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Cooking Mama (2006)

Office Create, Taito

Nintendo DS · iOS

3.32 from 355 ratings

824 members have it in their collection · 6 playing now · 65 backlogged · 50 wish listed

The gameplay structure consists of the player progressing through a series of short minigames. The game features a total of 96 different dishes. Each minigame represents a different activity in the meal preparation, such as mixing, frying, or chopping the provided ingredients. The minigame mechanics themselves range from quickly drawing parallel lines in order to chop items, to a rhythm … Read more
The gameplay structure consists of the player progressing through a series of short minigames. The game features a total of 96 different dishes. Each minigame represents a different activity in the meal preparation, such as mixing, frying, or chopping the provided ingredients. The minigame mechanics themselves range from quickly drawing parallel lines in order to chop items, to a rhythm game where ingredients are added to a skillet or the heat is adjusted at precisely the right time. In many cases, players must look at the top screen of the DS for guidance on what to do next and then perform the task on the bottom screen. If the player makes a serious blunder or time expires without sufficient progress being made, that step in the cooking process is considered a failure. When this happens, a graphic of an angry "Mama" with flames erupting from her eyes is displayed, along with the caption "Don't worry, Mama will fix it!". Read less
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Details

Developers
Office Create, Taito
Publishers
505 Games, Majesco Entertainment, Taito
Genres
Simulator
Series
Cooking Mama

Release dates

  • Mar 23, 2006 (Japan) Nintendo DS
  • Sep 12, 2006 (North_America) Nintendo DS
  • Dec 07, 2006 (Australia) Nintendo DS
  • Dec 08, 2006 (Europe) Nintendo DS
  • Feb 26, 2009 (Worldwide) iOS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
38
4 stars
88
3 stars
182
2 stars
43
1 star
4
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PixelSlayers

Status PixelSlayers Sep 25, 2019

It’s been 13 years since the original Cooking Mama was released for the DS. Since then there have been an array of sequels and spin-offs, but how does the first installment hold up?

Check out our video review on the original Cooking Mama!

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lil_pushkins

Review lil_pushkins 3/5 · May 10, 2019

Okay so I know this game would have been a flash in a really shallow pan had it been released after iPhones proliferated, but it didn't so it was a DS classic. It's great for playing when truly, genuinely, all-consumingly bored, and that's not an insult! It occupies the mind in a way that is brainless and rote, but not …

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Okay so I know this game would have been a flash in a really shallow pan had it been released after iPhones proliferated, but it didn't so it was a DS classic. It's great for playing when truly, genuinely, all-consumingly bored, and that's not an insult! It occupies the mind in a way that is brainless and rote, but not so shameful as Bejeweled or any military-themed FPS. I think Cooking Mama's original popularity also benefitted from DS puzzle/brain games like Big Brain Academy or Picross, even though Cooking Mama makes us break down boiling an egg into a five step process. It also includes a special type of kawaii aesthetic that was specific to early third-party Nintendo DS games and should, in fact, be analyzed.

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