If you've ever wondered where the three adorable cats who star in Choko-Chai's escape games come from, play the insanely cute The Three Bamboo Princesses and wonder no more, as it explains these beautiful kitty girls are in fact magical bamboo princesses, whose foster parents lock them up out of love to try to avoid losing their beloved cats. To help them escape, just click around to interact, keeping an eye out for certain twinkles and watching when your cursor changes if it passes over something you can click on. If you're really stuck, you might need to use one of the cats to help you... press the kitty icon in the lower-left corner while looking at what you're trying to interact with, and if she says "leave it to us", you can usually click a navigation arrow to back out of the current viewpoint to see the cats sitting in a row. Just click all three of them until you find the one who tells you she can help, then click on whatever you were trying to interact with before. It's a little clunky, to say the least, but it's also super cute, as we may have mentioned. The Three Bamboo Princesses may be a little rough around the edges, but Choko-Chai's puzzles and sweet stories are always a welcome delight, and there are a few clever conundrums to conquer here as well. With two endings to find, The Three Bamboo Princesses will cure what ails you, provided what ails you is a serious deficiency in royal fairytale cats solving puzzles through teamwork.
Ohhh I do love Choko-Chai escapes! I have to agree with the review that the mechanics are often clunky for these games, and this one isn't an exception. But the puzzles are great! The second ending is a bit sneaky, but I got it.
"Sneaky"... no kidding. I got both endings and I'm still not sure how I did it.
hey, it helps to read the review BEFORE you play . . . I was stuck for a bit until
got the happy ending, now going back for the, erm, unhappy one?
normal end? check. knowing what I did to get the normal end? hmm.
the only things I did differently are
and these don't seem to add up to much. Squiddly's right; sneaky indeed.
For the happy ending
Aarg !!!
Wooden Box
Weight
For the wooden box,
OK - found out what the key was for and that sorted out the weight - so progress being made.
OK, clear.
@ Bobo The Bear
Thanks! I tried several times to get the happy ending, but to no avail. I can now be satisfied and done with this game
Utterly and horribly stuck. How do you ask for advice from the cats?
Tried using knife on marble in wall. Nope.
Can't see shining thing in closet. Annoying.
Got a "levels" clue I can't use anywhere & a word puzzle I've no clue for.
Have a weight, stepstool, broom, knife, pincers, red thing & blue thing (placed).
Helpful tip, just highlight the stool when you want to use it.
Google Account URL:
To expand on @Google-account's tip about the step-stool:
Beautiful looking game.
Ah... so now we know these are not cats, they are girls, just like Hello Kitty.
Thanks, Dora, this game is adorable! Especially the little phrase, "I did it!"
I'm stuck but need to get some sleep ... will check back later to see if there are more clues.
Stuck good and hard.
Have:
Aha, POP (and taking a break for lunch)!
looking forward to the walkthrough :)
There is NOTHING happy about either of those endings. :(
I can't figure out the letter code. I think
has something to do with it, but maybe I'm wrong?
@marshallangela88
Very nice game as usual.
FYI the story is a remake of a classical japanese tale known in English as "Princess Kaguya" or "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" - look it up for more details
Thank you for that hint, I was stuck pretty badly.
What's a seder plate doing in a Japanese folk tale? And it's even still Passover!
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