Cook with Wii

By Robert Purchese Published 29 March, 2007

Mama's secret recipe.

505 Games has pulled out the rolling-pins and announced Cooking Mama for Wii, due for release on 11th May.

It's an update of the already available and successful DS game, which pops you in the boots of a young chef eager to rustle up some culinary concoctions. You'll be under the watchful eye of Mama the whole time, who also happens to be a bit of a perfectionist, as you whisk out everything from toast to gourmet specialities from ten different nations.

However, as you'd probably guessed, the main draw of this digital cook-book is the control system. The combination of the Wiimote and nunchuck will add a much more hands-on feel when dabbling in the virtual kitchen, opening up a new world of interaction and play styles.

We liked the DS version when we got to grips with it last year, though it eventually came up a bit shallow. Pop over to our Cooking Mama review to find out more.

Meanwhile you can salivate over to our Cooking Mama Wii gallery for the latest screenshots.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

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Comments (26) Latest comment 5 years ago

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  • jonsaan #1 5 years ago

    Ds version was great for about 15 mins. Shallow as a puddle I'm afraid. far better off, getting up and going into the kitchen where you'll find this innovative new device called a 'frying pan', it responds to movements you make with your wrist and everything. Genius.

  • hokuto_no_rob #2 5 years ago

    Loved the DS version. Inspired me try making some of the dishes. 'Boiled Egg' was a favourite.

  • Nova5lag #3 5 years ago

    *jumps in from the G1 Jockey comments page* - Cooking up a tasty dish of Wii

  • smelly #4 5 years ago

    @Xiphos, thats not exactly what you buy this kind of game for.

  • thedaveeyres #5 5 years ago

    crack crack crack the eggs into the bowl

  • chrisjm #6 5 years ago

    Who stirs boiled eggs or boiled potatoes? Hands up anyone?!

  • DB2k #7 5 years ago

    IGN said it wasn't as good as it should have been :(

  • karstux #8 5 years ago

    Well, if it teaches real recipes of tasty japanese dishes I might get this. Sure, I could also just get a cookbook. Which might be more useful in the long run. Hmm...

  • knocker #9 5 years ago

    @db2k

    But IGN isn't as good as it should be either.


  • Cubfan #10 5 years ago

    Mama's secret recipe.

    tastes like ass...

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  • smelly #11 5 years ago

    LOL.

    You know it's funny.. i'd quite happily go out and see a film which got 3 out of 5.. but a game which gets 7/10, is apparently shite.

    Weird eh?

  • Shrimp #12 5 years ago

    Surely I can't be the only one who misread the headline as "Cock with Wii"?

  • Feanor #13 5 years ago

    /backs away quickly

  • Jamaicangmr #14 5 years ago

    See this is my problem why am so hesitant on the Wii. These are not the games i look to playin on my home console. Hell i wouldn't even buy this for my PSP but am sure some will. Many talk about the PS3 needs more games, well hell the PS3 is gettin a steady stream of games now right. So what about the Wii are you happy with Cookin Mama or what its called?

  • smelly #15 5 years ago

    "Many talk about the PS3 needs more games"

    No .. it needs more EXCLUSIVE games to make it worth getting (i.e. not conversions of year old 360 games). If i can get a game for the 360, then there's no point in me paying 500 quid for a ps3 to play it (especially if said game looks the same).


    "So what about the Wii are you happy with Cookin Mama or what its called?"

    Nope.. Not a game i'd want to play. But then i'm not the audience it's aimed at.

  • UNSCmasterCHEF #16 5 years ago

    Why the hell are DS games being ported to the Wii???. Maybe this is Nintendo's screwed up concept of backwards compatibility. I've been struggling to get my hands on a wii for weeks and now I thank Nintendo for screwing their deliveries up because that moneys going straight to a PS3 fund.

  • UNSCmasterCHEF #17 5 years ago

    Nintendo have openly gone for the 'Pink' vote and the existing fanbase is suffering because of it.

  • smelly #18 5 years ago

    sigh.. do grow up. And go play with your ever so popular ps3.

  • mowgli #19 5 years ago

    IS that it?
    Fucks sake talk about kicking me when im down, i missed out on a fucking 50% profit for this shit.

  • justsomeone #20 5 years ago

    hey smelly, seems the PS3 now went up in price to £500? your paranoia is getting the better of you.

    as to the screenshots, is there some reason why wii screenies always look so incredibly arse? but seriously, the paella really does look like vomit. i think this might be better represented on an actual next-gen console, like the 360. not the PS3 tho, obv, 'cos they probably cost like £550 by now.

    or somesuch.

  • Hunam #21 5 years ago

    @Shrimp

    I just did too. I can't understand why i was excited by it though, think i need sending to war to make me a real man :(

  • GitSomE_UK #22 5 years ago

    My kids will love this.

  • smelly #23 5 years ago

    >My kids will love this

    There in lies the problem. All games seem to be reviewed along the lines of every other game out there. Now this seems like a good idea, no?

    BUT if you're doing a review of a movie (say) little nemo, you wouldn't mark it down because it's not in the same league (in terms of a movie) as (say) casablanca (generally regarded as a classic). You'd judge nemo on it's merrits as film for mainstream audiences (or non film nerds).

    .. But yet games for mainstream audiences (or non gaming nerds) dont seem to take that into account.

    If you get me?

    This isnt a game for me, (as i am a gaming nerd). But then i think it should be judged on its merrits for non gaming nerds (in the same way as a film would be).


    (this makes sense in my head - but it's hard to write down)

  • teabagger #24 5 years ago

    I don't get this. I enjoy cooking, so I can do it for real and have something tasty like cake at the end of it. Surely a game should offer something that isn't possible in real life, this just seems like all the effort for none of the edible reward.

  • mostly_harmless #25 5 years ago

    @Slurpy

    Yes, and I love Tetris because I love spending time organising boxes only to have the same messy house that I started with.

    And I love sports-sims. All that time spent playing Virtua Tennis, with none of the annoying health benefits of the real thing.

    And driving games! Oh man, all that driving with no need to leave home!

    And don't even ask about maths-based puzzle games and their non-effect on my pile of paperwork.

    Still... at least you can't poison yourself with Cooking Mama!

  • Vaza #26 5 years ago

    Im gonna get this game, i think its nice and simple, just like the wii, and the way i got it (http://www.free webs.com/freethings4u/).
    Edited by 1 at 02/04/07 @ 17:09