Metareview - Cooking Mama (DS)

What is the 4 player wireless icon on the box for?

You can send a demo of the game wirelessly, most likely up to 3 more people at once.

If there aren't real recipies in it.. even Japanese ones then I'm not at all interested, but at least that answers the question i've been trying to solve.

I've found a good steak for less than $10. Stupid Yahoo! Games and its exorbitant lifestyle.

#3 - That's probably California pricing.

I got it and it's a decently fun game, especially for $20. It's just that it always makes me hungry for Japanese food. :3

I love this game! Well, I would love this game, but I can't pry it away from my mother.

This was the first game I bought for my new DS (along with Super Princess Peach...is my sex that obvious yet? And yes, I did get a pink DS =oP...don't underestimate my gaming interest though...sorry, got off-topic)...and I actually enjoy the game a bit. It's rather amusing and catchy. It's a fun concept...longetivity is an issue though...I can only make hard-boiled eggs so many times before it gets old. My Cooking Mama prowess probably outweighs my real-time cooking skills though. *sigh*

"I love this game! Well, I would love this game, but I can't pry it away from my mother."

Oh God, help us all! What happened to this site, when did it all go so horribly wrong?

I'm liking this trend of $20 games that don't seem like real games but turn out to be super-fun in the end.
*glances lovingly at Brain Age*

I got this the day it came out and I still havent conquered it. Some of cooking is harder than real life, and I'm a well-seasoned cook.

Darryl, moms playing video games is a good thing. I got my mom a Gamecube and SpongeBob: Battle for Bikini Bottom a couple years back. She started off slow, but sure enough got the hang of it, and beat the game and its sequel. She now owns a PS2 and is almost done with Sly Cooper and GTA3 (She loves that damned Grand Theft Auto, I tell you).

But the best part is that she actually _apologized_ to me for all the times she told me to stop playing games all day long. It only took a couple decades, but better late than never, right?

"Oh God, help us all! What happened to this site, when did it all go so horribly wrong?"

darryl, as soon as you joined. Seriously, stop trolling. Nobody likes it, and you're just making yourself more of a fanboy.

I actually think Cooking Mama is a bit underrated. Other than the lack of multi-player or the ability to wirelessly share recipes and such, what the hell were the reviewers expecting? If you're the kind of person that finds a concept like this appealing, then it'll most certainly get the job done for you.

Actually, futurebiblehero, this game seems like it's rated pretty fairly. Fun and quirky, but not too awesome.

What, did you expect reviewers to treat it like System Shock 3? Every game, no matter how good or bad, will appeal to SOMEONE. If that were the case, every review would end with, "But if you're into that kind of thing, this game is for you. 9."

I had high hopes for this game. As it is, it's still a good fun game, but I could see it being better. For instance, imagine a similar game with more realistic graphics and a storyline. You start out working at a greasy spoon truck stop or similar, and you hone your skills there. As you improve, your rating as a chef increases. Once you hit a certain point, you get an opportunity. The opportunities could be things like a stranded bus for an exclusive private school breaks down nearby and you have to cook for everyone. If you do a good job, you get offered a job at the exclusive school. Or a mob boss stops in and you get offered to be the private cook for a kingpin. Once at a different place, you get offered different opportunities and different jobs, eventually working your way to some ultimate goal like winning a chef competition or acquiring your own exclusive restaurant in NYC or Paris or Tokyo or such. Core gameplay would still come from the cooking itself, juggling multiple dishes at the same time, nailing them with accuracy and speed, maybe developing new recipes based on customer feedback.

It could be a great deal more involved game. I can handle a poor concept done in a mediocre manner, but it really bugs me when it seems like a great concept wasn't given its full opportunity to flourish.

"Darryl, moms playing video games is a good thing."

I agree. My mom still kicks my ass at Dungeon Keeper 1/2.

#8
"Oh God, help us all! What happened to this site, when did it all go so horribly wrong?"


When you started posting your asinine comments, Darryl.

This game makes me crave takoyaki sooo bad.
And now I heard they're considering bringing the Wii sequel to the States. Gotta support Mama!

My only disappointment with Cooking Mama is that there aren't any actual recipes!! Even though I've made dishes in the game, I have no idea how much flour, sugar, soy sauce or cooking time the real food takes.

It would be nice if the game gave you recipes after you've unlocked a certain amount of dishes.

$20 may include tax and tip. Don't know what the sales tax and tipping norm is in CA, but in some of the more expensive places like DC, tax is 10% while tip is 15%+.

Also the type of steak u buy and where. Filet Mignon at a higher class resturant will be significantly more than some sirlion at Denny's

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What is the 4 player wireless icon on the box for?
http://www.cooking-recipes.biz

I actually think Cooking Mama is a bit underrated. Other than the lack of multi-player or the ability to wirelessly share recipes and such, what the hell were the reviewers expecting? If you're the kind of person that finds a concept like this appealing, then it'll most certainly get the job done for you.