Unlike previous Hamtaro entries on Nintendo platforms, this game consists of a singular hub world navigated using the touchscreen.This was the most recently released handheld Hamtaro game. Because the game was released five years after the Hamtaro anime was cancelled in the United States, the US release includes a short cutscene re-introducing each character. Interestingly, the song that plays during the cutscene is from the anime's Japanese intro theme. Minigames The minigame types include:Fashion Show with Dexter -coloring Juice Stand with Bijou - cooking memory gameHide and seek with Cappy - matching gameShadow Quiz with Snoozer - shadow matching gameJump rope with Sandy and StanNumbers with Jingle - musical chairs/counting game Play Shopping with Howdy - paying with exact changeSchool with Maxwell - countingBlock Puzzle with PandaTreasure Hunt with Boss - maze gamePicking Food with Oxnard - description matching gamePicnics with Penelope and Pashmina - memory game
