Iron Chef game listed, then pulled

by Justin McElroy { Jan 7th 2008 at 9:00AM }

We always enjoyed Cooking Mama, but always felt that it lacked one of the most important qualities for any video game: Seething machismo. So it makes perfect sense to us that someone would stumble on the idea of creating a cooking game based on Iron Chef America, the second-manliest show on TV (you win this round, Deadliest Catch).

The game appears to be on the brink of an announcement, with a listing appearing and disappearing on Gamestop's website for DS and Wii versions of the game, and Siliconera's Spencer Yip indicating that an IC game was being created at Destineer. (Yes, that Destineer). We're already sharpening our knives in anticipation, but we have to ask: To whom do we have to give World's Best Backrub Coupons to get Alton Brown in the game?

Tags: alton-brown, cooking, cooking-mama, destineer, iron-chef

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JodyAnthony (death by snoo-snoo) @ Jan 7th 2008 9:04AM

Woo! Alton Brown!

and i will totally buy an Iron Chef game. Especially if it had online battles. That would be killer

Neon Jebus @ Jan 7th 2008 9:25AM

I love Alton Brown! I'm a Good Eats junkie.

As for the game...well it might be fun to play once or twice but I don't see how it would work out. I mean, you would only make the dishes they set up for a certain battle. I wonder if I'll be able to use liquid nitrogen and the infusion cooker?

Intentless @ Jan 7th 2008 9:27AM

Deadliest catch is probably the "manliest" show on tv considering they a working one of the most dangerous jobs this world has to offer... I don't really see any huge manly factors with iron chef though... Not that it isn't manly just not a show I would put in my list of manly shows...

Poolikus @ Jan 7th 2008 9:29AM

This isn't the first Iron Chef game, but count me in.
(Iron Chef was made for the Sega Saturn in Japan.)

jsn @ Jan 7th 2008 9:41AM

sweet cooking mama with different graphics. This ia a sure fire winner..................................

JodyAnthony (death by snoo-snoo) @ Jan 7th 2008 9:50AM

the first Cooking Mama was a ton of fun, especially for only $20. The wii version was pretty good too. Haven't picked up CM2 for DS, but I will.

jsn @ Jan 7th 2008 10:28AM

It was fun for a few hours, but it just wasn't challenging at all. It was simply a matter of knowing how to chop, stir or do whatever other motion that was called for, with the Wiimote. Once you get those things down there wasn't much to it. Too many Wii games fail the four hour test with me. Ie. it's still fun after four hours of playing.

PhrawzT @ Jan 7th 2008 10:17AM

The Saturn version was just a virtual tour of Kitchen Stadium and not an actual game. There were proposed games for PS1 and PS2 that were both scrapped. I would rather see a Iron Chef game based on the Japanese show. Chairman Kaga FTW!

Cheese Muffin @ Jan 7th 2008 10:50AM

Agree'd.

The Japanese show had a lot more charm to it if you ask me. 'Iron Chef America' is just basically a platform for Food Network to whore out these weaksauce chefs.

Neon Jebus @ Jan 7th 2008 11:11AM

I think the Japanese chefs had a lot more talent. That being said I really like most of the chefs on the American version. Batali is a stick in the mud on that show and I've heard he might be leaving.

Morimoto doesn't get enough screen time and I think that is a shame. He is amazing.

I like Chef Symon but that laugh of his is terrible. I really think John Besh should have won. They need a French style Chef. Symon has a style too close to Cora.

ThornedVenom @ Jan 7th 2008 10:37AM

Those 5 chefs better be able to summon Captain Pastafari, or Cakezord.

paragraph @ Jan 7th 2008 10:48AM

I still maintain that Cooking Mama is the best Cooking Simulator for the DS. But if this game isn't too lame i might get it and revise my statement.

Neon Jebus @ Jan 7th 2008 11:12AM

I just want to call in the Paula Deen combo breaker!

mr nimblewick @ Jan 7th 2008 11:27AM

I've been waiting for an Iron Chef game. Too bad about the developer, though.

paragraph @ Jan 7th 2008 11:33AM

Well, it could be worse, it could have a totally random Developer, like lets say Infinity Ward, imagine an Iron Chef Game made by the makers of CoD, it would totally blow because they don't have any experiance with out of the ordinary games. At least we can all say that this dev hasn't shown it'sef as a crap factory... yet.