cooking mama - 6/10
In Cooking Mama, the player is tasked with cooking various meals using the Nintendo DS's touch screen. Following the instructions of the titular "Mama", the player uses the stylus to chop vegetables, slice meat, flip food in pans, and arrange the final items on the plate. Each of these tasks is performed by completing a mini-game which usually lasts less than 10 seconds. The gameplay structure, with the player progressing through a series of short mini-games, is vaguely similar to that of the WarioWare series. The game features a total of 76 different dishes.
Each mini-game represents a different activity in the meal preparation process, such as mixing, frying, or chopping the provided ingredients. The mini-game mechanics themselves range from the very basic, e.g., quickly drawing parallel lines in order to chop items, to somewhat more involved, e.g., 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 (e.g., what ingredient to add next to a bowl) and then perform a 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, an anime-styled graphic of an angry "Mama" with flames erupting from her eyes is displayed, along with the caption "Don't worry, Mama will fix it!".
Completing a dish can require playing as few as one mini-game, or as many as roughly a dozen. The player's performance is rated when each dish is finished, based on the average result of each of the mini-games. Depending on this final score, the game may award the player a bronze, silver or gold medal. The highest medal earned for each dish is recorded and displayed next to each item on the selection screen.
Submitted by harry101
10/23/2007
5
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gdmatt
says:
lol, funny, how can you think this was myds?
didnt you see at the top of the page the huge letters that spell out MYPS3.
10/27/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
Luke4123
says:
The other funny thing is that he made the game 2 Days to Vegas 
10/27/2007
BrisVegas
K-Man
says:
Haha, what the deuce? How in the world can't he tell that the big words say "MyPS3.com.au" and not "MyDS.com.au"?
10/25/2007
California, U.S
Lil_Fil06
says:
Oops I think Harry made a DOODOO! Quick LegenD clean up his Doo Doo off the floor!
10/24/2007
++[ It's not that I think I'm 2 good 4 the world, it's 2 good 4 me ]++ Sydney, Australia
crash67
says:
LMAO HARRY! Why did you think this was myds?
P.S. Same wat luke said it is being sorted out
10/24/2007
Outside your window!
Luke4123
says:
Sorry everyone. Harry thought he was on MyDS. This situation is being sorted out.
10/24/2007
BrisVegas
Vinzor
says:
shift + delete, enter.
10/23/2007
Cherrona was here.
LegenD
says:
Consider this review deleted.
10/23/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
callan5
says:
Cooking Mama......ROFL! Wii game is it? 
10/23/2007
perth, WA
Dante_10
says:
What on earth 
?
10/23/2007
Sydney, NSW
skua
says:
hehe, what sort of game is this? this isnt even on the ps3...
10/23/2007
The Land Down Under
LegenD
says:
Ah as funny as this might be, I am not having a bar of it.
You have till 5 pm to write a proper review or have this one deleted.
feel the wrath! of ... The Ledge
10/23/2007
Melbourne, Victoria
liam_w
says:
Hahaha Cooking Mama. Shouldnt this be on myds.com.au? hehehe thanks anyway Harry.
10/23/2007
Benalla, Victoria
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