Hamepane : Tokyo Mew Mew

Hamepane: Tokyo Mew Mew for Game Boy Advance is a Japan-only puzzle adventure based on the Tokyo Mew Mew manga and anime. Developed by Winkysoft and published by Takara, it arrived in Japan on July 11, 2002.

The game turns the series’ bright magical-girl world into a picture-panel challenge. Players work with scrolling puzzle pieces, arranging them to restore complete illustrations drawn from the Tokyo Mew Mew setting.

Each successful puzzle reveals another image, with 70 pieces of artwork available to complete across the adventure. Finished pictures are kept available for viewing, giving the collection a gallery-like reward alongside the puzzles themselves.

Its story element responds to the player’s choices, so progress is not presented as a single fixed sequence. Different actions can alter how the tale develops and can also change the picture associated with a puzzle, tying decisions to the game’s visual rewards.

The adaptation draws on a series about Ichigo Momomiya and the other Mew Mews, a team of girls empowered by endangered-animal DNA to protect Tokyo from alien threats. Rather than adapting the franchise as a conventional action game, Hamepane centers its handheld experience on solving panels and uncovering its changing story.

As one of Takara’s two Tokyo Mew Mew games released in 2002, it captures the franchise during the period when its television anime had just begun airing in Japan. Its puzzle-focused format makes it a distinct companion to the series’ heroine-and-team adventure premise.