Taito takes Cooking Mama too far
You know, sometimes we just don't get Japanese marketing. Probably most times.
The latest one to leave us baffled is this Cooking Mama flyer, put out by Taito to promote the next game in the series. For some unknown reason, the Japanese publisher felt that Cooking Mama 2 would sell more copies with a scary cosplayer representing the game.
We hope that Majesco, the game's North American publisher, won't resort to such unsettling tactics here in the States. There's only a 0.01% chance that they would, but we still might have a nightmare or two about it. We think we even prefer "Cheerleader Mama" over this.
Go beyond the jump to see another flyer of Mama in her cosplay glory.

The latest one to leave us baffled is this Cooking Mama flyer, put out by Taito to promote the next game in the series. For some unknown reason, the Japanese publisher felt that Cooking Mama 2 would sell more copies with a scary cosplayer representing the game.
We hope that Majesco, the game's North American publisher, won't resort to such unsettling tactics here in the States. There's only a 0.01% chance that they would, but we still might have a nightmare or two about it. We think we even prefer "Cheerleader Mama" over this.
Go beyond the jump to see another flyer of Mama in her cosplay glory.











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Macroy @ Oct 26th 2007 1:45AM
Don't worry. Mama will fix it.
longsightm13 @ Oct 26th 2007 2:15AM
That is a famouse Japanese commedian, not a some random cosplayer.
Kattleox @ Oct 26th 2007 7:29AM
EVERYONE is a famous japanese comedian. That's all you ever see in these things (weird ads). That and their two good singers.
Baconbitz @ Oct 26th 2007 8:29AM
Don't tell me the people in that (Cartoon) boxart for the PS2 connect thing to convert your GC into PS2 were Japaneese comedians too?
troy @ Oct 26th 2007 3:41PM
What's scary about her? What a mean thing to say!
troy @ Oct 26th 2007 3:41PM
I have been listening to the song Sukima Switch do in Ouendan 2 a lot and playing it on my guitar... they are two people so there must be more than two.
Yumi @ Oct 26th 2007 4:43PM
Yeah.. it's a really famous Japanese comedian. Oh, and she is actually a guy which is the main thing he has going on-- acting as girls.