet, when we leave the room… Hmm.    Waaaaaaaaah! !!!!! Waaaaah! The barrel that I took such good care of...waah...is broken. I worked so hard to build this barrel. Ha ha! Don’t get so worked up! We’ll make you another barrel! Huh?! Really? You’ll fix the barrel? Thank you! This screenshot is here purely because I really like this line. The thing is… fixing a barrel is too hard for me to do alone. I need someone to help. Have we properly established that Panda fixes things yet? Because aside from Nail the Rhythm, I think all of his minigames have involved fixing things.  Pictured: Several massive pauses where I change which button on the keyboard I’m hammering at with my index finger. Also, it seems that most of the time, only one of these two are actually working on the barrel. I...I’ve never been treated so kindly. I’m touched! Yeah!♪ Well… You see, the truth is… I was the one who broke your precious barrel. I’m sorry. I’m sorry I didn’t say anything. I see. Hmmm… But you tried really hard to fix it, so it’s OK! Uh, you’re a very kind hamster. Crisis caused and then swiftly resolved! That concludes our business on the south end of this map, so let’s head up to the Clover Elementary rainbow and explore further. Ah, here’s another thing that’s fairly distinctly East Asian. (Not just Japanese.)   Right, honey?♪  Wherever we go, we are always together. Right, darling?♪ That’s why we’ll never lose a three-legged race. Wow! Darling, you are so cool! You look so cool, I want to see more of you looking cool!♪ Ehehe.Words cannot convey the sheer amount of and I’m feeling, having to type this up. They’re laying it on a little bit thick, don’tcha think? Hmph! What’s with the lovey-dovey? Huh… Actually, I’m kinda jealous. Bijou...me...lovey-dovey… Hey! You two look like you’re close! How about racing against us? Hamtaro, let’s race them together! Sure! Let’s do our best! Poor ol’ Boss. The three-legged race itself is like Howdy’s minigame from earlier, except that you’re avoiding rocks instead of being tempted by candy. This one gave me a hell of a time on my first playthrough, up to the point where I was tempted to use a walnut on it. This time? Got it first try.  No, not at all! You looked fabulous when you were trying that hard. Huh?! Really?! Ehehe. My thoughts exactly, Hamtaro.   Also this.   I’m going to have a refreshing sweat today, too. If you train your body, you’ll become a handsome guy like me! Ha ha ha. Ah! That book! That’s a book I haven’t read yet! Ummm...will you let me read that book? Ha ha! Now that’s the attitude. However! Do you have the strength to just lift this book? Just barely. Also, catching that with your head has got to do awful things to your spine.  I have learned so much. How about it? You want to form a team with me? A...ha. I appreciate the thought, but… but… I prefer to use my head instead of my body. I’ll pass.Your head is part of your body, Maxwell. But still, you did a pretty good job just now.   After plucking a few carrots, it looks like another kid has managed to get themselves stuck somewhere high up.  Easily fixed!   The butterfly flew away! Leave me alone! Oh, Mama. What’s wrong???Ah, of course. The kid was completely oblivious; didn’t even know he was in danger.   If it’s OK, will you take this? Just another of those stickers that I’m sure would make sense on context, but on their own…  Going south from the mother and son leads us to a ‘Danger! Falling apples’ area. We actually cannot make a party that can do every minigame in Acorn Trail in just one visit; the non-repeatable ones mean that we can manage it on subsequent visits, but we had to leave Oxnard out (who handles this minigame).  Heading north at the intersection instead puts us on the trail of the Sticker Hermit!  Perhaps this pointless obstruction is why that hamster can’t find where he wants to be.  And here we are, the Sunny Peak rainbow. This is the north end of Acorn Trail… But what’s this door about?  It slides right open for us, but if you don’t meet the requirements for entry, you’ll read the notice on the door. It basically says that if you don’t have at least 200 out of the 451 different stickers, you aren’t allowed inside. This was the first place I came during my first playthrough. How many stickers did I have? 199. Yes, seriously. This time, I have 282.    ...For a hermit, he’s certainly made the place look nice. Also, he appears to have a guest.   Ah! This is the sticker I wanted. I’m jealous. What? Huh?! You’re looking for the Hambini? Oh, no! I was lost in the stickers, and I didn’t realise. No worries, little guy. As you may have guessed, the other Hambini member is also in the second new location.  