I solved Hamtaro's biggest mystery - Tama Hiroka

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Why were the Hamtaro video games, specifically Ham Hams Unite so good? Tonight, Tama investigates. Who made them? When? Why? And why was Nintendo involved?
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@RicochetRay 3 года назад

One of my favorite parts of the game was if you go to the grocery store, you can meet a hamster who asks for help opening a pack of cookies. If you help him, he says they're good, but not as good as his mom's. If you return to the shrine level, you can talk to a lonely old hamster who will bring you inside her house and, if you've talked to the grocery hamster, will give you a fresh baked cookie. You can return to the grocery ham and give him this cookie, to which he'll realize it actually is his mom and she's been lonely since he left home. From that point on, you can return to the lonely ham's house and you'll find not her, being sad, but the grocery ham telling you how he's reconnecting with his mom. There's no objective to this, it's completely missable, but it's such a lovely little side quest just to do on the merit of it being adorable. There's a lot of charm in this game like that.

@kingofthebis1068 3 года назад

Chaz said “y’all ain’t seeing these feet for free”

@NerdStrikesBack 3 года назад

Linguini Chaz’s feet are too hot for RU-vid

@hailst0rmie 3 года назад

I didn't expect to see Linguini here lmao

@kingofthebis1068 3 года назад

Hailstorm H. Am I a celebrity now?

@commentersilrem3285 3 года назад

@@kingofthebis1068 yes

@MichaelOKeefe2009 3 года назад

...Or seeing Tama in the bathtub. For obvious reasons.

@Forever_Zero 3 года назад

Also, don't sleep on Ham Ham Heartbreak, these games are excellent to just relax and have a wholesome time

@SatinFoxx 3 года назад

Honestly HHH is my #1 Hamtaro game

@ryutheslayer123 3 года назад

I still remember the legendary spoon.

@TimeSorceror 3 года назад

Man, to this day I still use the "pffftp" whenever I want to express my version of an amused keysmash. I loved that game.

@SoulxDD 3 года назад

Came here to literally say this! 😂 Ham Ham Heartbreak is top tier!! lmfao

@OfAaron3 3 года назад

When I got my GBA SP, the only game in stock in the store was Ham Ham Heartbreak, so I got it. If it wasn't the only game in the store, I would never have played it, and I love it.

@wutthehelena 3 года назад

I had absolutely no idea Hamtaro didn't do well here ;-; thats genuinely sad I used to love it I think I even had a dvd

@IgorsDen 3 года назад

The ratings were actually really strong at first, but the merchandise was less successful than anticipated and hype around the show died fairly quickly. Still, there are certainty a fair number of Americans who remember it fondly

@gamerguy425 3 года назад

I mean it's quite the jump to go from Dragonball Z to cute little talking hamsters. It really needed other shows of its demo or to be relocated somewhere else in channel space.

@hollyj9630 3 года назад

sameeee all of my neighborhood friends and I were so into it!

@Poever 3 года назад

SoupyTwist 2002 was the year Nintendo tried to make both Hamtaro and Kirby a thing in America. In hindsight, it was both to try and find a “Pokémon replacement” as that franchise had dropped in popularity, and a power move they were making as the majority of marketing rights were now in the hands of The Pokémon Company rather than Nintendo itself. Thus, they needed a Pokémon style success that they had more ownership over. Who knows?

@nyancat.123 Год назад

@@Poever Kirby was the successful one, with hamtaro fading into obscurity

@NerdStrikesBack 3 года назад

Lmao, the censored feet. Incredible.

@jellyg0d 3 года назад

This had me dying lol

@stinkbrain2566 3 года назад

Chaz' feet must be too perfect to be allowed on RU-vid.

@shaggydee8845 3 года назад

Awsum!😸

@krvys7226 3 года назад

Gotta keep within that TOS

@MassimoParadisi95 3 года назад

I was surprised when you described this show as a failure because here in Italy it was a pretty big success and all 200+ episodes got adapted

@squirtluigi 3 года назад

con un botto di sigle della d'Avena poi

@Rulumi 3 года назад

All 296 episodes, Haai! (or Hi! Hamtaro), all four movies and three of the four OVAs.

