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Cooking Mama is tasty fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I'd never imagine I'd find a video game about cooking to be fun until I rented it for my adorable five year old niece. She loves this game. I've played for a few minutes and even I'm hooked. This game at least will keep her out of the kitchen while I cook though she has much more fun playing the game than I do when I prepare real world meals. I love watching her play mainly because I like cooking mama's accent it makes the game much more fun. It reminds me of when I use to watch that Japanese cooking show Iron Chef!

Not as good as the game play movies and if you are left-handed even worse.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I saw the video of game play for this game on another site and it looked great. I was actually excited to get the game. After playing it for about an hour I am disappointed. First off I am left handed so I hold the Wiimote in my left hand. Too bad everything in this game is geared towards somebody that holds it in their right hand. I guess that nobody on the development team or any of the testers were left handed. I find that a few of the movements are difficult to do or in the case of using the meat grinder will pretty much not work at all with the Wiimote in your left hand. I have also found that sometimes the controls just do not seem all that responsive. The graphics are what they are and to be honest it is not really anything that bothers me. I find that the manual is really lacking big time. There are almost no instructions at all. I also did not find any direction when it comes to cooking the food in the game when it comes to the different amounts of time each takes. I am frequently burning things which of course ruins the score. I also have won a few gifts from playing the competition against the computer people from around the world. I have not figured the point of this overall. It is not horrible to play but I find that the computer does not cheat but of course knows things that I do not. Again I would attribute it to the lack of a good manual or even in game instructions. There is a practice mode for each recipe before you do it for real but how many times can you really do the same recipe over and over again before you get sick of it?? Finally I would recommend that people rent this game first to make sure that they like it. I give it 3 out of 5 because I am not sure if the game would be better and more responsive if I was right handed.

Rather buy it used

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was really excited when this game first came out on Wii, because when I first played the cooking mama was on the DS and it was sooo much fun!! But after I played the cook off, I find that it is pretty much the same as the DS just that it has more recipe, which it's cool but its not worth the $[...]. So I would rather buy this game when it is on sale or something, cuz this isnot the best game ever....

Mediocre at best. . .

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I was looking forward to getting this game is it utilizes the wii controller wonderfully, but the controls are so flawed, it's hard to have fun.

The idea of the game was a great one, but the controls are tedious & frustrating. Half of the time, the game doesn't even respond to my commands. Also, before you start a round, there's a few words on the screen that tell you what motions you'll need to use & what buttons to press - too bad that aren't very thorough. There are times when you need to hold a button down and it does tell you that or you're just left blank because there are multiple steps & not enough time in the round to complete them.

Multiplayer is amusing and redeems this game, but not by much. . .

This game could have been great, if it had taken a lesson from Diner Dash. imagine trying to keep track of several dishes cooking at once - now that would be FUN!

Ultimately I'm glad I bought this used on ebay & now I know why the person sold it. My advice: RENT IT FIRST

Cooking...Doesn't Quite Make It To Mama

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game for my birthday, I thought "Oh, cool! Everyone's got this game!" Well, it turns out everyone is just me.
This game is pretty fun at first, but gets repeative. I have to admit, it's fun to see all the recipies from different countries, but there's no point to any of it!!!
I wouldn't recommend this game to anyone, unless they have a little kid trying to be like his/her mom, and like to cook.
Overall, this game can get vey boring, but if you really want this game, I recommend TWO things:
1. Get the DS version instead
2. Prepare yourself for a short-term game
I would say this game isn't one of my favorites, but it's not so bad that I would trade it in.

Wii Cooking mama cook off

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game. My older daughter has it for her DS game. When we bought this one for her, my younger one is loving it too. It's so much fun with all this cooking and my little one love to chopped anything in there. Now they're all want to cook for the real thing. I think this game inspiring and introduce them to all kind of food and ingredient. To them the kitchen is a completely different world only Momy can understand and work in it. Now they do understant some just by playing. They still loving it...

Thanks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

12 y/o girl who really enjoys the game as much as she does cooking for the rest of the family - thanks!

My kids love it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 13, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My two girls (12 and 15) play this a lot, and like playing it with their friends too. Very popular at this household.

Amazing!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: May 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Cooking mama is an excellent game. There are tons of different recipes to choose from, and tons of different styles of preparing things. an excellent game. Highly recommended!

cooking mama

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It's so addicting. I love to play. I was actually late for a mothers day barbeque. It's a blast.

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