Cooking Mama gets a new perspective

by JC Fletcher { Jun 30th 2008 at 7:00PM }

According to a press release sent out by Majesco today, Cooking Mama: World Tour is going to represent a significant revamp of (formerly Office Create) Cooking Mama Limited's signature cooking game series. Mysteriously, the press release describes an "upgrade to full 3D graphics." Yes, that means that Mama has gone 3D. It also means that the game's view has flipped: instead of playing in first person, you now look directly at your avatar as he cooks.

For the first time, you'll be able to control Mama herself in spontaneous minigames, as she rushes in to fix your mistakes -- for example, she can catch mis-flipped burgers in her apron. "Additional rhythm and motion" has also been added to the main Wiimote-based gameplay. Whatever that means, at least Cooking Mama Limited is taking steps to avoid stagnation.

[Screens at IGN]

Tags: cooking, cooking-mama, cooking-mama-world-kitchen, majesco, minigames, office-create

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

andreas @ Jun 30th 2008 7:15PM

I mean seriously...
Check out this comparison of Cooking Mama and Gears of War.

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/7578/bild1ik4.png

The Wii can't be that bad, can it?

JC Fletcher @ Jul 1st 2008 1:24AM

Hey, one of those games looks fun!

RSL @ Jul 1st 2008 8:36AM

I'd love to understand how the fact that Wii games aren't exclusively violent shooter/smashers or sports games, the fact that Wii caters to all kinds of audiences, makes it a "less mature" platform. Last time I checked, the constant desire to blow things up, fire automatic weapons, and bitch-slap people out of their automobiles wasn't "mature".

That being said, the graphics to Cooking Mama are childish but it can still be a fun game. [Just wanted to own up to the fact that it's not a graphically gorgeous game like Super Mario Galaxy and the other stunners on the Wii].