Ladies and germs, I have a very important announcement to make:
I like Cooking Mama.
That’s right. Let’s start from the beginning:
So I says, “I wanna Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time!”
But she says, “No, Ralphie, you’ll shoot your eye out.”
Wait, wrong story!
So, anyway, another deliciously sweet Christmastime got us acquainted with many, many, MANY new games. My sister got Cooking Mama, while I got a bunch of stuff I wanted. Now, I had been interested in Cooking Mama after watching her play it (despite being a boy), so I decided, “What the heck?” and popped it in my DS Lite. About fifteen seconds later, I was having…fun?
Well, beginning, I will clarify again that I am indeed a boy (not that I thought you didn’t know) and 11 years old. So, what’s an 11-year-old doing playing his five-year-old sister’s cooking game? Ahh, good question! Not even I know! But, that’s not part of the real review, is it?
Well, there are about 76 dishes to cook (and they are real, too), from Spaghetti Neapolitan (or whatever that is) to fried octopus dumplings (yes…fried octopus dumplings), each requiring a very specific set of procedures in order to successfully make it. Should you fail even one of these tasks, Cooking Mama’s Fiery Eyes of Eternal Suffering and Pain will burn you like a renegade stove, but not before you suffer through twenty more years of advanced cooking school. Actually, if you fail a task, the dish-making procedure progresses as if nothing happened. She does get pretty angry, though…actually, VERY angry…
Anyway, by preparing dishes you already have, you can unlock new things to cook. Whether this is based on how well you do (since you can earn medals if you do well enough) or just based completely on cooking dishes is beyond my line of site, but they’re all really fun to cook, and might just interest you in REAL cooking! Anyway, to cook a dish, you must go through a series of Wario Ware-esque mini-games based on the different procedures used to cook the food. You’ll often be chopping, slicing, stewing and the like. Each mini-game utilizes the touch screen and stylus well, and sometimes might even use the mic, particularly when stewing. I actually have some mixed feelings about this. You see, I have two DS’s: a normal one, and a DS Lite. I have a DS Lite because my cousin sold his to me for dirt cheap, and, thus, me and my sister can play DS games at the same time. Well, the DS Lite’s microphone…seems to not work, and I can’t switch to my old DS in mid-game (the old one’s microphone works). It’s kinda selfish, but whatever. Besides, it’s not a flaw that has anything to do with the game: it’s a flaw with my DS, so who cares?
You also must know that I am a very picky fellow. In fact, I could hardly stomach most of the foods on this game. And yet, this game actually makes those foods look delicious, but whatever.
Now, since I’ve cooked most of the dishes in the normal cooking modes, I’m cooking more stuff in the “Let’s combine” mode. Yep, that’s right: you can combine dishes, no matter how ridiculous the combination. Most of the stuff to combine are various rice-based foods. I mean, after all, the game can’t help that it’s Japanese, and, thus, all about rice. Still, it’s fun. It basically has you do the cooking procedures of both foods--one after the other--and afterwards you are graded, as always. I’ve heard that it doesn’t unlock anything, but it’s cool, anyway!
So, the point? Buy this game. Whether you’re a boy or girl, whether your four years old or twelve, this game will probably appeal to you, and might even get you interested in real cooking. Also, fans of the Wario Ware series should REALLY check this out, as it’s pretty much the same thing--just with food. I know this was a short review, but I didn’t have much to talk about this game.
Overall: Awesome! I’m not a Cooking Mama--I’m a Cooking Daddy!
I like Cooking Mama.
That’s right. Let’s start from the beginning:
So I says, “I wanna Red Ryder BB gun with a compass in the stock and this thing which tells time!”
But she says, “No, Ralphie, you’ll shoot your eye out.”
Wait, wrong story!
So, anyway, another deliciously sweet Christmastime got us acquainted with many, many, MANY new games. My sister got Cooking Mama, while I got a bunch of stuff I wanted. Now, I had been interested in Cooking Mama after watching her play it (despite being a boy), so I decided, “What the heck?” and popped it in my DS Lite. About fifteen seconds later, I was having…fun?
Well, beginning, I will clarify again that I am indeed a boy (not that I thought you didn’t know) and 11 years old. So, what’s an 11-year-old doing playing his five-year-old sister’s cooking game? Ahh, good question! Not even I know! But, that’s not part of the real review, is it?
Well, there are about 76 dishes to cook (and they are real, too), from Spaghetti Neapolitan (or whatever that is) to fried octopus dumplings (yes…fried octopus dumplings), each requiring a very specific set of procedures in order to successfully make it. Should you fail even one of these tasks, Cooking Mama’s Fiery Eyes of Eternal Suffering and Pain will burn you like a renegade stove, but not before you suffer through twenty more years of advanced cooking school. Actually, if you fail a task, the dish-making procedure progresses as if nothing happened. She does get pretty angry, though…actually, VERY angry…
Anyway, by preparing dishes you already have, you can unlock new things to cook. Whether this is based on how well you do (since you can earn medals if you do well enough) or just based completely on cooking dishes is beyond my line of site, but they’re all really fun to cook, and might just interest you in REAL cooking! Anyway, to cook a dish, you must go through a series of Wario Ware-esque mini-games based on the different procedures used to cook the food. You’ll often be chopping, slicing, stewing and the like. Each mini-game utilizes the touch screen and stylus well, and sometimes might even use the mic, particularly when stewing. I actually have some mixed feelings about this. You see, I have two DS’s: a normal one, and a DS Lite. I have a DS Lite because my cousin sold his to me for dirt cheap, and, thus, me and my sister can play DS games at the same time. Well, the DS Lite’s microphone…seems to not work, and I can’t switch to my old DS in mid-game (the old one’s microphone works). It’s kinda selfish, but whatever. Besides, it’s not a flaw that has anything to do with the game: it’s a flaw with my DS, so who cares?
You also must know that I am a very picky fellow. In fact, I could hardly stomach most of the foods on this game. And yet, this game actually makes those foods look delicious, but whatever.
Now, since I’ve cooked most of the dishes in the normal cooking modes, I’m cooking more stuff in the “Let’s combine” mode. Yep, that’s right: you can combine dishes, no matter how ridiculous the combination. Most of the stuff to combine are various rice-based foods. I mean, after all, the game can’t help that it’s Japanese, and, thus, all about rice. Still, it’s fun. It basically has you do the cooking procedures of both foods--one after the other--and afterwards you are graded, as always. I’ve heard that it doesn’t unlock anything, but it’s cool, anyway!
So, the point? Buy this game. Whether you’re a boy or girl, whether your four years old or twelve, this game will probably appeal to you, and might even get you interested in real cooking. Also, fans of the Wario Ware series should REALLY check this out, as it’s pretty much the same thing--just with food. I know this was a short review, but I didn’t have much to talk about this game.
Overall: Awesome! I’m not a Cooking Mama--I’m a Cooking Daddy!
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