Cooking Mama (Nintendo DS)

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Cooking Mama, The Unauthorized PETA Edition: Mama Kills Animals". People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals . Retrieved February 4, 2016. Cooking Mama 5 isn’t the deepest or freshest experience around — it’s an iterative rather than innovative entry in a series whose core concept of stylus-based cooking gameplay remains the same as ever — but for the right audience it’s a whole lot of fun. Master chefs looking for a challenge won’t find much to satisfy them here, but series fans, younger gamers, and anyone with an appetite for fine food, cuteness, and simple mini-games will definitely enjoy what Mama’s got cooking.

Cooking Mama: World Kitchen for Nintendo DS". Nintendo. Archived from the original on 2019-01-03 . Retrieved 2019-01-02. Cooking Mama: Cookstar was released for the Nintendo Switch in late March of 2020, but has been pulled out of sale not long after due to legal issues surrounding the development of the game. A port for for the Playstation 4 was released in late March of 2021, despite these legal issues. Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop didn't mess around when it came to making world-class desserts. While at its core, this sequel to Cooking Mama simply took the formula and slapped a bakery theme on it, the coolest thing about Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop was learning about new sweets you might never have heard of. All the Cooking Mama's after Cooking Mama 2 have destroyed/ruined the game. I HATE the minigames and they are really hard. She looks scary now because of all the new graphics. These new graphics ruined everything. They ruined Bob The Builder for crying out loud (irrelevant) Fahey, Mike (May 11, 2009). "Cooking Mama Sells Four Million...Domestically". Kotaku . Retrieved May 11, 2009.

The second Nintendo DS game in the series Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, was released in November 2007. Along with new recipes, this title expands the total number of different minigames and adds several new gameplay modes. A screenshot of the "Let's Cook" mode, where a player is cutting a tomato for a dish Game modes [ edit ] Let's Cook [ edit ] Dishes are created by using the DS stylus as your all-in-one multipurpose kitchen tool. With it, players can chop, slice, pan fry, knead, grate, mash, tenderise, mix, peel, carve, roll and much more besides. Once the dish is ready, the stylus can be used to add finishing touches to the presentation at table before the dish is greedily consumed by Mama’s demanding customers. Blowing on the in-built DS microphone will cool a hot dish down and by combining existing recipes, players can create a vast menu fit for a banquet. A pseudo-sequel, Cooking Mama: Cook Off, was released for the Wii in Japan on February 8, 2007. Replacing touchscreen control with use of the Wii Remote to guide the cooking activities, it was later released in North America on March 20, 2007 and in May 2007 in Europe. Cook up more than 80 new recipes and test your culinary skills in 150 mini-games before serving your finished meals to a guest.

The original Cooking Mama sold more than 500,000 copies in the United States as of August 15, 2007, [18] and sold more than 1 million copies in PAL regions. [19] It received a "Double Platinum" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), [20] indicating sales of at least 600,000 copies in the United Kingdom. [21] Caoili, Eric (November 26, 2008). "ELSPA: Wii Fit, Mario Kart Reach Diamond Status In UK". Gamasutra. Archived from the original on September 18, 2017. Laughlin, Andrew (November 19, 2008). "PETA criticises 'Cooking Mama' games". Digital Spy . Retrieved February 4, 2016.Boyes, Emma (December 6, 2007). "Cooking Mama serves up 1 million". GameSpot . Retrieved February 4, 2016. Mason, Lisa (October 2006). "Cooking Mama (DS)". Game Informer. No.162. p.114. Archived from the original on January 19, 2008 . Retrieved February 4, 2016. Cooking Mama [a] (stylized as cookıng mama) is a video game series and media franchise owned by Cooking Mama Limited. The series is a cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation of many video games and adventures for Nintendo gaming platforms. Generally, the gameplay revolves around performing different kitchen tasks, through the instructions of "Mama", to cook various meals. The series so far consists of five main games on Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS, two spin-offs on Wii, two spin offs on DS, and a spin off on 3DS. It also spins off into the Gardening Mama series. The original Cooking Mama game was also ported to iOS. A sixth main series game, Cooking Mama: Cookstar, was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2021. [1] Gameplay [ edit ] A screenshot from the first game in the series for the Nintendo DS, showcasing the player slicing an octopus leg for a dish