@seliamila1005 2 года назад

HAMTARO IS VERY POPULAR IN INDONESIA!!

@silversugar2140 3 года назад

I'm baffled. Everyone I've ever talked with about Hamtaro loves it. I only learned it was obscure when trying to buy the entire series. It just doesn't exist haha...ha.

@hawktalon7890 3 года назад

I have a fair amount of it on VHS, no idea if the tapes still work though. Also all of them are in Japanese. [but I also have a few of the American episode compilation DVD releases]

@wschippr1 3 года назад

Hawk Talon If they were stored in a dry and dark place they probably do.

@wrmsnicket 3 года назад

I like Ham Hams Unite. But Ham Ham Heartbreak will always be my favorite. Taking all the best elements from Unite and building on them to make this perfectly crafted, charming game. One of the few games I’d want to 100 percent every time I played it.

@elilawless423 3 года назад

Ham Ham Heartbreak was the first one I ever tried playing and it was good enough I had issues getting into any other Hamtaro games

@enigma1326 3 года назад

I remember being at first thrown off with the art style of Heartbreak when I first got it. But I fell in love with it a few hours later. The summer I got the game, I played the heck out of while my sister was doing basketball tournaments

@pinocchiofan 3 года назад

Heartbreak was the only one out of the two that I could finish. I couldn’t finish Unite! as a kid, and I replayed it as an adult, but lost it before I could finish it. 😩

@rickyi3523 3 года назад

Consistent Tama content has been one of the redeeming qualities of 2020.

@KrishDamany 3 года назад

Move over Detective Pikachu - Detective Tama is on the case! Honestly Hamtaro deserved a better chance in the west for the anime. But I’m glad that the games were able to captivate an audience past the canceled anime.

@beeshrooms 3 года назад

aren't those the detective hat and magnifying glass she got *from* Detective Pikachu? I'm glad they came in useful again.

@BlindZubat 3 года назад

Im 26 and still love Hamtaro just as much as I did when I was 10. Zero regrets.

@djhero0071 3 года назад

Today I learned Hamtaro bombed in America. TBH tho, I don’t even remember anything from the anime outside of the intro and ending (which the ending looking back actually makes the series that much more out of place in Toonami’s lineup). It sucks it wasn’t given a fair shot though. I believe Jason DeMarco, one of the dudes that ran Toonami, said they hated Hamtaro because it was pushed onto them when they knew it didn’t fit with what they had going. Maybe if it had been on the Miguzi slot that was for younger kids that came out in 2006 it would’ve worked out better but “c'est la vie” I guess. On the Hamtaro game tho, I honestly thought it WAS a GBA title until you said otherwise. That’s crazy high polish.

@AmazinglyAwkward 3 года назад

Glad I’m not the only one who thought it looked like a GBA game at first!

@stinkbrain2566 3 года назад

Yeah, I remember DeMarco and Gill Austin (another Toonami showrunner) putting it on a list of their Top 6 Biggest Fails in their history, saying that they liked the show, but that they should not have been forced to air it on the block at all. Hamtaro's airing on Toonami is half of what screwed it's chances of success in the US right out of the gate. Also, Ham-Hams Unite really CAN pass as an early GBA game.

@gal9883 3 года назад

Somebody in charge of Toonami actually said that?Honestly this makes me hate Toonami even more, I'm Italian and Hamtaro was probably one of the most successful anime here in the 2000's, it had so much merchandise, btw, Toonami and American networks in general always had bias against girly and cute looking anime, here in Italy we had literally all kinds of anime since the 70's, but I feel bad for Americans because they missed out on a lot of good stuff just because it didn't fit their idea of anime, which was action show for boys, Cardcaptor Sakura was turned into Cardcaptors and changed its protagonist because "boys wouldn't take a female hero seriously", Pichi Pichi Pitch, which was insanely successful here in my country, had an English dub already completed and was turned down by all networks, because they weren't interested in a girly anime, I don't understand why these kinds of anime were seen as not profitable and were gatekeep'd from getting a US following, such as Tokyo Mew Mew ending at episode 26 because they couldn't find anyone interested in making toys, but if someone wonders why I hate Toonami, let's say they're in part responsible in why we don't get anime outside of shonen anymore, they don't understand what kinds of anime we liked, making basically anime for children a rarity, with the very little stuff we get being the typical boys' toy tie-in like Bakugan, but I'm so sorry for Americans who never got to experience anime as kids outside of the typical marketable shonen

