Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak (GBA) (Any% and/or 100%)

the1stpkmnfan

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the1stpkmnfan: 2014-03-19 01:12:17 pm

2012-01-09 09:39:28 pm

Snowboard Assassin

This has been undergoing some thought since 2009, and I'm really into starting a new speed run of a very unique game; Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Since I've started to play this game over and over, I've had the liberty to memorize all that this game requires you to do to complete it exactly. This is what I have listed so far, to account it as a 100% run;

To complete 100%, the following is required;
+Beat the game (defeat Spat the Devil Hamster at Spat Tower)
+Reunite 21 of the broken couples together
+Learn every Ham Chat that was lost (86 words total)

Game info:
The story takes place of Hamtaro (that's you) to find out what's going on in the hamster world, where the amount of friendship and love is dropping dramatically. Thankfully, you have your partner Bijou to hepl you out on ressolving this crisis. Only to encounter the crook who is breaking these couples up; the evil hamster named Spat. Luckily his opposite ham ham, Harmony, arrive at the Clubhouse to help you and Bijou out on the defeat of Spat. Not to mention, you have Ham Chats to relearn and learn from your quest; they'll help you out in the long run!

There's a side quest to this game that lets you collect all the gemstones and make jewelry out of them. Although, i don't believe that counts for completing the game, and it takes a very sad amount of time to complete them all. But I'll leave that up to all.

Current tips/strategies;
Always run (holding B) to save time.
Learn ham chats that are available and near, to learn for completion of the Ham Chat book.
Enter in the dance moves for the dance contest; required [will add later]

And in case you guys have any tips for me, I'd love to hear them. I would also appreciative of streaming/recording my run. I do have a Dazle but my current one is a little complicated to work with. Still trying to work it out. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on this and any feedback you might have. My plan to get this going will vary, but hopefully kick in soon.

Thread title:

This has been undergoing some thought since 2009, and I'm really into starting a new speed run of a very unique game; Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak. Since I've started to play this game over and over, I've had the liberty to memorize all that this game requires you to do to complete it exactly. This is what I have listed so far, to account it as a 100% run;

[u]To complete 100%, the following is required;[/u]
+Beat the game (defeat Spat the Devil Hamster at Spat Tower)
+Reunite 21 of the broken couples together
+Learn every Ham Chat that was lost (86 words total)

Game info:
The story takes place of Hamtaro (that's you) to find out what's going on in the hamster world, where the amount of friendship and love is dropping dramatically. Thankfully, you have your partner Bijou to hepl you out on ressolving this crisis. Only to encounter the crook who is breaking these couples up; the evil hamster named Spat. Luckily his opposite ham ham, Harmony, arrive at the Clubhouse to help you and Bijou out on the defeat of Spat. Not to mention, you have Ham Chats to relearn and learn from your quest; they'll help you out in the long run!

There's a side quest to this game that lets you collect all the gemstones and make jewelry out of them. Although, i don't believe that counts for completing the game, and it takes a very sad amount of time to complete them all. But I'll leave that up to all.

Current tips/strategies;
Always run (holding B) to save time.
Learn ham chats that are available and near, to learn for completion of the Ham Chat book.
Enter in the dance moves for the dance contest; required [will add later]

And in case you guys have any tips for me, I'd love to hear them. I would also appreciative of streaming/recording my run. I do have a Dazle but my current one is a little complicated to work with. Still trying to work it out. I'd also love to hear your thoughts on this and any feedback you might have. My plan to get this going will vary, but hopefully kick in soon.

velocikiller

2012-01-09 10:21:44 pm

Sounds like you have a good plan of what you're gonna do. I personally think that unless the jewelry serves an actual useful purpose as to beating the game and such, it shouldn't count towards 100%. I've never even heard of this game, but I'd be glad to see the progress you make. I give you my support for this, even if it's of little value.

the1stpkmnfan

2012-06-30 10:45:13 am

Snowboard Assassin

I realize I haven't been updating in awhile, but it's come to my attention that my run of this game is ready for me to speed run. Now that I have been done with school a while ago, I'm planning to record my session in a single segment for 100% completion. Everything on my side is ready to go, and I can only hope things go smoothly in my play through.

And thank you again for the support velocikiller! It's much appreciated.

Renokye

2012-06-30 09:01:05 pm

Touhou anyone? :D

I used to play this game a lot when I was little. I do remember Spat and Harmony. I also remember the "Hula" dance competition that I sucked at royally. I hated that event. >.< I give you my support as well! Knock'em dead!

MrSparkle

2012-07-03 04:23:11 am

Doin Good

Got any kind of estimation? I played around with any% a while ago, but never got any usable goal. I'm looking forward to the result! Hitaro needs to reply in this thread as well.

There is no randomness really, can't think of any hard tricks, just remembering where to go and having a good route before you start. This will be the cutest run on SDA.

Jelmo123

2013-07-29 03:21:41 pm

I got inspired by watching SGDQ and i thought of a game i'd like to pick up. I instantly thought of this game because i played this alot as a kid and it's not very known. I see the last post is already a year ago. Is there a route already made for this game (any%)? The only speedrun i can find is a chinese one on Youtube but it's artwork looks smoother. But maybe that's just the version difference. Also i can't read chinese so i don't know what the desciption says.

My question is: Is there still anyone interested in this game?

I'm going to dig into the chinese speedrun and see if i can get a route going. For now i don't see this game having any sequence breaks/glitches. So it's all down to the most optimal route.

Kiwoui

2013-08-10 09:10:27 am

I want run this game too Smiley

i help You if i show any glitch or coûnter trigger

the1stpkmnfan

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the1stpkmnfan: 2014-01-31 08:11:43 pm

2014-01-31 08:11:18 pm

Snowboard Assassin

Alright, it's been a long time coming but I'm really set on putting this 100% run together.

@Renokye - Thanks for the support! The hula contest. Yes... But fortunatley, I can list out all the ham chats I need to get a guarentee win. (you actually need to do all 3 levels to get a hamchat) Not to mention Lalala is required to win the final dance level.

@Mrsparkle - An estimation is something I defintiely need to work on. Casually, I'd say three hours. But after routing my run, I wanna say an hour. But don't quote me on that completely. No randomness at all. It's just about what you need to do, what you have (Ham chats) and the stuff to collect and know where to get it. However, there are luck based mini games that require completion, too. I'm talking about the Ham Amusement Park world.

@Jelmo - No doubt I'm still interested in the game. I just haven't put time into routing my run yet. But that is something I wish to change pretty soon! I also want my run to be a single segment 100% run.

@Kiwoui - If there's a glitch you know of, I would love to hear about it! Thanks!

