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Waste of Time & Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 29
Date: May 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love to cook and thought that this game would be like "Iron Chef". I was totally disappointed! The graphics are good. The commentating is completely annoying and in non-sensical Japanglish. I feel like I wasted $50 on this game.

The truth

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 60
Date: June 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I'll be honest, this is hands-down the worst game ever. Nothing else needs to be said.

worked on ds, not so much on the wii

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: March 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I loved this game on the DS. I pre-ordered it for the Wii. I was very excited. It was a total let down. The controls are weak and slow. I just finished Zelda, I know how precise the controls can be. And it was not very fun. I am returning it on Monday for what ever insult of a trade in EBX gives me.

boring one sided game

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 5 / 11
Date: May 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

like wario, this is a boring one sided game. basically, it's all about using the wii remote. Alot of cutting, splitting, and moving around but there's no real plot to it. Head to head combat is very boring too. No satisfication what so ever. Unless you want this game for waving around the remote Stay Away from Cookin Mama and Wario smooth moves.

Not as good as it looks!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 14 / 14
Date: June 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

First of all, when I heard of this game, I thought it would be fun. And I was right. Partially. The thing i didn't like was the actual length of the game. Cooking the dishes was fun, however. We spent a lot of time playing it at home, and also with friends. It was more fun as a multiplayer game. My sister liked it a lot so she played it often. But after about a week, we BEAT THE GAME!!!! BELIEVE THAT! I was cautious from the start, so I rented it first. We beat the game before we returned it! My sister was pretty bummed out. I was also kind of upset at how they could make such a fun game so short. 55 recipes seems like a lot, but it isn't. Each recipes is about a couple of minutes. After an hour of plying, you probably have ended up with 25% complete. And the graphics are okay, same with sound. BUT, for some dumb reason they decided to make "mama" speak some made up language, a cross between English and Japenese. Japanenglish! Half the time you dont understand a word she says. Like when you mess up on something, she says something along the lines of "good, not mine". The other half when you can understand it, she ends up saying something very repetitive. The actual idea of a cooking game for Wii is excellent, but this just doesn't cut it.

Pros:
-Fun and addicting
-Nice graphics
-Nice sound
-Fun multiplayer

Cons:
-Mama is not understandable
-Incredibly short
-Repetitive

Overall, this is not a very good game. Way too short and repetitive. However, very good idea to rent. DO NOT make the mistake to buy it. It will be lying at the bottom of your video game drawer after a week of gameplay. [...]

Lets hope the can make a Cooking Mama 2 woth much longer gameplay and way more understandable language.

Cooking Mama is Lots of Fun !.....

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 14
Date: May 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

But a lot more fun for the DS ! This port wasn't as exciting as expected.

Cute, budget title

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 10
Date: August 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

+ Cute
+ Fairly simple learning curve

- Short with no replay value; each recipe is essentially a string of mini-games that last at most 1 minute and there are very few different mini-games
- Some actions are extremely fustrating with the Wii Remote (e.g. peeling veggies)
- May enterain only young gamers, but game requires significant reading of on-screen instructions

= Rent the game. Use a coupon.

Rental OK, but I would not recommend buying it.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

As many people wrote, this game is both interesting and frustrating. Some actions are very easy to perform (like breaking eggs) and some are frustrating (peeling vegetables). There are too many instructions to read before you go to a mini-game, which rules out kids who are not comfortable reading yet.

Some of the mini-games are very difficult to understand because there are no instructions on how to do some or in which order to use the ingredients. Moreover, once you complete playing all the games (would take not more than 2 hours), there is no more novelty.

For these reasons, I recommend renting this game.

Not so hot...

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

You'll have to pardon the pun of a title, but honestly, this game did not meet my expectations. I own "Cooking Mama," and "Cooking Mama 2: Dinner With Friends" for the DS, and I enjoy them very much. The DS versions are addictive little games that, as a woman who believes my place to be very much outside of the kitchen, I am a little ashamed to admit I like so well. But, well, I do. So when I finally scored a Wii for Christmas this year (thanks, Dad!), I was super excited to try out "Cooking Mama" for it. And I just didn't love it. In fact, I really didn't even like it. I just feel like the delicate art of cooking requires the steadier hand using a stylus, not a Wiimote - it's a bit too jerky for what needs to be accomplished with this game.

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

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