@ilikethis3203 3 года назад

"WHAT'S YOUR EXCUSE GAMEFREAK?" 👌🏽

@JuanVargas-jd3xk 3 года назад

"what's your excuse game freak"

@peachtree4139 3 года назад

i was Obsessed with hamtaro as a kid, i still have one of those toy pencil toppers that looks like one of the characters. i was honestly really sad finding out a few years ago how bad it did here, and how few people knew about it these days. im still secretly hoping that one day itll get a reboot or something, since with the internet and old cutesy anime things becoming popular for “aesthetic” bloggers, maybe itll jostle up enough hype for some new stuff :) hamtaro will always be important to me

@SheldonCoopersBrain 3 года назад

I'm from Germany, and I actually loved Hamtaro as a kid. I even had that exact game and loved every second of it. But until now I didn't know that the game was actually received so well by the general public. I feel a sudden urge to rewatch the show and show it to my daughter once she's the appropriate age. Thanks for that lovely reminder of a gem of my childhood, Tama. 😊

@Benjamin12 3 года назад

Learning about this is so cool. Hamtaro is the reason I raised so many hamsters in fact. This game looks so nice, the colors, animations, music, etc. It's a shame how it ended though.

@Lori_P89 3 года назад

I was in middle school when the Hamtaro anime came out, so I *was* the right demographic for it. But damn they did the show so DIRTY and I was absolutely PISSED!! Because it wasn't popular with boys and because the plots was seen as too zany or childish, they thought it wasn't worth the time or effort. Fun fact, even though it was a shoujo based manga, the anime took it in a more gender neutral direction with the color palettes while still being cute as all heck. Hamster Dance was still pretty popular in the early 2000's, if I was an executive I just would have played up the quirky rodent vibe and of course boost the hype up around the games.

@notecolt2742 3 года назад

not much related to the video but the little "obey" thing with the subscribe and notification button made me giggle

@fromia1 3 года назад

Hamtaro was massive around here. Still is in my heart uwu.

@ChaoticGoodRadio 3 года назад

Y'know the Olympic Games Hamtaro game is actually so good too! I remember playing that all the time on the gameboy advance. I now wanna go back and play the other ones! This one looks so good!

@Blairaptor 3 года назад

I was delighted to see a video about Hamtaro in my subscriptions! Interesting that you know of this franchise from the games - I got into it from the anime! Even though it didn’t live long on TV, I was in kindergarten or first grade when it was on so I was in the right demographic for it. I recall my mom searching the clearance sections of toy stores to try to get the figurines for me before they all disappeared from the shelves. I was obsessed! Later I got a DS and was able to play Ham Ham Heartbreak (GBA) on it. I think I actually never beat the game cause there were so many puzzles to work through… I’d like to revisit it now and see how I fair as an adult, haha.

@stinkbrain2566 3 года назад

I loved literally everything about this video. You made really good points about the game, the writing and jokes are very well done and on-point, I loved that you mentioned Toonami's airing of the show (I'm sorry, I'm a HUGE Toonami geek), and even the promotion for the BATH PRODUCTS was great (bonus points for that very brief scene with Chaz). As for more on the game itself, I love how the devs really tried their hardest to make the Hamtaro games as faithful to the source material as possible, and how they used different ideas that have been underutilized in other video games, such as the hamster slang, to a great effect. It really is too bad that Hamtaro never really caught on in the West, because it could have been very successful had it 1. not aired on a block everybody watched for it's Shonen fare, and 2. had been introduced to the US a bit earlier with more marketing. (very) Long Story Short: Great job on the video, and R.I.P. Hamtaro. May you long be remembered.

@AndresLionheart 3 года назад

Over here in Argentina Hamtaro aired at 8am. During elementary school I was in the afternoon turn (from 12 to 17 hs). I remember waking up at 8 and watching Hamtaro while still in bed. It made every morning much happier =).

