Each of these minigames is a separate step in a larger recipe, and messing up even a few will lead to inedible food. The game follows the same basic principle of the first one-quick, rapid-fire minigames in the tradition of Warioware, but with a cooking theme. Developer Office Create has stepped back into the digital kitchen and whipped up Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends to satisfy gamers with heftier appetites, and I’ll try to get through this review with a minimum of food analogies.Īfter the slightly awkward controls in Cook Off for the Wii, Office Create went back to the DS to make a proper sequel. A Wii version came out later, but it didn’t quite get the motion controls right. Cooking Mama was not without its flaws, however a lot of the gameplay was pretty limited, and the whole package felt a little light on content. One of the better casual games for the DS was Cooking Mama, because it actually had good gameplay and fleshed out a fun concept that you didn’t see in games too much. Early in its life, the DS saw a glut of cash-in shovelware as developers realized that they could churn out cheap “casual” games and make a killing on them.
