Here's a recipe for all you crazy Cooking Mama fanatics: Add one part Mama who speaks ridiculously poor English, combine with banal WarioWare-esque mini-games, add a hint of uninspired new content, and you'll make one bland serving of Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop. Listen, we all loved those novel, fast-paced mini-games when Nintendo first released WarioWare Inc. in 2003, but six years later those games are hardly fresh. So if I can accuse this so-called Mama (there has never been any mention of her offspring, and a person who smiles that much has to be hiding something) of one thing, it would be her stubborn nature regarding gameplay innovation. Dare I say the Cooking Mama has become stale? I dare!
Cooking Mama first hit the scene in 2006 and it sparkled with personality and interesting gameplay that felt new and unique. But three years and a handful of sequels later, the recipe has stayed more or less the same, causing our palates to fatigue, and the the developers attempts to spice up the concoction fall incredibly flat because they not throwing new ingredients into the mix so much as they are just throwing more of what they already had on hand. Its like a chef deciding that his award winning dish needs more flavour, so instead of just adding regular salt, he throws in some kosher salt and some sea salt and some garlic salt as well. Yes, they're all technically different but the flavour, and the end result, is still the same.
Cooking Mama 2 IMO.:) 3 The graphics are so pretty and all the minigames are very addictive! Although it worked the same way as the original Cooking Mama, the original Cooking Mama was far too repetitive for me to enjoy, whereas Cooking Mama 2 had a much wider variety of mini games, more fun food choices- and also the Let's Cook option cut out the needless instructions given through each step. Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop (DS) review 'Many of the steps that you encounter while preparing new recipes have also been switched up a bit in an effort to make that aspect of the game more robust. Some of these work out for the better and recall earlier diversions, such as when you must chop a carrot or potato into small bits.
A wise Cooking Mama enthusiast might ascertain from the title of this game that the new addition to this storied franchise involves shopping, and he or she would be correct. Gamers now get to take part in the hunt and retrieval of various produce from a local grocery store. But really, all that this new addition ends up being is another venue for more trite mini-games. So in terms of unique content, you won't really find it during this game's shopping portions, and in fact, it really isn't even that creative a way to pack in more of the same. If you ask me, a more imaginative direction would have been to call the game Cooking Mama: Chop and Plop, with the new mini-games taking place in a bathroom.
Yet, what Cooking Mama has always offered -- creative use of the DS's unique capabilities -- is still intact. And while many of us may have tired of this formula back during Cooking Mama 2: Toaster Oven Edition, if you aren't familiar with this game or others like it, you can do a lot worse. Just don't expect any plot to further motivate you through the game, and don't assume that lots of money was spent on localisation (clearly a Japanese woman attempted to voice the part of Mama, and clearly she did not earn her paycheck). That being said, where else are you going to find a game that times how fast you can rip the heads off of shrimp?
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Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US) game is available to play online and download for free only at Romsget. Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US) ROM for Nintendo DS download requires a emulator to play the game offline. Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US).
Our favorite Mama is back again with a spanking new game and recipes that ranges from complicated marshmallows to straightforward Korean barbeque. There are a total of eighty (80) recipes that comes with additional steps that are equally light and challenging as its predecessors; this includes keeping dried squid from cats who keep grabbing them to simply opening a can of tomato sauce.
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Unlike the previous Cooking Mama games, there are five different game modes to choose from — Cook with Mama, Let's Cook, Let's Match, Let's Shop and Cooking Contest.
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Cook with Mama is like a training mode where you can practice your cooking skills, with the guidance of Mama of course. Recipes that you finished are scored with Gold, Silver and Bronze coins; and unlock new recipes as well as a chance to earn the Recipe Trophy.
Let's Cook is not as lenient as Cook with Mama as she is more likely cheering you from the background (with pompoms to be exact) – and making a mistake will make you repeat the whole cooking process again. Finishing recipes obtains you new playable characters that you can cook for but bears no consequence in the actual cooking procedure. Unlocking all playable characters earns you the Mama Trophy.
Doing well in either Cook with Mama and Let's Cook will earn you Bonus points. Collect five (5) bonus points and you'll earn an item – either an item for Mama or stickers for your diary. Collect all items and stickers will earn you the Item Trophy.
Cooking Mama 3 Shop And Chop
Let's Match is a new concept where you can match one ingredient to another and create a new recipe to unlock. Its fun to see what recipe you would be able to create; unfortunately, you can only choose two (2) different ingredients and no bonuses are given despite cooking them excellently. Another limitation is that there are only six (6) ingredients available to be paired up.
