Gardening Mama to sprout in Spring
by Jason Dobson 
{ Dec 3rd 2008 at 9:30AM }
Tired of wrestling with assorted meats and vegetables, Mama has moved from the confines of Majesco's kitchen and into the fresh outdoors, or at least she will next Spring when Gardening Mama is released for the Nintendo DS. Developed by the folks responsible for Mama's culinary exploits, the game will allow players to "plant, nurture and harvest" flowers, fruits and veggies growing in her backyard.Perhaps this is the beginning of a trend for Mama as she explores the world outside of her kitchen to discover firsthand just where her ingredients come from. We gleefully await the arrival of Slaughterhouse Mama to deliver some delicious reindeer steaks just in time for next year's holiday rush.
[Via DS Fanboy]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
(The Award-Winning) dark_inchworm @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:40AM
I find the Mama series absolutely hysterical, for some reason. Can't get enough of it.
How about Lobotomy Mama?
Shagittarius @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:05PM
How about 'Extermination Camp Mama'?
Courtney @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:37PM
The next big crossover:
Deer Hunter Mama.
Kamizar @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:42AM
Will it teach me to grow, Cannabis?
kaneda26 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:03AM
Will it teach me to love again?
Kamizar @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:11AM
I don't see a ring on her fingers...
In fact, i don't see fingers at all...
Erluti @ Dec 3rd 2008 9:46AM
While gardening is acceptable, she is leaving the house without releasing a "Clothes Washing Mama" game. Soon she's gonna be a "Voting Mama" and eventually a "First Woman President Mama" without ever being a "Stay-at-Home Mama".
These video games are corrupting the minds of our children!
Szu @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:17AM
I think Nintendo will have a lot of say about what happens to Mama.
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=254
Travis @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:59AM
"One glass of wine a day, Mama"
"Explaining to the neighbors that she fell down and that's how she got the bruises on her arms, Mama"
Mr Khan @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:06AM
Ouch, vgcats failed pretty hard there. Nintendo has no say in where mama goes
Burritoclock @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:37PM
You failed, it's a comic strip made for humor, not a historical document...
The Dark Wayne @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:04AM
so are radical environmentalists going to change this so Mama burns down her entire neighborhood's lawns with terrible glee?
Burritoclock @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:09AM
As a fan of Cooking Mama, I don't see this being that successful. Gardening just doesn't have the appeal of cooking at all.
But I could be wrong, it's happened once or twice.
Evan @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:29AM
My observation is that gardening has a lot of appeal. I've known a couple of woman moving from an apartment to a house, and they talked and dreamed of how they were going to have a garden!
I expect the appeal of gardening is even greater in Japan, where many families live in apartments and cannot have real gardens.
Mr Khan @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:08AM
I find gardening more appealing than cooking myself. A meal you spend three hours making is gone in an hour tops, something you plant will last for months at worst and years at best
Certainly cooking is more thrilling, but its results are ephemeral
Danny F. @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:40AM
Everything Mama does is just awesome!!!! .
YonGibbeynater @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:42AM
If this is Nintendo bowing to the pressure of PETA...
kaneda26 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:01AM
I can't wait for "Single-Parent Family Mama"
GearSecond!! (Gamertag: xGearSecondx ) @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:08AM
Or "Job-hunting, Mama"
kaneda26 @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:47PM
My fav would be 'Exotic-Dancer,-but-only-to-pay-for-college Mama'
G$ @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:45AM
How will Mama defeat garden pests? You can bet PETA will be against any form of "insect abuse".
Pimliconite @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:10PM
There will be a "chop the mole in half with a shovel" minigame.
kaneda26 @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:47PM
The 'A' stands for animals. PETI might get upset though (hint: Insects starts with an 'I')
The Dark Wayne @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:51PM
insects are part of the animal kingdom, they are not plants
G$ @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:27PM
Thank you, Dark Wayne. Kaneda, please take a bio course.
Deeznuts420 @ Dec 3rd 2008 11:49AM
As a comedian, I always get into situations where "I'm auditioning for movies and sitcoms, you know? As a comedian, they want you to do other things besides comedy. They say "alright you're a comedian, can you write? Write us a script. Act in this sitcom." They want me to do shit that's related to comedy, but it's not comedy, man. It's not fair, you know? It's as though if I was a cook, and I worked my ass off to become a really good cook, and they said "alright you're a cook... can you farm?"
Graham Wellington (formerly tyrone washington, or marsha goldberg) @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:27PM
mitch hedburg reference earns you a plus 1
Biff_McFresh @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:51PM
One time, this guy handed me a picture of him, he said,"Here's a picture of me when I was younger." Every picture of you is when you were younger. "Here's a picture of me when I'm older." "You son-of-a-bitch! How'd you pull that off? Lemme see that camera!"
Ryan LN @ Dec 3rd 2008 12:22PM
If I wasn't sure it was December 3rd I'd swear it was April 1.
Rocketboy @ Dec 3rd 2008 1:21PM
Wow, am I really the first one to make a reference to Cooking Mama and plowing, and how it might be fun?
I'm saddened by you all.
Mamba @ Dec 3rd 2008 4:07PM
how bout a Save Nintendo From Fail Mama
WiredKnight @ Dec 3rd 2008 4:50PM
Now PETA's gonna have to make a game about brutally murdering vegetables.
Biff_McFresh @ Dec 3rd 2008 5:54PM
Naw man they won't. Sure they are living as well, but plants have shitty personalities and no real eyeballs (gateway to soul). Therefore, fuck it throw them on the grill.
Amstrad @ Dec 3rd 2008 10:22PM
I eagerly await the sequel 'Slaughterhouse Mama-Five' in which Mama becomes unstuck in time and is abducted by aliens only to be placed in an interstellar zoo and encouraged to mate with a famous movie starlett.