Ladies and gentlement, this run will be made someday. I swear it.

Alright, it's been a long time coming but I'm really set on putting this 100% run together.

@Renokye - Thanks for the support! The hula contest. Yes... But fortunatley, I can list out all the ham chats I need to get a guarentee win. (you actually need to do all 3 levels to get a hamchat) Not to mention Lalala is required to win the final dance level.

@Mrsparkle - An estimation is something I defintiely need to work on. Casually, I'd say three hours. But after routing my run, I wanna say an hour. But don't quote me on that completely. No randomness at all. It's just about what you need to do, what you have (Ham chats) and the stuff to collect and know where to get it. However, there are luck based mini games that require completion, too. I'm talking about the Ham Amusement Park world.

@Jelmo - No doubt I'm still interested in the game. I just haven't put time into routing my run yet. But that is something I wish to change pretty soon! I also want my run to be a single segment 100% run.

@Kiwoui - If there's a glitch you know of, I would love to hear about it! Thanks!

Ladies and gentlement, this run will be made someday. I swear it.

the1stpkmnfan

2014-02-03 11:34:29 am

Snowboard Assassin

Alright! I just finished routing my run, in order to get all of the 3 ending credits.

I believe the accessories, outfit boutiques and the gem collecting don't have any affect to 100% the game. I'll look into it more, but it would devastatingly boring to watch me do all that.

But with this run, the goal is to defeat Spat, restore all couples and get every hamchat. That pretty much makes the game a complete run.

Hoping to run and record soon! My best prediction time is way under 3 hours. Once I time myself, we'll see where I stand.

the1stpkmnfan

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the1stpkmnfan: 2014-03-19 01:31:16 pm

the1stpkmnfan: 2014-03-19 01:25:52 pm

2014-03-19 01:25:18 pm

Snowboard Assassin

Just finished my routing of my Any% and my 100% percent run. The any% is based off the one speed run I can find of this game, and it's in Japanese. Which might be faster. However, I will see how long it takes to do it in English, nonetheless.

Any% Notes (Warning: very long)

Hamtaro: Ham Ham Heartbreak – Any% Run
CLUBHOUSE
Opening sequence, nightmare Scene
Learn the 4 basic ham chats (+6 others); Tutorial mode

SUNNY PEAK
-First, get Heyhoo
-Hamha Oxnard, get Bluhoo
-Walk on hankercheif, get Gogo
-Lookie at Arnie, get Pakapaka
-IN THE BOAT, use Pakapaka
-Hamha the orange ham, say Yep-P, get Putput
-Heyhoo the duckie, get Offdoff from Seamore to Offdoff him
-Offdoff the battery
-Putput the battery in the boat and drive it to Bijou
-Rescue Bijou, get Mega-Q
-Tac-Q the Hamlift duo, get Hamlift
-Use Hamlift to talk to Pepper, say Yep-P to her, then say Bluhoo
-Get Oopsie from Pepper
-Reunite Oxnard and Pepper to get Gossip-P (Couple #1)
-Get Smoochie from Bijou
-Pass by the one Hamlift Ham
-Hamha to Arnie to Lookie for duckie seat
-Digdig back to Seamore to get the duckie seat, give to Arnie
-Get Sesam-E from Arnie and lil Brother
-Buy a banana from the sales ham (10 sunflower seeds)
-Give to the Ukiki, then slip on the banana
-Cave passage way: left, down, left, up, up
-Use Sesam-E with lil bro
-Reunite Arnie and lil Bro to get Hamigos (Couple #2)
-Get Oil Can (5 sunflower seeds)
-Confront Spat with Hamigos
-Use Pakapaka on pink ham to get Liber-T
-Reunite Hamlift duo and get Lovedove (Couple #3)
-Return to Clubhouse

SANDY BAY
-Hamha to Boss to get info to go to Sandy Bay
-Tac-Q the Brown Ham to get Bizzaroo
-Hamha the Wife Ham to get Blanko
-Looki at Broski for info, then return to entrance area
-Hamha the Fussfuss Hams to get Fussfuss
-Digdig the pale for the Blue Marble (Marble 1/3)
-Hamha the Blue haired Ham for Tinglie
-Lookie the Blue haired ham
-Tinglie the Pinapple Ham for the pineapple
-Hamha the Coach, to play soccer
-Hamha the blue haired Ham to get Ta-Dah, and get the letter (save for later)
-Hamha Broski
-Get Gasp-P from Barrette
-Return to Clubhouse and Gasp-P at Boss then return to Sandy Bay
-Reunite Seamore and Barrette to get Fend-D (Couple #4)
-Hiff-Hiff the Bottle to get a note
-Musical order: Mi, Do, Me, Re, Fa, Fa, Re, Mi, So, Do
-Digdig in the hole
-Hamha, then Fussfuss the Captain
-Hamha the Captain at the port, then say Yep-P to go to the Island
-Hiff-Hiff Pashmina’s scarf
-Hamha the Green tall Ham in the lounge area to get “Dizzy For You”
-Hamha the Blue tall Ham to enter the dressing room
-Tac-Q Pashmina in room
-Stickie Pashmina
-Scrit-T Pashmina to have her running
-Meet the two Pashminas up on the tower
-Hamha, then Heyhoo the elder Ham
-Heyhoo him a second time to get Tugie
-Tugie to the Pashminas to reveal Spat
-Reunite Pashmina and Penelope to get snorklie (Couple #5)
-Return to Sandy Bay then the Clubhouse (no dance contest)
-Have Harmony reveal the next location, Fun Land
-Get Passchat from Boss and Harmony !!!IMPORTANT!!!

FUN LAND
-Get Scrub-E from Yellow Ham and Ham Bot
-Digdig the trash to get Trash (for Chukchuk)
-Tac-Q the Red Ham Ranger to get Blash-T
-Play the Stickie game (3 sunflower seeds) to get the Green marble [score = 600] (Marble 2/3)
-Hear the drama from the cups and the ferris wheel, then go to the control room
-Pakapaka the blue ham
-Heyhoo the Hambot
-Get Chukchuk from the green lil ham
-Chukchuk the trash onto Spat
-Scrub-E to the Hambot
-Reunite Ham and Machine to get Tiptop? (Couple #6)
-Hamha Stan to get Hamteam
-Digdig the dirt pile next to Maxwell
-Digdig in the hole next to Stan to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

