Cooking Mama Cook Off Wii Pierogi

Don't mistake us for complete and total haters; Cooking Mama: Cook Off has its moments, such as in multiplayer, in which most players will end up on the same level playing field, partly due to some of the flaws of the gameplay mechanic. It seems as though Taito wanted to get a Wii version out quickly, and we wish it hadn't.

.October 8, 2008 - When we first saw Wii MotionPlus, we knew it would be big - that is, if it worked. When we first played Wii MotionPlus, we again knew it would be big - that is, if developers made good use of it. After two years with the system, after so many 'almost there' titles, and after dozens upon dozens of titles setting the bar for what was possible on Nintendo's system, Wii as a platform is about to be turned upside down, and if you don't feel the wave of potential coming yet, it's because you haven't used Wii MotionPlus for yourself.April 14, 2008 - Earlier this week Next-Gen.biz posted a story that detailed the Top 100 selling games of 2007. We at IGN are constantly getting shelled by viewers for our review scores of certain games and how those review scores impact sales. Some people complain that we're too nitpicky, others say that we're in the pockets of multi-million dollar publishing houses (a notion that is just as preposterous now as it has always been). We thought it would be a fun experiment to see if the proof was indeed in the pudding when it comes to the correlation between sales and review scores.January 30, 2008 - MajescoEntertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), an innovative provider of videogames for the mass market, today announced that the award-winningCooking Mama franchise has reached sales of 1.6 million units in theUnited States.

Franchise titles include: the original Cooking Mama gamefor Nintendo DS(tm) that launched in September 2006 and has sold morethan 1 million units; Cooking Mama: Cook Off for the Wii(tm) consolethat launched in April 2007; and Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friendsthat released pre-holiday in November 2007.May 17, 2007 - As far as unique concepts are concerned, the Wii remote attracts quirky titles like a wino to a free bag of goon. Cooking Mama: Cook Off is effectively a port of the original DS title, made somewhat playable on Wii.

However, to justify the full price tag, an international 'cook off' mode has been added to spice things up, so-to-speak. The basic premise is cute - learn to prepare 55 recipes by using the remote as your universal kitchen appliance - knife, grater, mallet, spoon, grinder, frying pan and so on. This replaces the DS' much more direct and precise stylus input, and it also spells the downfall of Cooking Mama and a real chink in the Wii's armour.March 20, 2007 - If you've been paying attention to Nintendo's 'casual gamer' push since the very beginning, chances are you already know the name Cooking Mama. Along with games like Brain Age, Big Brain Academy, and Nintendogs, Cooking Mama has worked to make the DS an ageless system, appealing not only to the Mario fanbase, but to the family members of the Mario fan-base.

Majesco seems to have found its groove with the series on the portable front, as the medium-rated title is seeing strong sales and a supportive niche crowd of true gamers, as well as casual adopters. With the game moving to Wii, however, there are necessary changes that need to be made to the franchise, and while a few of them work, Cooking Mama may need to see at least one more true evolution before considering it a must-have casual classic on Wii.March 19, 2007 - The days when only a couple of games released each week are long gone. Even during the slow periods in the games industry, dozens of titles ship every week. That's why your pals at IGN have decided to gather a weekly list of the latest games shipping to stores.

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Check IGN on Monday's for a new list. Admittedly, the list for PC games isn't quite complete due to the immense number of PC titles that regularly flood the market.

We decided games such as Alien Disco Safari and Super Granny 3 didn't need to be included.March 15, 2007 - Last year Majesco gave us Cooking Mama on the DS. It was a killer cooking game, a bit on the shallow side, and a little too simple to be considered one of the best games of the year, but despite our gripes with the game, it was still a ton of fun to play. In fact, along with games like Brain Age and Big Brain Academy Cooking Mama still remains to be one of the top titles we shove into the face of non-gamers during a desperate plea to understand our misunderstood hobby.

Cooking Mama doesn't have the speed of Wario Ware or the depth of the brain games, but it does have a simplistic charm and a loveable concept that anyone can - get ready for the pun - sink their teeth into. We couldn't resist.