Some dishes let you decorate them once they're completed, and you can take photos of your creations, but overall, completing dishes grants you access to another dish you can then create, and there are 60 different items in total. Each step is represented by a minigame, such as mixing the batter, flattening the dough, or cutting up the fruit. Once that's done, you go through the steps of making the dish. You select the dish you want to make, which are all desserts and confectionaries for this entry. For everyone else, the concept is easy to pick up. If you've played any of the previous entries, you know exactly what to expect from this one. The latest game to hit is Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop, a title that was originally released in Japan three years ago. More than a decade later, the Cooking Mama franchise is still alive and well, even if the releases on the 3DS weren't as prolific as they were on the original DS.
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It was an oddity, but it was fun, and the series would end up becoming a long-running staple that eventually spawned spin-offs, where the titular Mama tended gardens or cared for pets. It was quaint, as several simple minigames were enough to create both simple and elaborate meals. Also, she is known for her entertaining reactions to mistakes that the player makes in the game.When the original Nintendo DS was released and people started to come to grips with stylus-controlled gaming, a title that eased them into this new method was Cooking Mama. She is known for speaking a mixture of Japanese and English. The voice behind Cooking Mama is voice actress Youko Nishino. They also added included them on Cooking Mama World Kitchen. Starting with Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic, they added multiplayer options. The most recent version is Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop, which is a Nintendo game that has only been in the US since Spring. Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, which was released on November 18, 2008, and Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop was released in November 2014 in Japan, and in April 2017 worldwide are two different games related to the Cooking Mama series.Īccording to Common Sense Media’s rating Cooking, Mama has 4 out of 5 stars, 67% on Metacritic, and 67% on GameFAQs. The first version of the game was created on September 12, 2006, the second version November 13, 2007, the third version October 20, 2009, the fourth version November 16, 2011, and the fifth version on November 13, 2013. But most of the versions are mainly played on the DS. It all depends on what version of the game you are playing. In some versions, there are jobs completed by doing a mini-game which is usually 10 seconds.Ĭooking Mama can be played on a DS, a 3DS, or a Wii. Then players use their finger to do kitchen jobs, including chopping vegetables, slicing meat, flipping food in pans, and putting the food on the plate. In Cooking Mama, the player has to cook different meals following the instructions that “Mama” gives them. There are about six different versions of the game which are Cooking Mama, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop, Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic, Cooking Mama 5:Bon Appetit! and Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop. The game was also awarded IGN’s “Best Of E3” award for 2006. Samantha Vasquez, From The Armijo Signal November 2017Ĭooking Mama was developed by Office Create and published by Taito, Majesco Entertainment, and 505 Games.