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I almost want to apologize. Almost. (I'm gonna go play this game now, this update has fully sold me.)
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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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Hamham games is set in the rainbow world but that's all I know about it
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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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What was the Howdy-specific thing to do in Sunny Peak, if you're done with it?
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Apr 18, 2015 10:40
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I think those colored lines are there on the pictures to suggest where you need a different color to simulate ~dramatic~ shading.
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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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Yapping Eevee posted:
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I'm going to vote this thread 1 if you don't get all the stickers.
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Yapping Eevee posted:
Truly the greatest artwork in the game, par none. I'm a couple minutes with any image editing program would only improve it, though that would probably be obvious and go against the spirit of giving it color in game. Yapping Eevee posted:Why does Auntie Viv laugh like Boss? Could be worse, she could laugh like Ashuraman. https://youtu.be/iVyRwdtj1zw?t=19s
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KataraniSword posted:I think those colored lines are there on the pictures to suggest where you need a different color to simulate ~dramatic~ shading.
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Apr 20, 2015 17:24
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Auntie Viv was a right rowdy in her day, so of course she laughs like Boss.
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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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Yapping Eevee posted:Back to the beginning of this new section now, and it’s time to take a quick peek inside this part of the shed. I think you've got the order of these screenshots switched?
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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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Apr 22, 2015 08:23
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That is entirely silly. Thanks for the clarification! (thanks also for doing this adorable LP, I had no idea I was missing out on this kind of quality content from a GBA Hamtaro game  )
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Apr 22, 2015 20:19
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suddenly cats posted:That is entirely silly. Thanks for the clarification! Seriously, the two games he's done look like they're so much better than I would have ever expected. And their factor really helps that, too. And Boss.Boss is the best.
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Apr 22, 2015 22:17
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Man, what kind of breeder crosses a hamster and a tomato anyway?
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Apr 22, 2015 22:40
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... Professor Gangreen?
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Apr 22, 2015 23:34
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Picayune posted:Man, what kind of breeder crosses a hamster and a tomato anyway? 
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Apr 23, 2015 00:30
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Say what you will about his methods, but he did manage to create that hybrid.
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Apr 23, 2015 01:50
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It's cool that you actually get someone to paint the disappearing floor and then it stops disappearing.
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Apr 23, 2015 04:07
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The souvenir cup looks like an ashtray. No video of the hundred Ham hop you made a GIF of?
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Apr 24, 2015 06:20
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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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Apr 25, 2015 09:23
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The first organ song is the Westminster chimes, the song that Big Ben plays every hour. I can't place the second one, though.
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Apr 25, 2015 14:56
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Goddamn, look at that smug motherfucker.
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Apr 25, 2015 15:53
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We are getting some pretty interesting sprite expressions, aren't we? In addition to little bits of interesting sealed up in the initial run. That's pretty fun.
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Apr 28, 2015 14:08
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Inspector Hams, huh... I think the second piano song is a part of the minigame song.
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Apr 29, 2015 00:12
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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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It's over? Already? Man, this was a good ride. Here's hopin' we'll see you again around these Hamtaro parts, Eevs.
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Hee hee, poor Boss. Bye-Q, hamigo! Thank-Q for a fun LP!
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Watching the play, it's interesting that this game didn't actually have a villain. It was just fixing up someone after an accident.
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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?
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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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I knew nagging you to get all those stickers would pay off.
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Man, some of the mats down the line just went to  didn't they? Then again, they all can't be winners and if you're going to have so many it's only natural that would happen.
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I like how in Prince and Princess they didn't just default to Bijou being able to be dressed as the princess, Pashmina can be too.
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