Cooking Mama: Cook Off (Wii)

This is my review of Cooking Mama, a game that I have now owned for a few months now. I bought cooking Mama as I had previously seen it on the Nintendo DS and it seemed like a game I would enjoy. When I bought it, it was £40 and after looking it seems that it is still as expensive. There are four options that are presented to you after you choose to either start a new game or continue your previous game. These four options are Let's Cook, Friends and Food of the World, Friends and Food and options. *Let's Cook* When you first start in this option a menu will open to show 10 recipes from around ... more

Remember that cooking game that came out last year on the DS? Don't worry, you're not suffering from memory loss, most people haven't heard of it. Cooking Mama came out last year as a surprisingly fun, yet simple DS game. Cooking Mama is back on the Wii in a crappier version of the DS game. Story There is a mama and you must cook for her. The title does not indicate that you are actually cooking mama, but the mama is cooking herself. Gameplay The gameplay tries to emulate the experience of cooking, but honestly, real cooking is more fun than this game… and I hate cooking. Basically the game ... more

I bought this game for my 4 years old.He loves it. At the beginning was difficult, but now he knows how to play. Basically you have a cooking book with recipes for all over the world. With the wii remote you have to do the cutting, slicing,peeling, in fact everything to prepare the food. when you \'cook\' one recipe another recipes are add to the book. The best part really is when two people cook at the same time. this is good because the fun is double, you want to cook and you want to win the other player. My 9years old daughter always win, so my 4 years son gets upset. Still good game. It is ... more

Intrigued by this newly acquired Wii thing I thought I would try something new. I should firstly state that "cook off" isn't exactly what you will end up shouting but we go on... This should develop hand/eye coordination the more you play. As far as learning how to cook goes I can categorically say that if one were to prepare any of these recipes according to Mama's instructions, disappointment and possibly botulism from under cooking would ensue. If you do not perform tasks according to Mama's wishes she is angered and her eyes catch fire! As far as gameplay goes it's a good drunken party ... more

I got this game a few months ago and played it non stop at first. It seems like quite a childish game, being from 3+ but I have to say I was hooked! There are many recipes to complete, and depending on how well you manage to do the recipes you get different medals. You can also play against your Cooking Mama 'friends' to see if you can beat them. It has quite catchy music, but it is quite repetitive and can get a bit annoying! The recipes are varied and from different countries which makes it quite exciting. I quite like the graphics, they are quite basic but work with the game well. It is not ... more