Not really any worse than a typical game review, though poorly written as has always been Gamespot's style. This sentence made me ???: "Little to nothing has been futzed with formulaically, with just a couple of half-baked mode additions and some lame customization elements rounding out the package."

The Majesco employee also took some things out of their context: the review states "But if you played last year's game and prefer a bit more forward progress from your sequels, you can safely leave this one alone" vs. just "you can safely leave this one alone."

My wife has both Cooking Mama DS games, and the value for the price ($20 dlls), its good.

It has enough content, good controls, and nice graphics. Its a lot better than nother shallow shovelware minigames.

This games are not sholveware... both Cookinng Mama are above average casual games... 8/10.

Is your wife a life sized Miyamoto blow up doll?








(Had to do it)

Hey, I've got one of those!

So what if it sold a million copies? Madden does every year. That doesn't mean it doesn't suck.

Fernando wouldn't stick it to Miyamoto ...





... he'd take it.
(so sorry)

Majesco: 0

Literacy: 1

lmao, nice catch. I missed that completely. XD

Heh, was going to comment, but see that you beat me to it.

Maybe not an 8 year old girl, but they did hire that lame girl team...what was their name again? All I can remember is "Yay, weapons of mass destruction!" and "Alright! World War 3!".

Wrong. There aren't many "casual" gamers on websites like Gamespot and IGN. They rate games based not on how much of a diversion they can be, but how FUN the yare. Somehow i doubt anyone at GS and IGN think that Cooking Mama is more fun than Metal Gear Solid.

The Frag Dolls! They truly do suck.

Liquid is right, it wouldn't make sense for some 8 year old to review cooking mama for a magazine. Casual gamers don't seek out any kind of review or advice when getting a game. That is how things like Carnival Games, Mario and Sonic Olympics, and pretty much every other wii game sell so well.

A 7 year old would think any game is fun. Kids are usually dumb and have little to no taste in good games. This explains why Ratatoullie (fuck that spelling) sold so well

"Liquid is right, it wouldn't make sense for some 8 year old to review cooking mama for a magazine. Casual gamers don't seek out any kind of review or advice when getting a game."

Of course they don't. There are no gaming magazines gears toward anybody buy males age 12-24. Why would they read it?
That doesn't mean those magazines should consider expanding, though. Lord knows that with the way the publishing industry is dying off, especially gaming magazines, expanding their audience probably won't be a bad idea.

However, people who aren't jaded elitist pricks should be selected, which is how a lot of critics (of all genres of media, really) wind up

So, anyone who doesn't like tossed-off mundane mini-games = elitist prick?

@Mr Khan

Agreed. That's why Rolling Stone Mag doesn't tell me what music to listen to and Roger Ebert doesn't tell me what movies to watch. These establishments, like Gamespot, just can't see the forest through the trees anymore.

Sorry, skittles. Have to disagree. Why? Well, look at one of IGNs old reviews on a Dora the Explorer game. Don'r remember which one, fucks sake, all license games tend to blend together after a while anyway. But that's beyond the point. The point, my dear lady, is that this review was written with fairly high marks and stating several times in the review that it was a damn fine game for younger gamers. Despite the fact that this reviewer was a roided jacked gunfest affictionato, he was able to give the review a fair shake.

Now, look about these reviews...
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ds/cookingmama?q=cooking%20mama

You'll notice IGN and Gamespot pretty much agreed on Cooking Mama, and not suprisingly enough, I agree as well. The game lacked any form of direction or progress, it was simply make this, unlock recipes. There wasn't even a true feeling of accomplishment as the most you would get is a "good job" and back to the menu system you go. Facing facts, even for a casual game, Cooking Mama was subpar as you'll notice Yahoo Games, and outlet which preachs about casual experiences said the same thing.

Now, because these games are not targeted to gamers, does this mean we should leave the reviews up to the nongamers? After all, a nongamer would be fucking dazzled out their skull at blowing on the screen to cool down some coffee. Us? We've seen it. And non gamers typically do not know what bad games and good games are. Let me tell you the danger inherent in this situation.... my mother. She's a recent DS owner and has, to date, bought 8 games. If not for the fact that I direct her what games to buy now, she would have sold her system. Most casual games prey on consumer ignorance and, frankly, casual games should be held up to the same standards as non casual games. After all, Gamma Wave and Brain Training are the same price, one is only slightly stupid, the other is pure liquid ass. Just because the game is casual does not give it the excuse to be bad.

@Shmil: That's more of a statement against the parents. "Lil' Joey likes this movie, so the game is probably good." Dumbasses.

All you do in Call of Duty is shoot soldiers over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over.

Different games for different people.

It can't be THAT hard to understand, can it?

Hey now that's not true.
Sometimes you call in airstrikes

If they are such wastes of time why did you feel the need to pick up the sequel when you didn't like the first time?

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The internet should have an age verification.

I don't think I like your tone....

@bm: I second that.

@Liquid Ocelot: Have you ever played Cooking Mama? You realize that there is an audience for every game, right? Like CoD4 is for males 13-25ish. Cooking Mama is for many ages because it is casual. You may not understand the concept, but some people who happen to play videogames occasionally have something else to do other than chug Mountain Dew and play CoD4 for 50 hours straight.

Call of duty 4 takes about as much strategy as getting dressed in the morning, though I understand both actions might be perplexing to you.

And I don't think I like yours, "I'm too lazy to come up with a good nickname so I'll just use the same name as a character from MGS4". Nothing Princess Skittles said (who I'm assuming the comment was directed at since she's the only you've called wrong thus far) was wrong if your post was any indication. Everything you said sans lobbing grenades IS "Shoot other guy". It may be "Wait before shooting other guy", but it still includes "Shooting", "other", and "guy" with the end result being the other guy gets shot.

I know she has this disease called "Difference of Opinion" where she finds games you might not like awesome and vice-versa, but thats not any reason to come up with strawman arguments as to why she's wrong. Just grow up, accept other people may think a game is "the shit" while you may think its just plain "shit", realize that theres nothing wrong with this, and move on.

I think I´m in love... Princess Skittles beated Liquid =)

@fernando
Its just "beat", not beated. I understand english is your second language, and I just thought you may like to know. Lord knows I don't know how to conjugate verbs in spanish anymore. Also "has beaten" is acceptable.

Thanks Shmil... I like english suggestions =)

I like Princess and I like Skittles too... =p

I must admit that i haven't played Cooking Mama, but i've seen it, and it's upsetting someone took the time to put it together. Maybe my example wasn't great, but still COD4 is "kill kill kill" is as good an explanation as basketball is shoot ball in hoop. defend ball from going into hoop. repeat." As for my name....f*ck you. :)

Killing > cooking.