@BlazingRose6 3 года назад

Ham hams unite and Ham Ham Heartbreak are the two best games out there. The pixel art is still beautiful. I still have both games, vhs tapes, and merch. And may have bought a giant hamtaro plush that banpresto released last year.. Definitely impacted my childhood almost as much as Pokemon, and I hope they release these games on the virtual console of the switch so my little brother can play them.

@box2122 3 года назад

*That moment when you watched and loved the anime despite being a male when the target Audience wasn't for boys. And also didn't own or play any of the hamtaro games-*

@omnimon1996 3 года назад

I will always love this series, Hamtaro was a part of my childhood and was the major drive of my first pet I ever wanted for myself to be a hamster............he was a dwarf hamster and named Oreo he was so cute! x3

@intrestsofthemind612 3 года назад

God I love those games. I still have both my vopies of Ham-Hams Unite and Ham-Ham Heartbreaks because they were that good. And now I have a reason to play them again...once I hunt down an old Gameboy SP from an old game shop.

@AleM2287 3 года назад

What a story!! Didnt like the anime but now I kind of respect it. Who would think that a game would start a pet fever like tamagotchi? Interestign

@Shortyginger 3 года назад

I remember getting up and watching Hamtaro before school. That was me. I've played Ham Hams Unite, Ham Ham Heart Break, and Ham Ham Games. I'd play Rainbow Rescue as well, but it wasn't released in North America. The games are severely underappreciated....

@karkkikissa 3 года назад

I'm so glad I got to experience Ham Hams Unite and the GBA Hamtaro games as a kid. I barely knew any English when I was like 7-8 years old, but, as you said, Ham-Chat represented the struggles of language barrier and it did its job very well. When I replayed all Hamtaro games some years ago, with better english skills, it was so much fun to finally understand the silly things the hamsters say. Honestly I can't even choose which game is my favorite, they were all so good (but I remember playing Rainbow Rescue the most).

@KururuJi 3 года назад

I never got to play this one... ...but Ham-Ham Heartbreak was one of my fave GBA games. Just a charming little game.

@gamerguy425 3 года назад

I remember Hamtaro playing on Toonami back in the day, and I exactly remember it stuck out like a sore thumb amongst all these shonen action shows like Dragonball z as you said. Still enjoyed watching it a bit but haven't watched a single second of it since then.

@Magnusly 3 года назад

I remember watching Hamtaro as a kid here in the Netherlands, have some merch from it somewhere aswell and used to love it. The GameBoy Hamtaro games are honestly some of my favourite GameBoy games out there, along with Pokémon and Golden Sun, good times.

@johnnymind4151 3 года назад

Happy to see you cover this game! It's one of my favourite GBC games and for good reasons, as you said in the video. I'm actually a big Hamtaro fan! I was one of the lucky kids to had a lot of Hamtaro figures, toys etc while growing up and the anime was aired quite a lot where I live, but still possibly not all the episodes compared to Japan. Still, a lot more compared to the US, that's for certain. If you ever have the chance, there are a lot of good Hamtaro games on the GBA too, one of which is similar in gameplay to this one, so I definitely recommend playing at least that one! You probably already know, but I still had to say it.

@ross4fun966 3 года назад

9:30 I believe Final Fantasy II did this with the password system where you have to use the a certain word for certain characters and they tell you what to do next.

@ToadUp 3 года назад

Absolutely a fantastic video, diving into the development and impact of Ham-Hams Unite~ You definitely did your research here, despite a few hiccups. Definitely more people should play this game. Well done :)

@thazkid 3 года назад

Does anyone remember that one time Cartoon Network had a contest going on, where if you won, you'd get to pick what shows aired on Cartoon Network for a whole day and the kid that won the contest only played a full all day Marathon of Hamtaro?

@bulbasmoker 3 года назад

One of my favorite videos yet! Love the bath bomb ad! Keep doing great work !

@adrianinwonderland7505 3 года назад

I really love that you are making consistent videos again. I was a HUGE fan of yours when i was a child.

@mistersuper12 3 года назад

Im just really happy that you came back to RU-vid, probably my fav content creator and I love your more consistent uploads !!!!!! Keep up the great work man

@Galdrazier 3 года назад

Its sequel, Hamtaro Ham-Ham Heartbreak for the GBA, is a game I played over and over when I was a kid. And I hold it very dear to my heart, And at times I want that rush of comfy nostalgia, I'll pick it up and play through it again.