BOO MANOR
-Witness Spat going into the Manor
-Hamha the Gate Ham
-Hiff-Hiff the flyer near the entrance
-Digdig the Pipe
-Meet the Sales Ham to pay 50 sunflower seeds for the Cute Couple ID
-Ta-Dah the Gate Ham of the ID
-Heyhoo the desk Ham to get Thump-P
-Ta-Dah the desk Ham for the Bronze Card
-Hamha the Aqua Ham to get Go-P
-Go far right on the first floor, use the Bronze Card to get into the room
-Hiff-Hiff the note, then use Go-P on the Mirror, 2nd to the left
-Ghost Ham Boss Battle, stickie three times to get the Silver Card (HiffHiff off the ground)
-HiffHiff the board, then putput it on the gap
-Hamlift the elevator to the 2nd floor
-Hamha then Blash-T Howdy and Dexter to get Hamspar
-Hamspar near the firepit in the room to the right
-Get Nopookie from an elder ham
-Tac-Q the ghost in front of the door, then Hamspar to go inside
-Run to Dexter to have Hamtaro fall
-As Bijou, return to Elder ham room to use Hamspar again
-Tac-Q both elders to get Knok Knok and Pushie
-Knok Knok and Pushie the blank wall to find Howdy and Hamtaro
-Heyhoo to Howdy to get Hamtaro awake
-Liber-T to the green tall ham on the 3rd floor
-Return to the blank wall and pushie it
-Say Liber-T to the tall green ham again at the cage
-Reunite with Hamtaro
-Reunite the Green and Magenta Ham to get Flipflop (Couple #7)
-On third floor, play Scrub-E mini game to win the Gold Card
-Hamha the tall Greem ham in front of the elevator
-Hamha the pale yellow ham to get Perskie
-Tac-Q the wall at the very end of the hall
-Take the Quiz with the ghost ham
-Encounter Spat, and use Flipflop, then Nopookie to make Spat flee
-Use the exit mirror to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

WILDWOODS
-Find Cappy with Spat
-Hamha/Bizzaroo Cappy to get Hampact
-Return to Sunny Peak and go to Seedric’s Cave, find Spat escaping
-Digdig into Seedric’s cave, Hamha Seedric
-Digdig in hole to return to Wildwoods
-Lovedove to Cappy about the hat
-Chase after Cappy, go up, to get trapped by Bog
-Hamteam Bog to trap Cappy
-Bluhoo to Cappy about the cap, then Yep-P
-Reunite Cappy and Seedric to get Hamboree (Couple #8)
-Digdig into hotsprings to get the Egg
-Digdig into hole to return to Wildwoods
-Ta-Dah to Bog to get Clingie
-Hamha the gate elder ham to get Wait-Q
-Clingie on vine near the music notes to find Jingle, use Wait-Q
-Get Than-Q from Jingle, then attend the wedding ceremony
-Exit then re-enter, then go left into the first hu house
-Buy the rubber band from the Sales Ham (5 sunflower seeds)
-Encounter the Hamscope Ham
-Heyhoo on the sand spot near Spat at the swamp area, Hiff-Hiff the Y-stick
-Encounter the Hamscope Ham again
-In the inventor’s house, Putput the two items together for the Slingshot
-Witness the Hamscope Ham near the Palace
-Back outside the gate, get Hamscope from the Ham
-Hamscope the Ham
-Hamscope Spat, getting chased off
-Hiff-Hiff the Red Marble
-Try to exit, but let the couple find you, then return to the marriage
-Reunite the Husband and Wife to get Swelie? (Couple #9)
-Hamha the elder Ham to get the Red Marble (Marble 3/3)
-Digdig to Sunny Peak, return to the cave with Sesam-E
-Putput the Oil Can on the lever, then turn it to the left
-Putput the Oil Can on the Cart, then Gogo on the card
-Get Rub Rub from the lil Hams
-Putput all three marbles into the pedestal
-Tuggie the Sword Spoon
-Gogo on the 2nd Cart
-Digdig through the hole to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

SPAT TOWER
-Use all possible extra Ham chats in front of the gate
-Return to Wildwoods
-Hamha the Orange Ham Inventor
-Hamha the Pink Ham, then Yep-P, then Ta-Dah
-Reunite the Inventor and Wife Ham to get hamchat (Couple #10)
-Exit and re-enter to Hamha the Inventor ham, then Yep-P
-Gogo on the Hamapult and Stickie the button
-Enter Spat Tower
-Play the puzzle game, activate with Gogo
-Go inside the cave
-Perskie the door
-Passchat to the Black Ham
-Liber-T to the Black Ham, then Yep-P
-Face off against Spat, Hamscope, but fail
-Return to Harmony and ChukChuk
-Then Hamteam with Harmony
-Get Love Powder
-Return to Spat and re-battle
-Hamscope and use the Love Shot
-Battle: Wait for his mouth to open to use Hamscope
---End---
Get Pooie from Spat
Harmony appears to reveal victory

My 100% run notes aren't completely ironed out, but the entire run is set up. (Warning: also very long)

Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak – Speed Run route (100%)

NAME: Hamtaro/Bijou

Opening sequence: Hamtaro’s Nightmare

The Clubhouse
Hamchat Dictionary
Tutorial Mode – 10/86 Hamchats (Hamha, Tack-Q, Hiff Hiff, Digdig, Scrit-T, Stickie, Lookie, Scoochie 
All Ham Chats collected – Credits 3 [3/3]
End Run.

Also, my best guess on the run starting is when I press OKAY after imputing the names for Hamtaro or Bijou. Then the run ends when Spat is defeated at the end (cue is when the Love Shot makes contact the second time).

The overall estimation for an any% run would be 1 hour and 29 minutes, as the japanese run goes. Once I time my run, I'll see what's different.

Just finished my routing of my Any% and my 100% percent run. The any% is based off the one speed run I can find of this game, and it's in Japanese. Which might be faster. However, I will see how long it takes to do it in English, nonetheless.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlzL0mUUg-M

Any% Notes (Warning: very long)
[spoiler]
Hamtaro: Ham Ham Heartbreak – Any% Run
CLUBHOUSE
Opening sequence, nightmare Scene
Learn the 4 basic ham chats (+6 others); Tutorial mode

SUNNY PEAK
-First, get Heyhoo
-Hamha Oxnard, get Bluhoo
-Walk on hankercheif, get Gogo
-Lookie at Arnie, get Pakapaka
-IN THE BOAT, use Pakapaka
-Hamha the orange ham, say Yep-P, get Putput
-Heyhoo the duckie, get Offdoff from Seamore to Offdoff him
-Offdoff the battery
-Putput the battery in the boat and drive it to Bijou
-Rescue Bijou, get Mega-Q
-Tac-Q the Hamlift duo, get Hamlift
-Use Hamlift to talk to Pepper, say Yep-P to her, then say Bluhoo
-Get Oopsie from Pepper
-Reunite Oxnard and Pepper to get Gossip-P (Couple #1)
-Get Smoochie from Bijou
-Pass by the one Hamlift Ham
-Hamha to Arnie to Lookie for duckie seat
-Digdig back to Seamore to get the duckie seat, give to Arnie
-Get Sesam-E from Arnie and lil Brother
-Buy a banana from the sales ham (10 sunflower seeds)
-Give to the Ukiki, then slip on the banana
-Cave passage way: left, down, left, up, up
-Use Sesam-E with lil bro
-Reunite Arnie and lil Bro to get Hamigos (Couple #2)
-Get Oil Can (5 sunflower seeds)
-Confront Spat with Hamigos
-Use Pakapaka on pink ham to get Liber-T
-Reunite Hamlift duo and get Lovedove (Couple #3)
-Return to Clubhouse

