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Cooking Mama It's about time I reviewed my second handheld game, and Cooking Mama gets that distinction, a very off-beat, very Japanese game that tasks you with preparing dishes under the watchful eye of Cooking Mama. Who is this culinary genius? Well, some lady in a pink bandana and yellow apron, I guess - there's no back story to tell why you're learning under her. Is she supposed to be your - the player's - Mama? This is never answered, and it's bothered me endlessly. In Cooking Mama, you use the stylus as your Master Kitchen Tool to prepare 76 different dishes, from boiled rice to hand rolled sushi. The game is basically a bunch of minigames taped together to simulate cooking the different dishes. For example, the first dish, boiled rice, asks you to first measure rice, then water, mix the two, stir like hell and then set a timer. Each mini-game is itself timed, so you can't just screw around and see what comes up - you have to do it just like Cooking Mama says, or else. Or else what? Or else you'll be making Instant Ramen instead. Honestly. From chopping, to sautéing, to mixing, to measuring, and even grating, this is a fairly interesting diversion for those of us who love cooking shows but have no further culinary skill beyond ordering pizza. Some of the minigames are poorly explained while others - like peeling - are poorly implemented, but overall it's a decent package.
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