I just remembered! I have a favor. Hmmm, you’ve got a favor to ask? I was asked for an autograph from the Sticker Hermit. My autograph? Aren’t there some real curious hamsters? Here, take it. Thank you. Ho ho ho! I guess I’ve still got what it takes! Mmmmm, come visit me again. Excellent, one soon-to-be-traded autograph.  If we talk to the Sticker Hermit again, he’ll grade our collection’s completion and give us some basic tips for finding more.  The first time we do so, he also gives us the only sticker mat that we don’t either start with or buy in stores. Neither of the new areas have stores, so it’s only Rainbow Land’s which we need to visit now.  One trip to get Oxnard and prepare for the other area later…  Just a thought, but maybe you shouldn’t be standing around under an apple tree.  Eat the apple, Oxnard. (Why yes, that reference is low-hanging fruit!  ) I’ll bet that this was hard to get! Thank you so much! Here! Your picture. Take it. Delivery!♥ gives us some insight into how Postie delivers the mail, and makes for the last thing we can do in Acorn Trail before retrieving the other petite hamsters.  So, it’s time to take the Sparkle Coast rainbow to the other new locale! (Yes, this is going to be another long update.)  Let’s take the sights, strut down the boardwalk and have some fun at Sea Spray Park. This area is connected to the four locations on the right side of the map, and it’s about the same size as its counterpart.  Good vegetables at great prices! Want a radish? Oops. I’m so overstocked I can’t line up my vegetables. Hey! Can you help me arrange my vegetables?...Is that some kind of innuendo?  I really, really hope it wasn’t.  Actually, this minigame is all about getting a straight-ish stack of boxes. It seems fairly forgiving so long as you don’t try to go full-on Leaning Tower of Pisa.  ...Is that melting butter on a sunflower seed? Well, I’m sure someone’s tried it before.  But I guess they’re too lively because they tend to go crazy. How about you guys helping me out? The punnily-named Fishing Well is like the seed-eating game Oxnard played last update, but there’s only one place the fish are being thrown from, and no loss of traction. Also, we seem to have found where all the Cappy minigames were hiding.   Really! My help here is always so slow. Every burger place makes burgers quicker than we do here! We’ll help you. Yeah? That’s great! So, who’s going to help me? You’d be perfect since you already have an apron on! Once Howdy picks out three items correctly from the lineup, it refreshes the lot with some new foodstuffs. There’s a fair selection of possibilities.   They’re very popular with girls. Whoa. Oh! Ahh!  C’mere, you. Also, perhaps you should use a little less helium.  And you didn’t even pop the balloons! Thank you so much.♪ Here’s a gift.In exchange for not letting the balloon seller float away, we get… a one-star sticker. What a cheapskate.   The current is very strong, so children can’t ride alone. I’ll guide you. I just hope I remember the way… Ha ha! Can we put our trust in this guy?He does seem kinda shady… But it’s not like we have a choice.  Canoe Crossing is relatively simple; mash A to go forward, move up and down to avoid crashing into any poles. The only wrinkle is that the current is constantly pushing the canoe down toward the bottom of the screen, so you have to be careful about keeping your course steady if you want the candy.  Once we’ve done it once, heading back here lets us choose whether to play again or just cross between these screens without playing. The reverse course is its own distinct game though, so I do it once for completion’s sake.   Where did they go?The other kid says: You like ham-and-seek? Well, I don’t! They all hide in weird places, and I can never find them.So, there are two hamsters hiding here somewhere, but they’re too good at hiding to be found fairly. Ergo, we’re going to cheat. How do you cheat at ham-and-seek? Well…  I bet the smell is just too much for you to handle, isn’t it? Though, I don’t think kids would understand. Hey! You guys! Will you broil them for me? Oops, I think someone forgot to change the background for this one! That, or the boardwalk suddenly became a lot more grassy.   I’m starting to get hungry… Oh, no! I was still in the middle of ham-and-seek.See, this is how you cheat at ham-and-seek. You lure the other players out of hiding! Huh? The other members are looking for me? Oh, no! I have got to go! Thanks for telling me about it.That’s three out of four missing choir members now. Odds are that either the fourth will be the other ham-and-seek player, or the second missing Hambini will.  The hamster on the bench over there has been sleeping for a while. Is he sick?Just below the broiled corn stand, this police officer seems concerned about one of the park’s patrons.  