SANDY BAY
-Hamha to Boss to get info to go to Sandy Bay
-Tac-Q the Brown Ham to get Bizzaroo
-Hamha the Wife Ham to get Blanko
-Looki at Broski for info, then return to entrance area
-Hamha the Fussfuss Hams to get Fussfuss
-Digdig the pale for the Blue Marble (Marble 1/3)
-Hamha the Blue haired Ham for Tinglie
-Lookie the Blue haired ham
-Tinglie the Pinapple Ham for the pineapple
-Hamha the Coach, to play soccer
-Hamha the blue haired Ham to get Ta-Dah, and get the letter (save for later)
-Hamha Broski
-Get Gasp-P from Barrette
-Return to Clubhouse and Gasp-P at Boss then return to Sandy Bay
-Reunite Seamore and Barrette to get Fend-D (Couple #4)
-Hiff-Hiff the Bottle to get a note
-Musical order: Mi, Do, Me, Re, Fa, Fa, Re, Mi, So, Do
-Digdig in the hole
-Hamha, then Fussfuss the Captain
-Hamha the Captain at the port, then say Yep-P to go to the Island
-Hiff-Hiff Pashmina’s scarf
-Hamha the Green tall Ham in the lounge area to get “Dizzy For You”
-Hamha the Blue tall Ham to enter the dressing room
-Tac-Q Pashmina in room
-Stickie Pashmina
-Scrit-T Pashmina to have her running
-Meet the two Pashminas up on the tower
-Hamha, then Heyhoo the elder Ham
-Heyhoo him a second time to get Tugie
-Tugie to the Pashminas to reveal Spat
-Reunite Pashmina and Penelope to get snorklie (Couple #5)
-Return to Sandy Bay then the Clubhouse (no dance contest)
-Have Harmony reveal the next location, Fun Land
-Get Passchat from Boss and Harmony !!!IMPORTANT!!!

FUN LAND
-Get Scrub-E from Yellow Ham and Ham Bot
-Digdig the trash to get Trash (for Chukchuk)
-Tac-Q the Red Ham Ranger to get Blash-T
-Play the Stickie game (3 sunflower seeds) to get the Green marble [score = 600] (Marble 2/3)
-Hear the drama from the cups and the ferris wheel, then go to the control room
-Pakapaka the blue ham
-Heyhoo the Hambot
-Get Chukchuk from the green lil ham
-Chukchuk the trash onto Spat
-Scrub-E to the Hambot
-Reunite Ham and Machine to get Tiptop? (Couple #6)
-Hamha Stan to get Hamteam
-Digdig the dirt pile next to Maxwell
-Digdig in the hole next to Stan to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

BOO MANOR
-Witness Spat going into the Manor
-Hamha the Gate Ham
-Hiff-Hiff the flyer near the entrance
-Digdig the Pipe
-Meet the Sales Ham to pay 50 sunflower seeds for the Cute Couple ID
-Ta-Dah the Gate Ham of the ID
-Heyhoo the desk Ham to get Thump-P
-Ta-Dah the desk Ham for the Bronze Card
-Hamha the Aqua Ham to get Go-P
-Go far right on the first floor, use the Bronze Card to get into the room
-Hiff-Hiff the note, then use Go-P on the Mirror, 2nd to the left
-Ghost Ham Boss Battle, stickie three times to get the Silver Card (HiffHiff off the ground)
-HiffHiff the board, then putput it on the gap
-Hamlift the elevator to the 2nd floor
-Hamha then Blash-T Howdy and Dexter to get Hamspar
-Hamspar near the firepit in the room to the right
-Get Nopookie from an elder ham
-Tac-Q the ghost in front of the door, then Hamspar to go inside
-Run to Dexter to have Hamtaro fall
-As Bijou, return to Elder ham room to use Hamspar again
-Tac-Q both elders to get Knok Knok and Pushie
-Knok Knok and Pushie the blank wall to find Howdy and Hamtaro
-Heyhoo to Howdy to get Hamtaro awake
-Liber-T to the green tall ham on the 3rd floor
-Return to the blank wall and pushie it
-Say Liber-T to the tall green ham again at the cage
-Reunite with Hamtaro
-Reunite the Green and Magenta Ham to get Flipflop (Couple #7)
-On third floor, play Scrub-E mini game to win the Gold Card
-Hamha the tall Greem ham in front of the elevator
-Hamha the pale yellow ham to get Perskie
-Tac-Q the wall at the very end of the hall
-Take the Quiz with the ghost ham
-Encounter Spat, and use Flipflop, then Nopookie to make Spat flee
-Use the exit mirror to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

WILDWOODS
-Find Cappy with Spat
-Hamha/Bizzaroo Cappy to get Hampact
-Return to Sunny Peak and go to Seedric’s Cave, find Spat escaping
-Digdig into Seedric’s cave, Hamha Seedric
-Digdig in hole to return to Wildwoods
-Lovedove to Cappy about the hat
-Chase after Cappy, go up, to get trapped by Bog
-Hamteam Bog to trap Cappy
-Bluhoo to Cappy about the cap, then Yep-P
-Reunite Cappy and Seedric to get Hamboree (Couple #8)
-Digdig into hotsprings to get the Egg
-Digdig into hole to return to Wildwoods
-Ta-Dah to Bog to get Clingie
-Hamha the gate elder ham to get Wait-Q
-Clingie on vine near the music notes to find Jingle, use Wait-Q
-Get Than-Q from Jingle, then attend the wedding ceremony
-Exit then re-enter, then go left into the first hu house
-Buy the rubber band from the Sales Ham (5 sunflower seeds)
-Encounter the Hamscope Ham
-Heyhoo on the sand spot near Spat at the swamp area, Hiff-Hiff the Y-stick
-Encounter the Hamscope Ham again
-In the inventor’s house, Putput the two items together for the Slingshot
-Witness the Hamscope Ham near the Palace
-Back outside the gate, get Hamscope from the Ham
-Hamscope the Ham
-Hamscope Spat, getting chased off
-Hiff-Hiff the Red Marble
-Try to exit, but let the couple find you, then return to the marriage
-Reunite the Husband and Wife to get Swelie? (Couple #9)
-Hamha the elder Ham to get the Red Marble (Marble 3/3)
-Digdig to Sunny Peak, return to the cave with Sesam-E
-Putput the Oil Can on the lever, then turn it to the left
-Putput the Oil Can on the Cart, then Gogo on the card
-Get Rub Rub from the lil Hams
-Putput all three marbles into the pedestal
-Tuggie the Sword Spoon
-Gogo on the 2nd Cart
-Digdig through the hole to return to the Clubhouse
-Have Harmony reveal the next location