@TheNerdtendo 3 года назад

I've watched playthroughs of the first 3 Hamtaro games after remembering they exist. I never watched the show on regular tv, just dvd and vhs, but I loved it! I even still have my Hamtaro plushie!

@sableye6 3 года назад

ham ham heartbreak was one of my favorite games ever. In Germany Hamtaro aired at a better time and timeslot I think, it was really popular when I was in elementary school. I need to play ham hams unite, thanks for the video :)

@Machstorm9 3 года назад

Loving the energy you put into this video! Good job!

@chinoshu8387 3 года назад

Feel like it has been a long while since I have seen one of your vids in my recommended; go to view your channel and notice you really have not posted much this year. It is good to see you back as you do put in a good amount of effort to research the topic and reveal information that I generally do not hear about from other sources. Was never too much into Hamtaro; all of my sisters absolutely adored it though, with how much they enjoyed it - I would not think that the series had flopped with how my house seemed to have been filled to the brim with Hamtaro dvd's, games and toys. The last point I want to mention is that I am glad you put in the effort to research companies you wish to sponsor/be sponsored by; I hope to check them out when I get the chance.

@MrBlacklightning93 3 года назад

Wow Tama! I've literally been watching your videos since 2013! Glad to see you're still at it! Keep it up 🤗

@lucasschaffer4369 3 года назад

Loving the frequent wonderful videos!

@GizmoSpaz 3 года назад

Great video. So glad to see you so active on the platform again.

@arkantos9192 3 года назад

Nice to see regular content on this channel again!

@PastramiMelt 3 года назад

Loving the new content you've been coming out with lately, really dope. Hope you keep this up and not dissappear for 3 years :p

@ShizuTheHalfWolf 3 года назад

this game was one of my faves growing up. this and ham ham heartbreak i will replay again and again because i just love them so much! i’m so glad to see someone doing a video on it 🥰

@davidmccarthy4206 3 года назад

I live in France, here Hamtaro was pretty popular I think, at least I remember clearly that it ran for many many years on TV when I was a kid.

@RichardBlaziken 3 года назад

This really made me smile! I've never played this, but you've made a strong case for this game, and that enthusiasm is infectious. Gonna see if I can find a copy to play :)

@williamlatimer1719 3 года назад

I'm so glad you are posting again :)

@kaylinphelps7390 3 года назад

So glad your posting vids again 😊

@solrocknroll2563 3 года назад

I really enjoyed this video, it’s nice to see Hamtaro still has some life through the games :)

@ByakuyaOfTheDreams 3 года назад

So glad to see a spotlight on the Hamtaro game! I feel like the series has had renewed appreciation and nostalgia recently, which makes me happy. I just the show was easily watchable in some form again! I will say that Cartoon Network kept Hamtaro on air much longer than its run on Toonami. It was around for about two years in various time slots - one of the most memorable for me was a 7pm weekday slot alongside The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries. I remember the last time they played it was a part of their Cartoon Network Block Party Marathons in August 2004, when they played the Ham Ham Games special and the last few episodes of the dub. I remember taping it because Hamtaro’s broadcasts had become sparse around that point - little did I know that would be the last time they would play it! I think I still have the tape somewhere - I really should digitize and archive it at some point.

@mabesays_ 3 года назад

I love Hamtaro and played the Ham Ham Heartbreak when I was about 8. Looking back I’m surprised to see how good it was and how much it taught me.

@polariize 3 года назад

i love this video so much!!! i grew up loving the hamtaro anime n even the games from playing them on an emulator! its so nice learning stuff about it

@1BlueYoshi 3 года назад

I remember in Super Smash Bros. Brawl there was a feature where you can see an index of every Nintendo-made game released on their consoles up to that point, or something like that. As a kid, I was confused at why there were Hamtaro games in that list, but now 12 years later I guess I finally have my answer lol

@nwdrew 3 года назад

the content of it all.. the flavor... THANK YOU 🥺❤️

@mintpalmer 3 года назад

Nice video, Tama! I love that HHU is a story about exploring empathy and understanding. I feel like you don't see a lot of that kind of thing marketed towards kids. With the recent trend of remakes of classic games, it'd be cool to see an HD version of this on the Switch.