Said patron takes a fair bit of poking to get him to wake up. You have to talk to this hamster four times to make him get up and moving, whereupon he realises he’s been sleeping through an intended date.   I don’t think we can even hold a tenth of that, mate. Although I haven’t had a chance to check that fact, what with how expensive it’s been to clear out all those stores.  We’ll leave that hamster to their highway robbery for now, and pass on going along this rainbow. This one goes to Flower Ranch, back behind the shed where the chicken minigames were.  Instead, we’re going to head to the southern part of this area.  Good thing we woke that guy up and managed to salvage his date, or we wouldn’t be able to cross the gap.  The other side of this park is a bit bigger, so let’s poke around. (The crying kid can be cheered up by Pashmina. There’s another hamster nearby who needs Stan’s dance moves to cheer them up.)  Straight south is the rainbow over to Ticky-Ticky Park, which is how you might get to the seedslinger without bringing that trampoline to where it’s needed.  There’s the Super Hopscotch game further to the right, which strikes me as a little bit odd.  It has no bugs to avoid, and Bijou jumps at the slow speed Pashmina used in her first few rounds of Hopscotch. The course seems to be about the same length too, so I’m not sure what exactly is ‘super’ about it. You can play it in both directions at least.  Pay ten seeds, try to win thirty. Or just go pick up a whole bunch of seeds from any number of other areas.  ...Huh. That mermaid statue looks oddly familiar. Still, we’ve got more to explore before we worry about strange interactable-looking statues. Let’s head up north.   Doesn’t it look cool? It’s my favorite hat. I’ve never seen a hat like that! I’m totally jealous. What? You want to see this hat? Uh...sure. Oops! We’d better go fetch that for him. Also, nice touch that the portrait changes when he loses the hat.  Just a quick stop at the juice bar here first, I think.  But I’m out of fruit now. What a situation! Because there are customers here, I can’t leave to get the fruit. Where can we find the fruit? We’d be happy to get it for you. Really? Really? That would help me! The pier splits Sea Spray Park into two different areas. On the other side, there’s another Sea Spray Park. You can find a fruit stand there. You can get my fruit from that lady.The pier in question is where we used that boat as a stepping stone. I hope we don’t have to come up with 10,000 seeds though.  Especially since the lack of juice is ruining this old couple’s date. Apparently there’s lots of dating going on here at the park.  But...I want the fruit juice.Ah, and there’s some extra motivation. Guess we must be looking for the last Hambini with our ham-and-seek game.  There’s another statue here, and a path to the east. Let’s finish exploring before we take care of the juice problem.  There’s a couple of holes here that the lady nearby is worried about, but fixing them…  ...does not lead to gratitude.  Hmm. Suspicious.  Huh? There used to be four here. Where did they go?Ah, sounds like something we can fix. And probably should, because the left-most statue is blocking the path north. (Speaking of paths, that’s the Hamstarr Manor rainbow in the corner there.)   she’s not here. And it’s past the time we agreed to meet. Maybe she decided to ditch him. Mmmm, this really is a problem. Where’s your girlfriend? She lives under an apple tree on Acorn Trail. Huh… Did something happen to her?Given what we saw earlier… I’d say the odds are pretty good.  Setting that aside for the moment, we’ll return the Mermaid-Ham statues to their rightful places and be allowed onto the last screen of the area.  Did all of you find them? What good Ham-Hams. As a token of my thanks, please take this sticker.   The final screen has a rock and some sunflower seeds laying about, but the only things of real interest are the last Hambini and the wayward hat. The latter is what draws the former out of hiding.  You have to pick up the hat before you’ll get anything out of him. What? You’re looking for the Hambini? I was so into ham-and-seek that I forget. Thanks! You found it for me! Thank you.♪ Yeah.There’s no point to returning the hat beyond it being the right thing to do, but why not? Now, on to other matters…   Then, if you beat my quiz, I’ll give them to you. Well? Will you try my quiz?It sure beats paying for them, so you’re on. Oh, hohoho! Then let’s go! Watch carefully. Okay, that’s it.♪ Of the fruits you just saw, one of them was spinning. Which one was it? Wow, that question was poorly phrased. What he actually means is, out of these four options, which one appeared amongst the spinning fruit? It’s the kiwi.  