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Cooking Mama is a game for the Nintendo DS developed by Office Create and published by Taito in Japan, Majesco in North America and 505 Games in Europe. It was awarded IGN's "Best Of E3" award for 2006.
Gameplay[]
In Cooking Mama, you are tasked with cooking over 70 dishes using the DS's touch screen. You follow the instructions of Mama, who will tell you to do such tasks as chop vegetables, chop meat, flip food and arrange the final dish using the stylus. These happen during mini-games to make the dish which can last as little as 10 seconds.
Each mini-game represents a different activity, weather mixing, frying, chopping or finalizing the dish. To perform the task you do such things as quickly draw lines to taping a button or ingredient. Players may have to use the top screen for guidance on the task in hand.
If the player makes a serious mistake, or time runs out and they've got no where on the mini-game, its considered a failure. An angry anime-styled Mama with flames erupting from her eyes appears with a caption saying "Don't worry, Mama will fix it", then you continue to the next stage of the dish.
To dish may contain playing one or more mini-games. After each dish, you are awarded with a bronze, sliver or gold, depending on the average score of each mini-game.
Modes[]
Let's Cook[]
The main mode, the player has a choice of what dish to cook, depending on what they've unlocked. If you've mastered an earlier recipe, they can change the dish being made "on the fly" between two mini-games, if completed you will unlock the new recipe.
Let's Combine[]
In this mode, you can take recipes you've unlocked and combine them to make a new something new. You cannot unlock new recipes in Let's Cook mode by doing this.
Use Skill[]
In this mode, players test their skill at mini-games. At the end of each task, the player is ranked.
Sequels[]
A version was later released on Wii and the first for the console called Cooking Mama: Cook Off, but instead of touchscreen control you use of the Wii Remote.
The second DS game was released in November 2007 and called Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, this contained new recipes, mini-games and modes.
A second and Wii game, called Cooking Mama: World Kitchen, was released on November 18, 2008.
A third and final DS game was released in October 2009 and called Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop.
The first game in the series for the 3DS, titled Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic, was released in November 2011.
An extension pack for the first and third games was the third and final Wii game released on August 14, 2012 as Cooking Mama: Mama's 2 Pack.
The second 3DS game, titled Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit!, was released in November 2013.
Cooking Mama: Cookstar was released for the Nintendo Switch in March 2020.
See also[]
External links[]
- Cooking Mama at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Cooking Mama at GameFAQs
| Cooking Mama series | |
|---|---|
| Handheld games | Cooking Mama • 2: Dinner with Friends • 3: Shop & Chop • 4: Kitchen Magic • 5: Bon Appétit! |
| Console games | Cooking Mama: Cook Off • Cooking Mama: World Kitchen • Cooking Mama: Cookstar |
| Spin-offs | Gardening Mama • Crafting Mama • Babysitting Mama • Camping Mama • Sweet Shop • Gardening Mama 2 |
| Related | Taito • Majesco • 505 Games • Cooking Mama Limited • Nintendo |