Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends takes the cutesy quirk of Cooking Mama and kicks it up to a level that teeters precariously between charming and irritating. While I could have done with a few less flowers and rainbows, it's still the same Cooking Mama I begrudgingly loved in the first place.
Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL), publisher of the award-winning Cooking Mama video game franchise that’s sold more than 13 million copies worldwide, today announced that the iconic kitchen cutie is serving up double the fun and terrific value with three separate combo packs that bundle together some of the hit franchise’s best-selling games." -- Wiiloveit.com (Official Press Release)
With the launch of Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic later this month, it got us in the GGUK office to thinking about new directions that Mama can take in the future, new games which she could be part of. It all started with some fairly sensible ideas…
Welcome, one and all, to Identity Parade – a column which will look at how video games toy with the notion of identity. From what Lara Croft tells us about feminism, to how Mario’s quest to save the Princess is a tale older than time – this weekly feature will look at a variety of aspects of identity and behavior, and will explore what the iconic characters teach us about ourselves.
unfortunately i know some grown women who need to play cooking mama 1 and 2!
I don't care how pretty, athletic, smart, business savvy, blah blah blah....if a woman can't cook it's such a waste!!
unless she's all those things can't cook but likes to cut the grass and change car oil then she's a keeper!!
I already know how to cook and I'm a grill master! I cook all the time.
I'm just saying that i know some very nice women who DO NOT know how to cook and it's kinda a let down IMO.
Maybe i'm just old fashion
Being old fashioned is no real excuse. I'm a better chef than my partner but then I can't do laundry to save my life. If we expect our girlfriends/wives to contribute financially then we need to be prepared to help domestically.
But that's really beside the point. What Cat is questioning is the fact that just because she is a woman, why can't she enjoy blowing crap up like the male gamers? Why should gaming companies assume that all women are interested in is cooking and being an object of desire like Lara?
Well I suppose it certainly was popular enough to consider a sequel. Never played it myself but I heard it was good from those who played it.