Here, take this. As promised, here’s the fruit. Say hello to the juice vendor for me. You certainly can’t say these descriptions are inaccurate, can you? (Please do not tell me if there is entirely fruitless ‘fruit juice’ being sold somewhere.)  Now I can make and sell my juice. Thanks again for helping me. And then there was fruit juice.   picture near the pier. I was in a bad mood, but I’m doing much better now. I’m happy that you’re happy.Picture, you say? Hope you don’t mind if we take a look around for it.  Oh, that’s right! The members are looking for me! Now that I’ve had some juice, I think I’ll go. See ya.And now all the wayward little hamsters have been gathered up! We just need to go back to Acorn Trail to hand them some invitations… Oh, and check on that guy’s date.   We’ll just pick up this Howdy & Dexter picture that Old Lady Ham dropped, and be on our way. (The picture is invisible, but she said it was by the pier.)  What are you doing over there? This apple fell and I can’t get out! I can’t move such a big apple. I want to go to Sea Spray Park! What should I do? Yeah, sure, but what a tasty-looking apple. Is there a hamster who can move this apple? Nice one, Oxnard. “Yeah, you’re trapped in your own home, but this sure looks tasty.” Thank you! You saved me. Here’s a token of my appreciation. Take it! See ya. ...Ohh, Salia is supposed to be like a seal or something? Durr.  ie. Let’s go watch someone else’s date like this is Ham-Ham Heartbreak all over again.  My boyfriend waited and waited for me all this time. I’m glad I trusted you and waited. Me, too! I’m glad to have met you! Ha ha! Hee hee! Where do you want to go for our date? Mmm, I can’t decide! Hamstarr Manor sounds fun… Sparkle Coast’s aquarium sounds great, too. It doesn’t matter where we go, as long as we’re together! Hee hee! It was our pleasure, really. Hope you two enjoy your date!  Now, let’s finally… finally hand out the last of these invitations.  How can I thank you? ♪Re mi fa!♪ I’ve heard of a place called Rainbow Theater. I bet if we were able to sing there, ♪we’d be happy!♪ Luckily for these pint-size performers, we happen to have some invitations left.  ♪See ya!♪And then there were three.  The Hambini are back together! Thanks. Now that we’re all together, want to play somewhere? I’m sure it will be fun.  We’ve handed out every single one of the forty invitations that Bo gave us, so next time…  We’re going to take the train back to Rainbow Land, talk to everyone we invited and enjoy the show! Don’t worry, I promise not to keep you waiting too long…
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Update 19: The greatest show in the sky. With every ingredient collected and all forty invitations handed out, it’s time to return to Rainbow Land for the big show!  But before we get to the main presentation, let’s take a moment to chat with everyone who’s travelled to Rainbow Land.  It looks fluffy… and yummy! What shall we do? I can’t wait. Hee!♪ When playing here, be sure not to get lost. Ha ha! Heading up the escalator leads us into the main lobby, where we have a count of how many invitations we’ve handed out. There’s plenty more hamsters to chat with, too!   Mmmm. It looks like my turn won’t ever come.Your turn for what…?    Ah, looks like the shopkeeper made it here as well. We’ll have a chat to her once we find Rainbow Land’s flyer.  Hey, guys! Thanks for showing me such a great place! Check the floor out! That took a grand effort, for sure!Oh, it’s not so hard. First, you find a floating island, then you mine up some cloud blocks… The hard part is dealing with the wyverns.  I think you still need to relax, Mama-Ham.   I’m also not sure you should let your business venture go belly-up in order to see a play.   Heheh… It’s an old gag, but still a good one.  Anyway, let’s take a look on the left side first.  But since I found a fun friend, I’m… happy! And chestnuts are really cute! I’m glad I met her. That Championi is a hottie!♪ But Solara is more on the mature side. I can’t decide!This has been an insight into Broski’s taste in women. I hope you all enjoyed.  He said he’s happy to be in such a high area. Uh-huh! I’m glad that he’s happy!♪ Ukii ukii. Who should I be friends with? I can’t decide!♪ As soon as we’re done talking to everyone else, Solara. Also, I think Broski over there might fit your definition of fabulous. Possibly.  Eating too many peanuts results in a bloody nose!Ah, this claim is something of an urban legend in Japan. Or so I’m told.  