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I dont really know what to say.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: May 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game was fun at first. But it has totally wreaked havoc on the screen of my daughters DS. She has only had this thing a week and I have to replace the screen protector already, because she cannot see through it. Just kind of leery on how this will affect her screen. It cannot be good, the repetitive cutting and fast stylus hitting required to play is making me wonder if this game was such a good idea.

Exactly what you'd expect...and more!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 34 / 34
Date: December 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The Cooking Mama series can do no wrong by me. These are near perfect games because you get exactly what you're expecting, and then some. As the title suggests, Cooking Mama 2 is a cooking game with 80 recipes from around the world, including favorites like kimchee and pancakes. You prepare food in steps, with Mama giving you helpful hints and scores along the way. The over-the-top cutesy graphics and intuitive gameplay make this a favorite with kids, but there's finesse involved that even adults will find frustrating. These games are perfect for the Achiever in your life, and Cooking Mama 2 pushes the idea further, adding unlockable customizations to your kitchen and Mama's wardrobe.

The most impressive feature of the Cooking Mama titles are their utilization of Nintendo hardware. Cooking Mama 2 continues to caress the DS with innovative stylus play. Move your stylus around a meat grinder's handle to make it go. Crack an egg by drawing a line to the bowl - slowly, or you'll wind up with egg on your hand. Blow into the microphone to ensure a pot of boiling water won't boil over. There are several dozen different mechanics available, and most of them are easy to grasp, but difficult to master. Most of the preparation requires that you beat the clock, but if you chop without stopping, or pull a piece of meat out of the frier at just the right moment, you can receive bonuses. This makes basic gameplay a snap, and advanced gameplay an ART.

After you've unlocked some recipes, you can cook for Mama's friends. Mama won't give you hints on what you should do, but since you've worked through the recipe at least once, you won't need hints. As a result, preparing food for Mama's friends is a much speedier process, and the rewards or penalties are greater. If you mess up when you're cooking for Mama's friends, Mama's not there to help you and your preparation is cut short before you can finish. If you do well, you receive presents and can unlock special items for customizing your game.

You can customize Mama's dress, accessories, the appearance of her kitchen, and the color of all the kitchen utensils you use in the game. There are 10 dress types (with several color options each), 5 accessories, and 5 kitchen settings to unlock. I like customizing everything to match to an unnatural degree, but many players will love dressing up Mama in wacky lemon earrings and strange cheerleader outfits. Not every friend you impress will unlock an item - sometimes the presents are just nice things to look at that don't stay in your game, like a kitten or a treasure chest.

As with previous releases, you can practice any part of a recipe, and set records for yourself in specific preparation techniques. Both Cooking Mama 1 and 2 for the DS offer wireless play, so you can challenge your friends to an egg-cracking contest. This isn't as cool as Cooking Mama Cookoff for the Wii, where you can execute an entire recipe against friends, but there's still something very appealing about proclaiming yourself the Queen of the Deep Fryer and laying the smackdown in an egg-cracking competition.

There are a few annoying parts of the game. Bonuses are now meaningful - each one you get earns you one star out of 5, and for every 5 stars, you get a present. But the presents aren't unlocked items, they're just cute graphic rewards. Calculating these bonuses takes a lot of time, and the accompanying music is very loud. It's nice that the bonuses have some kind of reward, but I'd prefer points or records to an overkill of praise. Some of the mechanics are still a little too hard to master. I find stewing and simmering to be a pain, because you have to wait for the food the food to cook until it's reached the green part of the progress meter, but you also have to control temperature and stir - not too often - to make sure the food doesn't pass the green sweet spot on the meter and remains exactly there until time is up. Adjusting the temperature of the stove and stirring will wildly change the food's progress meter, so it's very difficult to do with respect to the timer.

This is not my favorite Cooking Mama title, but the improvements significantly enhance the replay value and enjoyability of the game. Within a release or two, this game will be perfect, deadly addictive, and completely free of design flaws. Let's hope the world doesn't run out of interesting recipes in the mean time!

Fun like the original

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 26
Date: December 03, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This sequel is just as fun as the first game. This time you get bonus stars for doing things extra good (I guess) and you win presents, which I have yet to find. If you get gold medals and more of these stars you can change Mama's outfit and the style and colors of the kitchen and your utensils. It's fun but again the replay value is low once you get all gold medals. Now however you can challenge your friends via wireless instead of just sending a demo. The recipes are different and there's some new utensils to use as well. I only gave it four stars because of the replay value and the sort of annoying new graphics.
update: OK, the presents you win can be used in the Diary to decorate pictures of your food. It doesnt serve much of a purpose, but it's still fun.

loved it, but rather confusing to figure out some things

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

actually, to refer to the first review, the bonus that you do get can be used. I figured it out after a while, When you get the to screen and you look at the write in diary, things you've received like the kitten or lips, eyes. you can decorate your book entry. Maybe you guys could figure it out. I mean as you guys all said that the first one was good, i have yet to play that, so perhaps ill buy it to see what you guys are talking about. This was a fun first DS game i have bought so I am very pleased. Maybe, if they come out with a cooking mama 3 , it may be like the wii game, cook off but as of now, being my first game, i would like to say it is a fun interactive game and it entertained me to cook all the international foods.

Hard but fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is hard but fun. There is one part that I cannot pass. I don't know about you, but this game is fun. You can cook with charecters other that Mama, but I like Mama because she shows you the rules. The makers definately did better on the first one, in my opinion.

LOTS OF FUN!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 04, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I have both Cooking Mama and Cooking Mama 2. I like this one the best. It is has much more to offer. My 14 year old loves it too. lol. This is a great game to just pass the time. It can also be very challenging at times though.

Decent Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really liked this game, the sound was much better than the first and the recipies were much more fun!

It is pretty realistic in graphics, so if you like cooking, you should check it out!

fun and addicting

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I got this game and it is really addicting. I did get the first and this is better. I also tried someone else's master chef. The cooking mama' both 1&2 are better. More game play than story. The only thing is its all free play. So there is no starting level. You just choose something and make. The funny and scary part is the "don't worry mama will fix it" She doesn't look too happy.

i lubs cooking=)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 20, 2008
Author: Amazon User

cooking mama!first,if yu r a boy nd decided to play this game,i say its not going to fit yu.yepps,yu heard mee.this game is mostly for girls,kai?cuz yu get to kinda dress up cooking mama.lik yu get accessories after making a wonderful job on your cooking dish.nd yu could also write in your diary.what do i mean by that??after yu finished cooking a dish,yu see dah picture of it nd could choose to save in diary.then yu could choose write in diary nd put lik stickers on dah picture.see,i told yu it was for girls.but dah bad thing is wen yu cook sumthing,dah skills your using repeats over nd over again.but overall,this is a good game nd is worth 30 dollars.nd yull lub it even more if yu lub cooking=]

Cooking mama 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 25, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The only reason I gave it four stars is because cooking mama 1 is alot better to me.Not so much grilling.
I love both cooking games cooking mama 1 and 2. so if you have 1 you must get 2 to complete your collection.I am just a Cooking mama junkie and if a cooking mama 3 and 4 came out I'd buy them tommorow.

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