Oeka Kids: Anpanman to Oekaki Shiyou!! Nintendo

Anpanman is one of the most popular anime cartoon series in Japan since 1968. This is one of two Anpanman games in the Oeka Kids series released on the NES.

The game uses a peripheral, a tablet that works similar to a PC mousepad that you move around and control the screen actions. The tablet comes with the game, and you cannot play without it. There is emulation available to help anyone without the hardware to play this, although due to emulation's grey-area I will not discuss it in more detail.

If you switch on the game without the tablet in the Expansion Port, you will only get a title screen. After you plug in the tablet it will automatically go to the game, although it is usually recommended by the game companies that you switch off the console first, plug in the device, then switch the NES back on.

During the game there are several tasks to do. Each game, however, has a menu at the top to alter it, and the door icon is for exiting back to the main menu.

The tablet technology is a little old, so do not hammer it with commands. If you think the command isn't getting through then simply wait a second and try again.