Talk:Hungry Hungry Hippos/Archive 1

Cultural References
In The Episode of the Simpsons entitled Mr. Plow, Homer says, "Now we play the waiting game... Eh, the waiting game sucks, lets play Hungry Hungry Hippos." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.47.194.56 (talk) 17:39, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Not just a kids Game
For one, think that the article undercuts the level of skill necessary to beat a worthy opponent. Hungry Hungry Hippos,is more so comparable to sports like kickboxing or chess, as it tests the might of all competitors. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.15.55.127 (talk) 19:35, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Comparing Hungy Hungy Hippos to Kickboxing is by far the funneist thing i've ever read. 82.3.48.129 (talk) 21:50, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

I've heard that the Triads use Hungry Hungry Hippos as a way to settle territorial disputes when they want to avoid all out gang wars. Stub Mandrel (talk) 19:23, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Picture
This article would be enhanced *inifinitely* by a picture of the apparatus.82.26.77.171 (talk) 20:56, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I've just found my copy, but the box is long gone and the balls are in a completely different toybox... still worth taking a pic of it? JaffaCakeLover (talk) 15:35, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Hippo names and colours by iterations
I think the article could be well served by a table illustrating the colour changes and the 'character' name changes. Comments? Lordandrei (talk) 01:55, 15 December 2009 (UTC)


 * NO Winston Spencer (talk) 22:03, 19 November 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm inclined to say the section should be removed completely unless sourced. The only references I've found for the names are blogs and other user-submission sites.--Badmoon36 (talk) 13:16, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

New commercial campaign for HHH... new manufacturer?
I watch Cartoon Network quite a bit and I have noticed that there is a new advertising campaign for Hungry Hungry Hippos. I wouldn't be that curious about it, but the manufacturer listed isn't Hasbro or M.B.! I actually came to Wikipedia to see if this property changed hands and it doesn't look like it's made it here yet. It also appears that the design has changed quite a bit from the 1980s when I had a copy of the game. Sorry that I don't remember the manufacturer name... I will try to take note of the name and post it... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.223.65.209 (talk) 22:43, 22 October 2010 (UTC)

UK name
For some reason the UK version of this game only has/had one "Hungry" in the title -- ie "Hungry Hippos". Box pic from Argos website I say "has/had" because on the Amazon.co.uk page it does have the three-word name. I have no idea why the difference. 86.141.197.229 (talk) 03:04, 24 December 2010 (UTC)

Why does no-one ever reply to people's talk pages on Wikipedia?95.145.206.202 (talk) 19:47, 21 August 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't know, but I do remember the game being advertised in the UK with only one "hungry". Pastychomper (talk) 10:18, 21 January 2020 (UTC)

Uncited materials
In 2011, Australian Sam Collins took out the Far North Coast Hungry Hippo regional finals, defeating Hungry Hippo'er Kieran Kennedy in a nailbiting finals series. Sam beating Kieran 43-31 to become world rank number 1. This world ranking lasted until September 2013 when Sarah Tait won the regional final against Sam 37-33. In 2015 Hippo'er Lincoln Crooks broke the all time marbles eaten with a highscore of 72-2 against James Todd. James Todd has lost all tournaments in the opening rounds, cementing himself as the least successful Hungry Hippo'er in the history of the game. MatthewVanitas (talk) 22:56, 30 September 2017 (UTC)

Agatsuma's Hungry Game
Does anyone have a reliable source for the claim that Fred Kroll published the idea for Hungry Hungry Hippos in 1967? Ideally with some indication of how and where the idea was published (to help avoid citogenesis)?

A Mental Floss article asserts that he licensed the game from Agatsuma (アガツマ), a Japanese company, citing an obituary from the trade magazine Playthings. The English version of the company timeline on Agatsuma's website states that they "launched" Hungry Game ("soon to be known as 'Hungry Hungry Hippos' in U.S.") in 1977 — wording that doesn't technically rule out the possibility of Kroll inventing the game earlier.  Their timeline in Japanese doesn't mention Hungry Game, but seems to support the Playthings obit by noting that they released "Hungry Hippo" [sic] in America that year with Hasbro, via a license agreement.

Hungry Game (ハングリーゲーム) does at least exist, as evidenced from online auctions such as this. As a side note, only one of the marble-gobbling animals in Hungry Game is a hippopotamus; the others are a gorilla, a crocodile, and a lion. —I&#39;m Gonna Regret This Username (talk) 01:32, 14 November 2021 (UTC)