SPAT TOWER
-Use all possible extra Ham chats in front of the gate
-Return to Wildwoods
-Hamha the Orange Ham Inventor
-Hamha the Pink Ham, then Yep-P, then Ta-Dah
-Reunite the Inventor and Wife Ham to get hamchat (Couple #10)
-Exit and re-enter to Hamha the Inventor ham, then Yep-P
-Gogo on the Hamapult and Stickie the button
-Enter Spat Tower
-Play the puzzle game, activate with Gogo
-Go inside the cave
-Perskie the door
-Passchat to the Black Ham
-Liber-T to the Black Ham, then Yep-P
-Face off against Spat, Hamscope, but fail
-Return to Harmony and ChukChuk
-Then Hamteam with Harmony
-Get Love Powder
-Return to Spat and re-battle
-Hamscope and use the Love Shot
-Battle: Wait for his mouth to open to use Hamscope
---End---
Get Pooie from Spat
Harmony appears to reveal victory
[/spoiler]

My 100% run notes aren't completely ironed out, but the entire run is set up. (Warning: also very long)

[spoiler]
Hamtaro: Ham-Ham Heartbreak – Speed Run route (100%)

NAME: Hamtaro/Bijou

Opening sequence: Hamtaro’s Nightmare

The Clubhouse
Hamchat Dictionary
Tutorial Mode – 10/86 Hamchats (Hamha, Tack-Q, Hiff Hiff, Digdig, Scrit-T, Stickie, Lookie, Scoochie, No-P, Yep-P)

World 1 – Sunny Peak
Blushie Ham – Blushie (11/86) – Stickie the rattling bush
Oxnard – Hamha to him. Bluhoo (12/86)
Heyhoo Ham! – Heyhoo (13/86) – Step on the platform next to Oxnard
Kankercheif Ham – Gogo (14/86) – Encounter three times to get the strap
Arnie (Blue Ham) – Lookie to; learn Pakapaka (15/86)
Pakapaka the rope while IN the boat
Orange Ham – Hamha to him. PutPut (16/86)
Go left. See Swan. Heyhoo the swimming Swan
Seamore – Offdoff (17/86)
Offdoff the Battery
Putput the Battery In the Boat
Rescure Bijou! – Mega-Q (18/86)
Orange Ham – Hamha to him. Bestest (19/86)
Heyhoo the duo Hams – Hamlift (20/86)
Talk to Arnie (Blue Ham) about the Lookie thing
Pepper – Hamlift to talk to her; say Bluhoo. Get Oopsie (21/86)
Reunite Oxnard and Pepper (Couple 1/21); Gossip-P (22/86)
Leave, witness Spat. Smoochie from Bijou (23/86)

Clubhouse, Part 2
Meet Harmony
Snoozer – Zuzuzu (24/86)
Seamore – Lookie for Training seat

Sunny Peak, Part 2
Talk to lonely heartbroken Ham
Get 20 sunflower seeds near him; Hamlift
Give training seat to Arnie
Arnie and lil Bro; Sesam-E (25/86)
Sesam-E door
Go through cave. Go north, left and north.
Get Bananas; give to Monkey; fall on the banana peel
HiffHiff rock and letter. Get rocks inside cave. NEED for Pooie earrings.
Bro’s home path; Left, Down, Left, Up, Up
Sesam-E door
Reunite Arnie and Lil Bro (Couple 2/21); get Hamigos (26/86)
Buy Oil Can
Use oil can on lever near cave entrance.
PutPut oil can on cart. Don’t ride yet.
Hamigos Spat to get him to leave.
Pakapaka pink Ham; Liber-T (27/86)
Reunite Hamlift couple (Couple 3/21); Lovedove (28/86)
Leave and return to talk to Pink Ham; Bloat-t (29/86)

Clubhouse, Part 3
Love Letter found by Seamore. Unlock Sandy Bay.

Word 2 – Sandy Bay
Fussfuss duo; Fussfuss (30/86)
Digdig bucket; Blue marble (1/3)
Hiff Hiff Ham with Pinapple; say Bestest; get Dazzlie (31/86)
Tack-Q Shades Ham; Bizzaroo (32/86)
Talk to wife; Blanko (33/86)
Lookie to Broski
Lookie to blue haired Ham & shy ham (near entrance)
Lookie to Broski
Talk to Barrett; Gasp-P (34/86)
Gasp-P to Seamore (Clubhouse)
Reunite Seamore and Barrett (Couple 4/21); get Fend-D (35/86)
Hiffhiff Bottle with letter and board 1
Rock Code: Mi, Do, Mi, Re, Fa, Fa, Re, Mi, So, Do
Digdig hole next to giant music rock
Hamha & Fussfuss Captain
Get on ship towards the Island
Talk to Penelope after conflict
HiffHiff Pashmina’s scarf
Witness a black ham and big hams
Go to club area; get “Dizzy for You” from green ham
Skip Pashmina (inside dressing room) for now.
Enter Dance Contest:
Set – Blushie, Blanko, [none], Sesam-E, No-P, Yep-P, Lovedove, Dazzlie, Gogo, [none], Bestest
Wining Prize; Hibiscus
Tack-Q Pashmina
Stickie, then Scrit-T
Confront the two Pashminas and Penelope at the top of the tower
Talk to Old Ham; Tuggie (36/86)
Tuggie Penelope
Reunite Pashmina and Penelope (Couple 5/21); Snorklie (37/86)
Talk to Coach
Talk to blue hair Ham; get Tinglie (38/86)
Get pineapple from Dazzlie Ham using Tinglie
Play soccer with the Team
Get Ta-dah from blue hair ham (39/86) & love letter
Give Hibiscus to Captain with Ta-dah
Reunite Captain and Wife (Couple 6/21); Hambond (40/86)

