ハムスター物語
Hamster Story

Contents
1.Introduction
2 Manual Translation

                               1.Introduction

Released in Japan only on April 6th 2001 by Culture Brain, Hamster Story is a
virtual pet style simulation and was one of the last games released for the N64
in Japan. It is also the last game that Culture Brain released for the N64,
after the fighting games Fist of the Flying Dragon Twin and SD Legendary Fist of
the Flying Dragon, the dull Pro Mahjong Soldier 64, and the half-hearted money
grab; Nintamarantaro 64 Game Gallery. Culture Brain are still operating as of
2021 but it seems they have not released a game since 2017.

This game is the third game in an 8 game series which began the year before with
the amazingly titled Game Boy Color game, Ferret Story: My Dear Ferret. The last
release in the series was in 2003, "Hamster Story 3EX 4 Special" for the Game
Boy Advance. The N64 game was released for 7,128 yen (after tax) which was
reasonably high for an odd game on a dying system.

The story concerns a young pure hearted protagonist who is able to talk to
hamsters. Naturally.
Clearly the concept is a bit of a ripp-off of the manga and anime Hamtaro which
was first published in 1997. Several games were also made of Hamtaro, which
probably sold better than this effort. By 2002, the Hamtaro franchise had
generated $2.5 billion in merchandise sales. The latest release in the Hamtaro
franchise was an anime series that ended in 2013. The series was popular around
the world and still  resonates today.

                               Back of the box

SO CUTE!!
A Hamster raising game

Raise various types of hamster and record them in your encyclopedia!
There are 10 different types of hamster to raise.

There are so many cute characters!
Listen to their lovely cute voices, and watch them play! It's a game that is
just as fun to watch!

Enter a fanstasy world!
For all anime, game and character fans! A lovely story about hamsters and their
human owners.

There are many ways to play!
Become involved in contests and races!
Enjoy playing each of the games in Party Mode!

                              2.Manual Translation

Welcome to the Hamster World
Near to your house is a small forest. If you peek into a hole in the biggest
tree in that forest, I wonder where you will end up? With all your courage climb
into the hole! After climb down for a long time, the hole will turn sideways,
into a cold underground tunnel. If you pass through it, you will find the
Hamster World. There mysterious and loveable hamsters enjoy living.
Look! If you listen carefully, I wonder if you can hear them talking and
laughing? This is a world that you know little about. One day the main
character, a young local, met a mysterious old person…

Contents

How to start the game
On the start screen you have the following options
はじめから – Start the story mode from the beginning

つづきから Load a file from your controller pak

パ-ティモード Up to 2 players can join a Hamster Race, take a love test or have their
personalities checked in the fortune telling mode.

After starting a new game, please enter a name for the main character and their
hamster using the 3D Stick, and A / B Buttons.

Main controls

On the room screen
A Button – Confirm
B Button – Cancel

In the Raising Case
A Button – Use the cursor / Confirm
B Button – Turn the cursor display on or off / Cancel
C Buttons – Turn the command window on or off

Room screen

Watch your hamsters
Shop
Calendar        - Check the competition schedule
Hamster Internet
Take hamsters in or out
Go to the next week
Options – Save or load. Look at the encyclopedia(図鑑) or read your memories
(思い出).

The year, month and week number are shown to the left of those options, and the
amount of money you currently have is to the right of that.

You can keep up to 4 hamsters at a time. Each hamster’s names will be displayed.
You will start the game with 1,500 yen and you can save up to 999,900 yen.

Each of your hamsters has various stats, which change week by week according to
how you care for them. These stats are not shown in the game but in all the
pictures in the manual. They are as follows
Stamina
Swiftness
Cuteness

Normal Flow of the game

Watch your Hamsters
You can watch or touch your hamsters with this option The hamsters have many
types of personalities. Think about what kind of hamster you would like to
raise, you are their owner! Be careful to check how much food they have, they
eat a certain amount of food every day. If they eat it all a sad event many
happen…

Shop
Useful items for raising hamsters are sold here. Also you can ask the old shop
owner advice about raising hamsters, so even if you don’t want to buy anything
make sure you go there. Be careful, you can’t return the things you buy from
there, so make sure you check carefully before you buy a certain amount of food.

Go to the next week
End the day and confirm this week’s Hamster Raising Plan and advance to the next
week. The effect of this week’s Hamster Raising Plan will be displayed, so
please apply what you have learned. Every month, your mother will give you 1000
yen.

Hospital
They heal hamsters if they are ill or have injuries. If their condition is poor
it is easy for them to get ill or become injured. If you end up having to go to
the hospital, without getting confused, please take them there as soon as
possible. Be careful, hamsters may often become ill or injured. In that case
make sure you save some money for their medical fees, 1000 yen for adult
hamsters and 500 yen for young hamsters.