Back when we started handing out invitations, I said that we weren’t looking around Rainbow Land because it was empty, and not all of it was open. Specifically, the rooms on the left and right sides of the lobby would have ropes between these stanchions, blocking off the room in the back that connects them.  I looked this up after the last update; Djungarians are a breed of hamster.  Bo! What is this big machine? I’m glad you asked me! This machine lets you play all the Ham Games you’ve already played! Amazing! Just get in front of it and press A! Alright, let’s take a look…  ...135 games?! Granted, that includes all the variations of things like Organ Lesson or Butterfly Bridge, but that’s still a pretty decent number. You can even replay minigames that were one-time only in their original locations, like Chicken Battle or Orange Catch.Rainbow Land actually has its own set of stickers to earn; you have to play minigames and earn sunflower points using this machine to get them. And since there’s no tasks around, you’ll have to get the one-star stickers by failing some minigames! Sorry, all you perfectionists out there.  Hmm, this poster stand is green instead of violet.  It’s also the source of the last hidden colouring-in picture! Pressing L, A, L, B, A, B, R, R will earn you the Rainbow Riders picture, which means we’re almost done finding all of them.  Oh, and that rainbow hole below Bo is an exit point… in an area we can’t access until after the Select shortcut is activated. Anyway, down to the right-hand room.  You will have an incredible encounter here… This place is pretty incredible already, Hamstarr. Still, I hope that means the play will be good.  It doesn’t look like I need to worry about drowning here!♪Clouds are made of water, you know… But I’ll be impressed if you do drown in them. And slightly mystified.  I bet it would work if I opened a store and lived here! I haven’t played the next game yet, but I’ll have to keep an eye out for Lolly and Ice when the time comes. (I’m sure I’ll end up playing it at some point.)  Better than hanging around, warning hamsters about disappearing floors all day, huh?   And then Omar turns toward the fourth wall and gives the audience a knowing wink. (Not really.)  Ah! Are you thinking of ham-and-seek? Roll, roll! For some reason, when I stumble, I can’t get up!♪Dharma Doll and Stucky seem like they’d get on pretty well, I think.  There’s one more place to look before the show starts, and that’s in the theatre itself.   It’s a pretty fancy place, I must say.  Nice to see you too, Sparkle.  Hurry up and start! I can’t wait! Make your own jokes, people.   I feel so much younger just from looking at them! Ho ho ho! I’ll keep up with you saplings yet! I’ve spotted many famous Ham-Hams.♪ What a scoop! Leave everything to me. Hmm… And with that, we’ve talked to all forty of our guests! Let’s get on with the show!   Hamtaro! We have a big problem! Wh-what is it… this time? You’re not gonna believe this! The house is packed! We did it! Hamtaro! Maxwell! Oh, hey everyone! We also invited the Ham-Hams from the Clubhouse. O… OK! But, there is one problem… What is it? We have yet to figure out who will play the bad guy. That’s right… The moment you’ve all been waiting for… Ladies and gentlemen, I invite you all to witness…  The Return of Red Punster! Hamtaro! From now on, I want you to have your own adventure, instead of going on one for me! There are still lots of things you don’t know about! Of course, Bo! OK, Ham-Hams, let’s get going! Heheh… There’s still some things we have to take care of, of course.   I wish they wouldn’t put such stuff in the newspaper.Hey, we’re more than happy to take it off your hands!  It’s a token of my appreciation. Please take it, OK? Mama-Ham gives us the second-last picture, Ham-and-Seek. And of course, now we can go look in Rainbow Land’s store.   The Rainbow Land store is… certainly more colourful than the rest!  It contains the last couple of mats we need, and this final picture called Nearly Identical.   I made it myself, so it’s not perfect. But it’s a token of my appreciation! Thanks a lot, Buster! It’s been a pleasure helping everyone out.  It’s also been a great pleasure making this Let’s Play, and I hope each and every one of you who read it enjoyed Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue. I’ve got a lot of stickers that need collecting if I’m going to show those off… Fortunately, 421-451 are all completion medal stickers, and a few minutes on Bo’s machine earned 21 of the other 119. It’ll mainly be a hassle when there’s only one more I need in an area and it keeps giving me doubles instead. As for other potential bonus updates, I’m considering having a try at colouring all those pictures we’ve picked up... But this is the final main update, so I must say Bye-Q for now, and wish you all the very best!