World 3 – Fun Land
Talk to Yellow/Bot duo; Scrub-E (41/86)
Lookie at trash can? Digdig trash can – Get trash
Tack-Q Red Ham Ranger – Blash-T (42/86)
Play Stickie game – get 700+? to get Green marble (2/3)
Stickie Ham in the Bowling Game room – Delin-Q (43/86)
Tack-Q balloon carrier – Koochi-Q (44/86)
Visit all the rides going out of controll
Pakapaka tied up Ham in Control room
Heyhoo Ham-O-Matic
Listen to Green lil Ham and get Chukchuk (45/86)
Chukchuk trash on Spat
Scrub-E at Ham-o-Matic
Reunite Yellow ham and Ham-o-matic (Couple 7/21); Tiptop (46/86)
Gasp-P at Stan; get Hamteam (47/86)
Offdoff book from Maxwell
Hamha to Stan; say No-P
Heyhoo at Maxwell twice
Hamha to Stan; say No-P
Blash-T at Maxwell twice
Hamha to Stan; say no No-P
Sandy gives Minglie (48/86)
Minglie to Maxwell
Reunite Maxwell and Sandy (Couple 8/21); Twirlie (49/86)
Near Popcorn stand; Get Lost-T (50/86)

World 4 – Boo Manor
Witness Spat entering; talk to gate person
HiffHiff flyer
Digdig through pipe at the entrance
Blash-T to salesman to lower price; get Couple Card
Ta-Dah Couple ID Card to entrance Ham
Heyhoo front desk Old Ham; Thump-P (51/86)
Tad-Dah Old Ham; get Bronze Card
Thump-P light aqua Ham; get Go-P (52/86)
Go to far right door on the first floor and enter room
HiffHiff note; Go-P on the mirror left
Battle the Ham Ghost for the Silver Card; Stickie him three times
HiffHiff Board 2; Put put it as a bridge; Offdoff it

World 2 – Sandy Bay, Part 2
Thump-P the soccer players
Give Love Letter to Blue tail Ham
Reunite Blue tail Ham and Shy Ham (Couple 9/21); get Jamout (53/86)

World 4 – Boo Manor, Part 2
Hamlift elevator with Silver Card
Hamha then Blash-T Howdy and Dexter; Hamspar (54/86)
Hamspare fire place (in room right of the entrance); Talk to Old Ghost Ham; Nopookie (55/86)
Upstairs; Tack-Q ghost; Hamspar ghost; go inside room
Solo Bijou run; Hamtaro falls into the pit
Tack-Q to Old Ghost Ham duo; get Nok-Nok (56/86) and Pushie (57/86)
Nok-Nok wall to the left of entrance; Pushie the wall
Find Hamtaro and Howdy; Heyhoo to them
Liber-T to big red and green Ham
Liber-T to big Ham duo again; at cage
Reunite with Hamtaro
Reunite Big Red and Green Ham duo (Couple 10/21); get Flipflop (58/86)
Hamlift Rope
Go in Mirror; play the closet game; Nok-Nok on door with Tan Ham
Reunite Aqua and Tan Ham (Couple 11/21); get Dingding (59/86)
Hamlift up the elevator; go to music room, Howdy and Dexter are in trouble again
Play Scrub-E game on the upper floor; win Gold Card
Hamha the duo; Go up to the last floor
Thump-P the light yellow ham; Perksie (60/86)
Pushie wall near the yellow ghost ham
Jamout on piano
Quiz questions/answers: Moonlight, Beethoven, 3 (how many questions have I asked by this point?)
Get “Moonlight”
Right of elevator on 3F; Lookie at painting; Perksie the painting; talk to Mom Ghost Ham
Jamout to Piano in the music room
Reunite Howdy and Dexter (Couple 12/21); Stead-E (61/86)
Back to 4F; far left room; Tack-Q wall
Final Quiz; Super easy questions; encounter Spat
Flipflop to Ghost Ham; Nopookie Ghost Ham
Exit through the mirror on 4F

World 3 – Fun Land, Part 2
Hamha Lost-T father Ham
Dingding father Ham; go to Roller Coaster;  ride the roller coaster
Lost-T to the Father Ham (NOT Dingding)
Nok-Nok door in bathroom (right of Ferris Wheel); Hamha and Hamteam the yellow ham, Hank
Conversation Hamchats – Gossip-P, Koochie-Q, Smoochie
Reunite Hank and Heidi (Couple 13/21); get Luck-E (62/86)
Dingding to Father Ham at bench; Hamha the butterflies in the grass patch
Reunite Lost-T Father and Wife and Child Ham (Couple 14/21); get Trust-T (63/86)
Go up; hear Ham Rangers announcement; talk to front entrance guy at the Show
Talk to missing Hams; Fussfuss them (green, blue, pink or yellow)
Hamteam the sign at the Digdig Game room; get Goodgo (64/86)
Finding Red Ham in the Bathroom stall
Nok-nok door next to Red Ham Ranger; exit from the hole; return to Boo Manor
Gasp-P to Ghost Mom Ham (Boo Manor)
Watch the Ham Rangers show
Reunite Ghost Mother and Son (Couple 15/21); get Hardihar (65/86)
Exit via the bathroom stall again; return to Clubhouse

World 5 – Wildwoods
Hamha the Old Ham at entrance to the right; get Wait-Q (66/86)
Find Cappy with Spat; talk to Cappy; say Bizzaroo; get Hampact (67/86)

World 1 – Sunny Peak, Part 3
Go to Seedric’s cave; witness Spat; go inside, talk to Seedric
Digdig Hotspring Egg

World 5 – Wildwoods, Part 2
Talk to Cappy with Lovedove
Get caught by Bog; Hamteam with Bog
Trick Cappy to getting in the trap
Bluhoo to Cappy; reunite the duo at Seedric’s place (Sunny Peak)
Reunite Cappy and Seedric  (Couple 16/21); get Hamboree (68/86)
Return to Wildwoods
Ta-Dah the Spring Egg to Bog; get Clingie (69/86)
Clingie to vine near the music notes appearing
Wait-Q to Jingle; get Thank-Q (70/86)
Go to the Marriage ceremony
Spat appears; go outside; get shot with a slingshot; return to the ceremony
Go left; Minglie with lil Ham; get Bye-Q (71/86)
Go in hut to the right; buy Rubber band from salesman
Go to the swamp lake; Heyhoo at the dirt pile; get the Y shape stick from Spat
Putput to the Inventor Ham to get a slingshot
Return to workshop; talk to the duo about the Spoon
Return to ceremony; go right, witness the Hamscope Ham hit the guards
Slingshot the Hamscope Ham; get Hamscope (72/86)
Return to Spat; Hamscope the beehive
HiffHiff Red marble
Return Red marble to Old Ham
Marriage scene with Red and Black Ham (Couple 17/21); get Vast-T (73/86)
Hamha the Old Ham; get Red marble (3/3)
Hamha Bog, SW of the woods; Tack-Q Monkey
Medicine fruit; Hamscope from the birds; 2 hits
Reunite Bog and Monkey (Couple 18/21); get Might-T (74/86)