Apply to enter a competition
Hamster competitions are held once a week. If you apply at the shop, adult
hamsters can enter competitions, but if your hamster does not have a high enough
rank it will be unable to enter the competition. Be careful, you must apply to
enter the competition from between 4 or 1 weeks in advance. The expensive and
popular competitions quickly fill up. Check the calendar and apply quickly.

Enter the competition
The competitions are either races or beauty competitions.
If your hamster has a high swiftness stat, they will run faster, if they have a
tall body their stamina will be higher but depending on each hamsters condition
their results will vary.
The beauty competitions are based on what tricks your hamsters can do, if they
do not know any tricks they cannot enter. The judges will watch the tricks and
give your hamster a score.
Depending on the judge they will give different tricks different scores. The
hamster with the most points will win, but even if you only place third you can
still win some prize money.

Breeding
If you have two adult hamsters of different genders you can take them out of the
care case and put them in the breeding case, and they will have a pup (a baby
hamster). But each hamster has a different
personality. If they are bad then it will not go well. Note, even if you put two
adults in the breeding case, they will not necessarilly have a pup. Before you
put them in the case
you should check. Also if a pup is born, then the breeding case will be swapped
out for the large case for that pup.

Watching your Hamster - page 5
On the room screen if you choose the "かんさつ Watch your hamsters" action the game
will display the care case. If you press the B button now your hand will be
displayed. You can use it to pet the hamsters or make them learn tricks.
Use the D Pad to move the cursop and press A to confirm. The C buttons open the
command window. The commands are as follows.

Care おせわ
Touch ふれあい
入り返る
Breeding case 飼育ケース
Rearange 模様替え
Item アイテム
Go back もどる

Care opens the following coptions

Cleaning そうじ - Clean the case
Feed エサ - Choose food
Report レポート - Show the hamster raising diary
Hospital 病院 - Take a hamster to hosptial
Nursing 看病 - Nurse a hamster
Hamster ハムスター - Check their abilities

Touch opens the following options

Touch ふれあい - Touch your hamster
Discipline しつけ - Discipline your hamster
Treat ごちそう - Give them a snack
Raising method 育て方 - Decide your raising method for that week
Hamster ハムスター - Check their abilities
Rearange 模様替え - Rearrange the objects in the case
Breeding case 飼育ケース - Move them to the breeding case
Item アイテム - Check an item or throw one away
もどる - Go back to the room screen

Hand icons
As the game progresses you will be able to do more actions with your hand. If
you want to restrict where the hamster moves around in the case use the two
fingered action to move them.

1 Finger - Stroke the hamster
2 Fingers - Pick them up and move them
Stick - Use it to poke them
String - Stroke them with the string
Tissue - It tickles!
CD - Change the music!

About care actions

Cleaning
If the case is not clean then your hamster will become sick. But if you clean
the case too often then your hasmter will lose ????, so a balaence is
necesssary. You can clean the case
once a day. At that time you can throw away any broken items.

Feed
You can decide what food to give to you hamster this week in this menu. Please
buy the food from the shop. When you start the game you won't have much money so
your food choices will be limited.
The number by the food indicates how much is left. If it runs out, please buy
some more. Use the D Pad to select the food and press A to confirm. You can also
set the amount in the same way.
If you don't change the settings every week, then the same food and amount will
be given next week too. Your hamster will not like it if you always give it the
same food, so please change it now and then.
Hamsters also have prefrences, foods they like or dislikes, and these
perferences may change. Press the B button to go back to the previous menu.
Types of food available

Cheese - A food that mice typically like
Healthy Food - A healthy food with low calories
Nuts/Berries -  Naturally delicious
Worms - Looks horrible, but some hamsters like them
Sweet corn - It's smell is irresitable
Luxurious fruit
Fruit
Vegetables
Wild grass - refreshing herbs
High class pellets - Contains a good balance of nutrients
Pellets - Contains a balance of nutrients

Report
You can read the cute sentences in the hamster raising diary. Please don't skim
read it, use it's information to take care of your hamster.

Hospital
You can take your hamster to hospital. Any illnesses will be revealed at the
start of the week. But going to the hospital costs money. Adults are 1,000 yen
and pups are 500 yen. If you don't help your hamster get better something sad
will happen.

Nursing
You can take care of sick hamsters. Unlike the hospital, it doesn't cost any
money but they may not get better or heal their injuries. In order not to create
a difficult situation, please take good care of their health.

Hamster
You can check various things such as the hamsters health condition here.

Touch ふれあい - page 7
Touch ふれあい
Discipline しつけ
Treat ごちそう
Raising method 育て方
Hamster ハムスター
Breeding case 飼育ケース
Rearange 模様替え
Breeding case 飼育ケース

About formal marriage interviews - page 8
Item アイテム
Hamster ハムスター

About the calendar - page 9

About the shops - page 10

About the drawers - page 11
Advancing the weeks
Options
Competitions

Party Mode - 14

Solve your worries! Q&A Corner - page 15

Hamster Encyclopedia - page 16
HamNET

The main characters - page 17

Hamster Types - page 18

Questionaire Page 20