I knew going in that this was a horror game, thanks to ToadBup's video on Kitty Kart 64. But even so, I was kinda surprised by what I saw, both in a positive and negative way. On a positive note, I appreciate the gradual buildup to the whole town desiring Hamtaro's flesh, as the static infects their minds...
But on the other hand... why is the monster just...MissingNo.? I think you could have come up with some other glitch-themed creature to serve as the villain, because it being MissingNo. just feels off to me.
And speaking of glitches, there is this one glitch if you get near a bridge on your scooter, resulting in Hamtaro and the scooter splitting from each other until you get off the scooter. And worse, at one point during play, I got stuck in a corner between a hill and a bridge, meaning I had to start a whole new game because of how this game saves wherever you chose to quit.
Everything else, I appreciate. I enjoy zipping around and bouncing off of hills, and the bonus of the scooter time trial was nice. I just wish there was more to it. I even enjoya engaging with the dialogue, including with Bunjamin. I hate that guy.
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Actually, hear me out: what if instead of the villagers getting a craving for flesh, it's Hamtaro who does?
In a remake by your team or someone else, instead of the game revolving around MissingNo., have that line about Hamtaro deciding to not eat that first day have more significance. Give us the option of whether Hamtaro should eat any of the meals he cooks, or just gives them to the villagers.
Give us a happy ending if the player can satiate both the village and Hamtaro himself, throughout the game. Give us a bad ending if we either keep all the food to ourselves, or only feed the town. And it could all be done with an alteration of the canonical ending:
When Bunjamin invites Hamtaro over, the result depends on how you played. Have Bunjamin try to be nice if you did everything right. Have Bunjamin get angry at you if you deprived the village. Have Hamtaro have a bad feeling about this, if you deprived Hamtaro, leading to two different scenarios: 1. If you choose not to go, Hamtaro will die of starvation. 2. If you do go, Hamtaro will end up eating Bunjamin, and maybe three different paths could occur: Hamtaro loses it and goes on a killing spree, Hamtaro simply covers up what he did and moves on, or Hamtaro admits to his guilt and is punished.