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Picayune posted:Hee hee, poor Boss. One of the themes of this game certainly seems to be "Let's make Boss the butt of the joke". Which honestly made a certain Boss fan's comments all the more amusing for me. Glazius posted:Watching the play, it's interesting that this game didn't actually have a villain. It was just fixing up someone after an accident. That's a good point, honestly. How many games out there lack a villain and/or a looming threat to life as we know it? Among the more modern ones, anyway... Obviously Pong lacked a villain, unless you really hated whoever you were playing against. ParanoidLogician posted:Wow, this was a short game. However, that doesn't take away anything from this enjoyable LP. I am glad that we got to see Red Punster one final time before the game ended. Thinking of starting up another LP soon? Well, I still have those couple of bonus updates to make... But it certainly isn't like the 60+ hour JRPGs some crazy people commit themselves to. As for another LP, who knows? Maybe I'll do Ham-Ham Games after I've given it a test run. Possibly I'll stream Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin with a blind co-commentator, pointing out differences between it and the 'old' DS2. (That would require me to learn more about video and audio editing though.) Perhaps I'll do something else entirely (probably at Leave's behest). Yapping Eevee fucked around with this message at 13:12 on May 1, 2015 |
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Appendix A: Stickers & Mats  You’re preaching to the choir, seedslinger. Trying to gather up all of the ninety-odd minigame stickers that were left over took something around eight to ten hours of playing the same handful of games over and over. And then about another two hours just to decorate the mats to get the completion medal stickers.Incidentally, this is what happens if you challenge the seedslinger to twelve matches in a row.  I went ahead and did most of the areas just by playing whichever minigame was both brief and well-paying, but Sparkle Coast forced me to give Carrobo every last one of the carrots I’d collected during this playthrough. (Yes, even with my dear old friend savestate abuse.) Turns out that with all those non-repeatable minigames, there were only two that were actually playable… The two that require going back and turning off the aquarium lights every single time you want to play them.  Got there in the end, though. So, without further ado… Here are every single mat and sticker in Hamtaro: Rainbow Rescue! I’ve also included the decorated mats; I’d post all three related images side by side, but I’m sure people with smaller monitors wouldn’t appreciate that. Hopefully this all looks alright… -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    -------    ...Wait a minute. Something’s not quite right here. -------  Ah, yes. I believe that I once mentioned you could only get the 451st sticker if you collected all 450 that come before it. And I’m sure you can all guess who would have it…  Though this is my most treasured, I’ll give it to you! It’s a gift.   And there you have it! That’s all thirty-three of the numbered mats, decorated with their appropriate stickers.  There’s also one more mat that you have right from the start of the game, featuring everyone’s favourite Postie. And so… I hope this bonus update was delivered free from misery, friends!
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Appendix B: Art Gallery Welcome to the second and final bonus update, everyone! This is simply to show off the pictures we’ve collected throughout the game, all in one place and with a bit of colour to them. Speaking of, it turns out that each picture has its own selection of colours that are available to use. So on some occasions, Ham-Hams appear a little off-coloured simply because the right one is not made available. Oh, and the .gif above is to show off the shorthand the game appears to be using to colour each picture quickly when loading.                                          Now with attempted dramatic shading.                  -------- If you feel like making pretentious artsy comments about any of these pictures, go ahead and maybe I’ll edit them into the update. (If you can write a description of this LP for baldurk to use in the archive, I might accept that too! I think the limit’s about 250 characters.) Aside from that, we’re done here! Peace, folks. Or rather, Tran-Q!
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