Sunny Peak, Part 4
Sesam-E door at the top of mountain; go up to the mine cart
Putput Oil can on Mine cart
Meet the Rub Rub duo; Rubrub (75/86)
Put in all 3 marbles in the pedestal; get the Legendary Spoon

Wildwoods, Part 3
Ta-Dah the Spoon to the Wife Inventor
Reunite Inventor and Wife (Couple 19/21); get Wake-Q (76/86)

Spat Tower
Lookie, Heyhoo, Sesam-E, Stickie the giant gate
Return to the Wildwoods; inventor and wife; get the Catapult
Gogo the catapult; stickie and fly over the gate
Gogo the puzzle game

Clubhouse
Learn Harmony’s Hamchats; Passchat (77/86), Tran-Q (78/86), Gofor (79/86)

Spat Tower, Part 2
Passchat to the Black Ham
Liber-T the Black Ham
Battle Spat; lose and see Harmony
(Clubhouse); Chukchuk to Harmony; Hamteam Harmony; get Love Shot
Battle Spat again; hit with Love Shot twice (one in the mouth)
Spat says Pooie (80/86)
Spat flees; Credits 1 roll [Part 1/3]

Wildwoods, Part 4
Pooie to the King Ham in the Golden hut
Get Pooie Earings ingredients [ 1 Ammonite, 1 Banana Stone, 2 Glass beads ]
•	Ammonite – Sunny Peak, Boo Manor, Sandy Bay
•	Banana Stone – Wildwoods, Fun Land
•	Glass Bead – Wildwoods, Sunny Peak, Fun Land
Clubhouse
Get Board 3 from Boss

Sunny Peak, Part 5
Change the level back
Return to the very top of the mountain; meet Panda, give him the 3 boards and strap
Ride the cart down, hear the Heyhoo
See Panda again; get Hamtast (81/86)
HiffHiff rocks and big rock near the cave in Sunny Peak
Digdig Exit in the Cart cave
Clubhouse
Rubrub rocks; get 1 ammonite, 1 banana stone and 2 glass beads
Order Pooie earrings
Ta-Dah the Pooie earrings to the King Ham (Wildwoods)
Get Star Key

Spat Tower, Part 3
Open Star door with key
Reunite Black Ham and Scarlet Ham (Couple 20/21); get Swellie (82/86)

Clubhouse
Return to Harmony at Clubhouse; All Couples Restored, Credits [2/3]
Hamtaro and Bijou become a couple (Couple 21/21)
Learn Lalala (83/86)
Wildwoods
Wildwoods – Talk to girl ham in hut to the left; Hulahula (84/86)

Sandy Bay, Part 3
Heyhoo to go to Island
Enter Class B of Dance Contest; win with: Hamboree, Hamtast, n/a, Twirlie, Dazzlie, n/a, Hulahula, Lovedove, Hambond, n/a, Hamspar
Talk to Green big Ham; get Greatchu (85/86)
Enter Class A of Dance of Contest; win with: Greatchu, Delin-Q, Zuzuzu, Hamtast, Bye-Q, Goodgo, Bloat-T, Blushie, Hamtast, Dazzlie, Lalalala
Get the final Ham Chat – Hamcheer (86/86)
All Ham Chats collected – Credits 3 [3/3]
End Run.
[/spoiler]

Also, my best guess on the run starting is when I press OKAY after imputing the names for Hamtaro or Bijou. Then the run ends when Spat is defeated at the end (cue is when the Love Shot makes contact the second time).

The overall estimation for an any% run would be 1 hour and 29 minutes, as the japanese run goes. Once I time my run, I'll see what's different.

SpeedyMisty

2014-03-29 01:30:43 pm

Speed Running in Robotnik's Basement

...This seems really interesting. As I grew up with Hamtaro, I would love to speed run one of the games they had made (Hamtaro, Ham-Hams Unite, Ham-Ham Heartbreak, Ham-Ham Games, and Rainbow Rescue)

The text in the game goes by slowly from what I remember, so Japanese might be the way to go.

the1stpkmnfan

2014-03-30 05:03:22 pm

Snowboard Assassin

Yeah you're right. My recent speed time for Ham-Ham Heartbreak was around 1 hour and 29 minutes, as expected. However it took that long to get the final shot on Spat. The Japanese one got to that final shot around 1 hour and 25 minutes. Which makes it faster, which shouldn't come to a surprise as well. That text speed was definitely time cruncher.

I also need to revise both my notes, for spelling errors and route changes. Tongue

Hope to get a video recording done in the coming weeks.

Swanbeans

2014-07-06 08:24:03 pm

Hey, I've just started learning any% of this game, I was wondering if anyone else is still interested/actively working on it

Zwind

2014-07-07 06:50:21 pm

I want to do this game, mainly because I can beat it XD. I just need a setup and I would love to try and stream it.

Swanbeans

2014-07-07 10:32:27 pm

I just timed my first run tonight and had a 1:39:xx. I don't know the exact time because I messed up my splits at the end by forgetting to turn off my hotkeys before trying to screenshot for twitter. Oops :^)

Still lots of room for me to improve, obviously. I had a messy Boo Manor and a terrible round two with Spat. I'll probably start streaming by the end of the week once I'm comfortable off notes!

the1stpkmnfan

2014-07-27 09:46:59 am

Snowboard Assassin

That's great, Swanbeans, 1:39:xx in any% isn't bad at all. Great job! And yes, I'm still interested in running this, too. I just haven't been keeping up to date with progress at the moment. With summer school and all.

I'm a little shy away from the WR, which is 1:25:44. I'm around 1:30:xx at the moment. What makes a difference is due to the Japanese version of the game having faster text.

I know the video I posted says the time is like 1:29:44. But from what I picked up, the time should start with selecting YEP-P to start the game, then end with Harmony telling me I win. Originally I said Spat getting hit with the Love Shot. But the victory dance makes a better end point.

LevelZeroToInfinity

2014-07-29 12:00:32 pm

Get on my level!

Good to know this thread still lives. I'm actually a brand new runner for the game and it's been pretty fun so far, been saving more time consistently. In response to the post above me, I still believe that the time ending on the second shot of Spat makes more sense. As it is technically the last real input you make in the game, the rest is in-game text (sort of like how Ocarina works with the final blow, or any other RPG Adventure game for that matter). I was wondering if the World Record time is still 1:25:44, because as I keep doing more runs, I am getting closer to possibly rivaling it (I have a 1:34 currently).

