Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer!

by The Learning Company

Product Features

• Join the Ham-hams to find Penelope
• Helps build addition and subtraction skills
• Geometric shape recognition
• Phonics
• Ages 4-7

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00009VRG9
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: October 1, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #40,834 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

In this learning adventure, the Ham-Hams are happily at play when suddenly, no one can find Penelope! This youngest Ham-Ham was last seen going into one of Boss' new tunnels. To make matters worse, Snoozer has fallen asleep right in front of the opening and no one can wake him!

Kids use their learning power and teamwork to help Hamtaro and the rest of the Ham-Hams wake up Snoozer, find Penelope, and save the day!

Features:

• Learning adventure that offers fun with the Ham-Hams!
• Five activities to build skills in simple addition and subtraction, geometric shape identification, phonics, letter recognition, logical thinking, and more!
• Multiple levels of difficulty, auto-leveling
• Printable activities for fun away from the computer

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very cute. A little better than most., February 7, 2004

By 

S.McPherson (Southern USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! (CD-ROM)

Having a 13 yr old and an 8 yr old who have both grown up in front of the computer, I have owned a lot of "educational" computer software. My 8 yr old daughter is a huge fan of Hamtaro and had this game on her Christmas list. It really is made for younger children, but my daughter has enjoyed playing it. Mostly because she can interact with the Hamtaro characters. She was able to complete the whole game in a couple of hours, but has played it through many times since we got it. Her only complaint is that the characters don't have the same actors' voices as they do in the show... Heck, I couldn't tell the difference!

So it is definitely cute, fun, and Ham-Fans will enjoy interacting with the Ham-Ham characters.

Educationally speaking: it is on the same level as most of the BETTER academic software designed for this age group. The instructions are easy to understand and the activities don't become boring 2 seconds into them. Keep in mind that once any of these kinds of 'educational' games are mastered, the child isn't really learning anything more from it. Though with repeat play they are cementing those skills acquired. And this game does seem to have more replay value than most. Considering my daughter is unwilling to let me sell it yet!

I think it is worth the cost of the software, especially compared to the cost of other "less useful" educational games.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fairly Academic, December 11, 2003

By 

Andrew Taber - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hamtaro: Wake Up Snoozer! (CD-ROM)

Before I review this I must say that I live in Japan and there are no quality educational software programs for sale in Japanese. It's ironic that this popular Japanese cartoon has made an educational game only in English. That being said, I found this game was above average but not spectacular. My four-year-old daughter completed the game in about four hours of play. She loves the Hamutaro character in Japan and was excited to play it. She took two sessions to complete it. This game pushes acaedmics fairly well without being boring. There are some counting exercises, animal matching and sequencing exercises, and beginning reading exercises--just to name a few. I recommend it if your pre-schooler likes Hamutaro.