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Another new concept is Let's Shop which is somewhat self-explanatory. You are task to shop certain ingredients in a crowded market where you have to dodge other shoppers, store clerks, moms with crying babies and the elderly while keeping eye on the clock. If you ever bump into someone, you have to perform a mini-game for that person in order to move on – i.e. helping the elderly get the right purchase or helping a woman keeping all her seafood purchases in the basket. Failing to do so will lose one of your hearts and if you loose all of your hearts, you will force you to go home to a disappointed Mama. As much as it is fun as it is addicting, it's sad to say that there are only four (4) challenges to choose from.
A wise Cooking Mama enthusiast might ascertain from the title of this game that the new addition to this storied franchise involves shopping, and he or she would be correct. Gamers now get to take part in the hunt and retrieval of various produce from a local grocery store. But really, all that this new addition ends up being is another venue for more trite mini-games. So in terms of unique content, you won't really find it during this game's shopping portions, and in fact, it really isn't even that creative a way to pack in more of the same. If you ask me, a more imaginative direction would have been to call the game Cooking Mama: Chop and Plop, with the new mini-games taking place in a bathroom.
Yet, what Cooking Mama has always offered -- creative use of the DS's unique capabilities -- is still intact. And while many of us may have tired of this formula back during Cooking Mama 2: Toaster Oven Edition, if you aren't familiar with this game or others like it, you can do a lot worse. Just don't expect any plot to further motivate you through the game, and don't assume that lots of money was spent on localisation (clearly a Japanese woman attempted to voice the part of Mama, and clearly she did not earn her paycheck). That being said, where else are you going to find a game that times how fast you can rip the heads off of shrimp?
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Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US) game is available to play online and download for free only at Romsget. Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US) ROM for Nintendo DS download requires a emulator to play the game offline. Cooking Mama 3 - Shop & Chop (US).
Our favorite Mama is back again with a spanking new game and recipes that ranges from complicated marshmallows to straightforward Korean barbeque. There are a total of eighty (80) recipes that comes with additional steps that are equally light and challenging as its predecessors; this includes keeping dried squid from cats who keep grabbing them to simply opening a can of tomato sauce.
Cooking Mama 3 Ign
Unlike the previous Cooking Mama games, there are five different game modes to choose from — Cook with Mama, Let's Cook, Let's Match, Let's Shop and Cooking Contest.
Cooking Mama 3 Shop & Chop Rom
Cook with Mama is like a training mode where you can practice your cooking skills, with the guidance of Mama of course. Recipes that you finished are scored with Gold, Silver and Bronze coins; and unlock new recipes as well as a chance to earn the Recipe Trophy.
Let's Cook is not as lenient as Cook with Mama as she is more likely cheering you from the background (with pompoms to be exact) – and making a mistake will make you repeat the whole cooking process again. Finishing recipes obtains you new playable characters that you can cook for but bears no consequence in the actual cooking procedure. Unlocking all playable characters earns you the Mama Trophy.
Doing well in either Cook with Mama and Let's Cook will earn you Bonus points. Collect five (5) bonus points and you'll earn an item – either an item for Mama or stickers for your diary. Collect all items and stickers will earn you the Item Trophy.
Cooking Mama 3 Shop And Chop
Let's Match is a new concept where you can match one ingredient to another and create a new recipe to unlock. Its fun to see what recipe you would be able to create; unfortunately, you can only choose two (2) different ingredients and no bonuses are given despite cooking them excellently. Another limitation is that there are only six (6) ingredients available to be paired up.
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Another new concept is Let's Shop which is somewhat self-explanatory. You are task to shop certain ingredients in a crowded market where you have to dodge other shoppers, store clerks, moms with crying babies and the elderly while keeping eye on the clock. If you ever bump into someone, you have to perform a mini-game for that person in order to move on – i.e. helping the elderly get the right purchase or helping a woman keeping all her seafood purchases in the basket. Failing to do so will lose one of your hearts and if you loose all of your hearts, you will force you to go home to a disappointed Mama. As much as it is fun as it is addicting, it's sad to say that there are only four (4) challenges to choose from.
Cooking Contest is more like a record breaking game where certain steps in a recipe can be performed which exists in the previous games. Other modes like Let's Get Fancy, Change Design and Write in Diary enables you to customize what Mama is wearing, the utensils you will be using while cooking and the stickers that you put in your diary.
All in all, it's a fun and addicting game but the gameplay is similar to the previous titles. Let's Shop is a welcome addition but it's too short to enhance the game and give it its own distinction. This game is more for the beginners who haven't tried virtual cooking rather than the experts who finished the first two (2) games.