Keep this game and the thread alive, it's a really awesome speed game and the competition is cool. Maybe a race sometime, hmmm? Tongue

the1stpkmnfan

2014-07-29 05:50:09 pm

Snowboard Assassin

If that makes it a more appropriate way to end the time, then we won't mess with it then. Hitting Spat the 2nd time will be a good way to end the run. Smiley

I'm glad to see there is another runner for the game as well! I'll definitely be sure to have my runs up to date as possible.

As far as I'm concerned, that video is the only known run of the game to my knowledge. It is a Japanese version, yet no English WR speed run is known about. It would be great to bring this game out of obscurity.

If the pace of the game is still gonna be fix, with the text dialogue making a huge difference between versions. Still configuring how to work that out. I don't even know if GBA games in Japanese will work on a English GBA.

LevelZeroToInfinity

2014-07-29 08:41:01 pm

Get on my level!

I'm not sure if you can tell or not but i'm almost positive that's being ran on an emulator (the JP video, based on the brightness of the colors and the detail of the sprites). So if it's possible to find a Japanese rom for this game to use on emulator I'm sure that would be fine. It depends on the community if using an emulator would be valid. Personally, I see no issue with it, but I know many people tend to get up-in-arms about it.

the1stpkmnfan

2014-07-30 10:34:54 pm

Snowboard Assassin

Personally, I'm not too familiar on how to run an emulator with the actual game on hand. But yes, I do see what you mean given what the video shows. It does appear the game is ran on a emulator. Perhaps I missed that from its description or something. But no matter. This calls for some research down the road this weekend.

OtakuSRL

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OtakuSRL: 2014-07-30 11:48:45 pm

2014-07-30 11:47:30 pm

< ^ > < ^ >

Just a note, B spamming skips Dialogue ten times faster, just make sure to NOT press it too fast on dialogue conversations that has questions, as it auto-selects "No-P" once it gets to it, which can really ruin some things and kill a LOT of time, in a bad way, too, of course.

I have a fix to the emulator problem if anybody needs help with it, by the way. It's a modded-VBA which fixes the game-breaking bug of freezing on those "black sequences", although I'm not sure if that kills time, as well, in a "good" way. Probably just better off playing on an official console for serious runs, too, guys! This game is fun. Also, remember to hold B to run. Ooooooooops. Lol.

Quick edit: Oh, and "ported" the any% notes over. More of my thing.

http://pastebin.com/1GijEi06
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=1GijEi06

the1stpkmnfan

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the1stpkmnfan: 2014-07-31 08:14:22 pm

2014-07-31 08:11:37 pm

Snowboard Assassin

Pressing B will "B" your best friend in this run. Tongue

Awesome Otaku! I'm gonna check those out. Smiley

EDIT: As I'm reading it now, I feel the urge to edit the notes out so I'm more specific about my run. Any way we can work that out?

OtakuSRL

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OtakuSRL: 2014-07-31 11:36:28 pm

2014-07-31 11:33:23 pm

< ^ > < ^ >

Quote from the1stpkmnfan:

Pressing B will "B" your best friend in this run. Tongue

Awesome Otaku! I'm gonna check those out. Smiley

EDIT: As I'm reading it now, I feel the urge to edit the notes out so I'm more specific about my run. Any way we can work that out?

Sure! I found some of the steps to be geared towards people who played the game through very recently, I haven't played it in years so some steps were very confusing for me (so far), and I prefer to just learn the routing before going through the game again. I guess just PM me some steps or edit your post, and I will update the Pastebin, too, man! Smiley

Also, no TAS on this yet? Considering doing one, although I'm no master TASer, in this game it shouldn't be too hard. Maybe I'll start soon, I guess that would help, at least give us a time on how low things could be with the current route and no-glitch status.

Quick edit: Not sure if possible at the moment, since the game requires a custom emulator that fixes a game-breaking bug. Unfortunate.

[quote="the1stpkmnfan"]Pressing B will "B" your best friend in this run. :P

Awesome Otaku! I'm gonna check those out. :) EDIT: As I'm reading it now, I feel the urge to edit the notes out so I'm more specific about my run. Any way we can work that out?[/quote]

Sure! I found some of the steps to be geared towards people who played the game through very recently, I haven't played it in years so some steps were very confusing for me (so far), and I prefer to just learn the routing before going through the game again. I guess just PM me some steps or edit your post, and I will update the Pastebin, too, man! :)

Also, no TAS on this yet? Considering doing one,  although I'm no master TASer, in this game it shouldn't be too hard. Maybe I'll start soon, I guess that would help, at least give us a time on how low things could be with the current route and no-glitch status.

Quick edit: Not sure if possible at the moment, since the game requires a custom emulator that fixes a game-breaking bug. Unfortunate.

OtakuSRL

2014-08-01 01:05:13 am

< ^ > < ^ >

Nevermind, it uses the source for the re-recording version, I did not notice that, cool! Maybe I'll try some things, pretty focused on learning and practicing the game right now, though. Tongue

LevelZeroToInfinity

2014-08-01 09:50:50 pm

Get on my level!

Using a console for serious runs seems a little out-of-hand for this specific game, not only will most people not own the game, but owning a JP version seems even more difficult. Also as far as anything is concerned, it is absolutely not possible to glitch the game, another major factor being that you really can't do anything without getting something else, such as specific hamchats or items. I'm pretty sure you need the sling shot and the red marble in order to finish the game. Maybe only the sling shot, but don't you need to have a specific amount of couples rescued in order to get the love bomb? This games makes it really hard to even try and skip anything.

However, I did end up pulling off a hilarious glitch (the footage is lost now) where you mash B and a directional button as soon as the Scrub-E game starts, it'll launch you at the top of the screen and be indefinitely stuck until the game is over. More of a fun random bug, I don't think it'll be used for anything special, but a funny thing that happened to me recently.

Using a console for serious runs seems a little out-of-hand for this specific game, not only will most people not own the game, but owning a JP version seems even more difficult. Also as far as anything is concerned, it is absolutely not possible to glitch the game, another major factor being that you really can't do anything without getting something else, such as specific hamchats or items. I'm pretty sure you need the sling shot and the red marble in order to finish the game. Maybe only the sling shot, but don't you need to have a specific amount of couples rescued in order to get the love bomb? This games makes it really hard to even try and skip anything.

However, I did end up pulling off a hilarious glitch (the footage is lost now) where you mash B and a directional button as soon as the Scrub-E game starts, it'll launch you at the top of the screen and be indefinitely stuck until the game is over. More of a fun random bug, I don't think it'll be used for anything special, but a funny thing that happened to me recently.