@jabezchoi293 3 года назад

i am so so so happy you did a video on hamtaro!!! i watched so much hamtaro when i was younger on youtube and on tv. but then for some reason i could never find the show again :( then they even got rid of the hamtaro website... i even went on the wikipedia and saw there were so many episodes in japan!!! :(((( so i just watched the episodes on youtube and then found these let's plays of the hamtaro games which i rewatched over and over again... (i loved hamtaro ham ham heartbreak a lot :D)

@liamheneghan4977 3 года назад

I love your sense of humor 🤣 it's one of my favorite things about your content. Whether I'm familiar with the topic of the video or not, I'm always guaranteed a giggle 🤣🤣

@DrJuice1 3 года назад

What I understand from this video is that the hamster overcharging for the hot pack is definitely a satirization of Pharma Bro.

@MrPenetroso 3 года назад

2:50 I see you are a man of culture. Jokes aside, I remember having this game and I enjoyed playing it.

@marlotorres9743 3 года назад

I'm glad you did this video because I'm one of those kids who were shy to admit they liked Hamtaro, because I grew up with a lot of action anime. The first hamtaro game I played ended up being ham ham heartbreak and then the sports one that came later on. So Ham Ham Unite I played much later in life, and it was an enjoyment that I remember to this day. Thanks for reviving my childhood :)

@indigoblue8600 3 года назад

Awesome video as always!!!

@hellostudio8933 3 года назад

It’s so good to have you back 👍

@MilkMyth 3 года назад

I loved this game. I still notice friends playing it though every now and again.

@eepiestgirll 3 года назад

i genuinely am loving these not-sponsors, please keep them up!! :)

@Drephin 3 года назад

I never heard of that one I had ham ham heartbreaker and loved it as a kid. Also had the sports one.

@midnandlinkforever 2 года назад

This video made me so happy to watch. Hamtaro and the Rainbow Rescue is my favorite game of all time.

@amandaslough125 3 года назад

Unite and Ham Ham Heartbreak were major contributions to my childhood. My GBA came with Heartbreak and M&L SuperStar Saga. These were probably the few games I actually replayed so much and didn't care one bit that I deleted my old files, I knew them so well.

@josiahlara7216 3 года назад

Love you, love your videos.. been a fan for a long time..

@CommanderWiggins 3 года назад

This game was my childhood, I can't tell you how many times I've played it. So happy to see it covered!

@okanut 3 года назад

This was a really well done video! I never knew Hamtaro flopped in the states. Thanks for making this!

@Pellaaearien 3 года назад

I LOVE this game. I played it originally on the colour and then again when I discovered ROMs. Thanks for shedding light on such a wonderful game!

@NovaNocturneArt 3 года назад

Holy what a throwback! I forgot this existed but it all came back like a freight train!

@lucaswatts2141 3 года назад

The first 10 seconds and already comedy gold. Best way to advertise channel by far. Had me on the floor

@AceTrainerHope 3 года назад

Ham-Ham Heartbreak will always have a special place in my heart

@ftrwrwbg 3 года назад

Ham Ham Heartbreak was one of my favorite games as a kid

@InfomercialAngel 3 года назад

i'm so glad that at least one RU-vidr i've loved for near a decade has stayed an unproblematic cinnamon roll also ty sm for bringing kawaii bath and body to my attention i can confirm i will be buying all of the things

@pinocchiofan 3 года назад

I loved Hamtaro when it came to the US when I was a kid! I remember having DVDs, toys (both plushies and those small ones made out of rubber), video games (Ham-Hams Unite, Heartbreak, Ham-Ham Games, and Hi Hamtaro), VHS tapes that either my parents or my grandma made from recording it on TV, and trading cards (until the store I bought them from stopped selling them because not a lot of people were buying them, I felt like I was the only one who bought them). I was surprised to see new characters in Ham-Ham Games, Heartbreak and I think in the rubber toys too, I just brushed the ones in the video games off as just created for the games since I never saw them in the anime. Until, years later I found out there were more seasons of the anime that featured those characters that never showed in the the US and I’m still kinda mad about that! I wish the whole show was on streaming here, I wouldn’t even mind if it’s the original Japanese audio with English subtitles!

