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Metareview: Cooking Mama Cook-Off
Between the bookends of Sonic and the Secret Rings and Super Paper Mario, there lies a game of quirk. Cooking Mama: Cook-Off , the successor to the DS sleeper-hit, has arrived at your Wii's doorstep and desperately wants to entertain you. But should you give it the time of day? Let's take a look: IGN (58 / 100) thinks the controls were far from spot on: "What really suffers in the game, however, are the actual cooking actions. Previously the core appeal to the game on DS, the moves needed to perform Wii cooking are a bit less defined." GamePro (65 / 100) feels as though the game has its moments, though: "At its best, Cook Off is an inherently fun experience; you'll probably invite your friends over, shove a Remote in their hands and say "You have to try this game." Unfortunately, for all its charm, the game is deeply flawed, and you can't help but wonder if it wasn't best served as an appetizer on the DS rather than as a main course on the Wii." GameBrink (63 / 100) is happy they at least added some multiplayer: "You each complete the same steps at the same time after which Hitler Mama gets pissed off and grades you. It's essentially the same thing as the normal mode but with a split screen and a score to beat. It will definitely keep those who like the game playing for many days to come." Do y'all agree with any of this? Circle gets the square (kudos if you get the joke)!
Have your cake and eat it too -- Cake Mania for the DS
Originally an online treasure, Cake Mania tells the tale of Jill, a recent graduate from culinary school, who returns home to find her grandparents bakery closed thanks to the new neighborhood Wal-Mart Mega-Mart. Jill, in order to save the family business, must bake up a storm of cakes and manage the store to keep customers coming. The DS version will feature the same cake baking madness along with an expansion titled Back to the Bakery. Cake Mania is scheduled to release in 2007 and sounds like it could start a new craze of bringing popular online games to the DS.
Konami: Here's our Rev game
Shingo Mukaitouge, the driving force behind the Guitar Freaks and Drum Mania games, is producing Konami's first Revolution game Elebits. The focus of the game, according to Japanese mag Famitsu where the information appears, is for the player to acquire Elebits, small creatures that are the game world's energy source. Finding these creatures will apparently be no simple matter as the player will have to meticulously hunt for each Elebit, causing the game world to evolve with each captured creature. Not much else can be gleamed from the piece at this time, but the game is expected to be at E3.
