GameVortex - I'm not sure how I haven't played any of the Cooking Mama games before now, but Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic is now available and it is my introduction to the series.
At a glance, you can tell that the graphics in Cooking Mama 4 are quite simple, but that is a good thing. Everything has sharply drawn lines and simple colors. This means that you can clearly see the edges of where you're supposed to put things or the lines on where you need to chop. The only character in the game is Mama, but she is quite amusing though. When you do well, she'll clap for you. When you fail, her eyes turn into flames. I found it amusing when I would mess up and Mama ended up with food on her face or even a face full of smoke. I'm not sure why it was funny, but the way they do things is just really humorous.
"Many video game characters can hand out whippings and look cool doing it. Blowing stuff up, saving worlds, ext. How about the other talents that go unnoticed? You know, cooking." -Play Legit
My personal favourite is the chef from Breath of Fire II who tries to BBQ you.
Not mentioning anybody from the Ar Tonelico games is blasphemy. Only they could come up with "tasty" things like BBQ Soda.
PreOrder-IQ writes:
The star game this week might just have the silliest name in the world, but that doesn't mean it wasn't last year's most surprising hit. Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance has already wowed Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 owners, and this week PC fans will finally get to sample Platinum Games' consistently bonkers sword-obsessed adventure.
All those who purchase Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance via Steam will get to enjoy enhanced visuals, new cutscenes and codec options, but that isn't necessarily the only release to be excited about this week.
Over a day later than expected, we now have this week's Nintendo Download details for Europe. This week brings us one game each on the Virtual Console platforms, some cooking and musical creativity as well as a few discounts.
Contra III Alien Wars only for Wii U, isn't that sad? Wii U is almost abandoned completely.
What on Earth is keeping them from launching the N64 and GBA titles? Along with all the other consoles that the Wii had, like TurboGFX16, NeoGeo, Mastersystem etc. Some select GC titles like Paper Mario 2, F-Zero GX, Double Dash & Eternal Darkness would be fantastic news as well. One Wii U VC release whenever there are so many great games that they could be bringing out doesn't make any sense.
This is by far the best review the game has ever seen. It's currently sitting at 52 on MetaCritic.