@SYIBOI 3 года назад

The biggest thing I remember about Hamtaro in general was my best friend's little sister being REALLY into it. In fact that was how I discovered Toonami as a whole was being at their house and seeing her watching Hamtaro on it. We'd of course laugh and be like "what a kids show" but I'd be lying if I said I didn't side eye some episodes, and that theme song is STILL stuck in my head all these years later lmao.

@gracep2910 3 года назад

I remember it being on at 4pm for me, which was the perfect time to catch it after school. I loved Hamtaro, the show and games!

@demiremi 3 года назад

this was a well put together video, i would agree that the games helped keep it relevant when it was cancelled since they kept getting released, over here. i really enjoyed the anime and what i watched of it and always heard good things about the games. one day i will give them a try.

@DillonDees 3 года назад

You make really good videos and I’m proud of you.

@NaiveSteve 3 года назад

I was a huge hamtaro fan as a kid. I had a bunch of the VHS tapes, plushies, and various other bits and bobbles. But somehow I never had or knew about the games. Thanks for this great video I'm gonna relive my childhood with brand new games

@otakurailfan 3 года назад

Wow what a blast from the past! I grew up watching the show on TV and playing this game! Never played the other games though.

@InazumaDash 3 года назад

I got this from my grandma when I was 10 or 11 and LOVED it. Wish I still had it.

@kos-mos611 3 года назад

this is such a good video but i also really appreciate you going out of your way to promote and support black owned businesses

@kos-mos611 3 года назад

brandon roberts sure but right now at a time where we are fighting for black rights to not be murdered, I do think black businesses deserve more attention. Especially as black businesses are the least likely to receive aid during the pandemic.

@kos-mos611 3 года назад

Support yes. But I do think promoting black businesses is priority right now.

@kyoyameganebereznoff 3 года назад

Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak was my JAM when I was little. It seems like it might be the sequel to the game you covered here, so I’d love to see you cover it, too! I still have my two copies: my 100% copy (the game doesn’t actually provide a percentage, but I collected everything/filled out my collection log and completed the storyline) and one I feel okay restarting and replaying. I remember the guy at the GameStop trying to warn me away from it when my family was buying it because licensed tended to not be good. He had a point, generally speaking, but this game ended up being an exception to that rule.

@potatohambo7589 3 года назад

I'll be honest, I haven't watched you in awhile but I've stayed subscribed. But as soon as I saw Hamtaro I immediately clicked and had to watch lmao

@larrychilders6599 3 года назад

I swear Hamtaro just reappears in my life at the most random of times. Heck, my journey started with my sister. My mom bought her some of the Hamtaro rubber figures ( I was into Medabots) and watched the episodes on VHS with her, then fell in love with it. Honestly had it not been for Hamtaro. I probably wouldn't be an anime fan at all

@K-ch4n 3 года назад

I absolutely *loved* this game to bits. It was so good, designed with love and care. Now I want to replay it!

@McChookter 3 года назад

When i was a kid one of my favourite games on my gameboy advance was Ham Ham Heartbreak and i loved Hamtaro as a kid. I've went back to the game a few times and its super endearing, seems very similar to this game too! It uses upscaled versions of these sprites with a better colour palette and the spritework looks great

@drew8235 3 года назад

Hamtaro is part of my childhood and I have no regrets.

@SuitoLemon 3 года назад

Oh man, I was super obsessed with Hamtaro and was so sad when I realized the show was gone-- I even tried hard to collect all the Burger King Halloween toys for Hamtaro-- I even had 4 hamsters over different times that I named after Hamtaro, Bijou, Penelope and Cappy-- I totally missed out on Ham-Ham's Unite, but I played the absolute hell out of Ham-Ham Heartbreak and nowadays if I meet ANYONE who knows Hamtaro I get a little excited. I really wish they'd hit us with something new since so much nostalgia has been hitting the gaming industry in recent years. Like, I'm a grown up now, please take my money--