Cooking Mama: Cook Off

Reviewed by:
Scott Jones

The only cooking we're likely to do involves pressing the 1 MIN button on the lunchroom microwave. Yet here's an odd little game that's centered around—you guessed it—cooking. Use the Wii controller to chop onions, crack eggs, and grate virtual cheese. (Question: Who cut the virtual cheese?) You do this while preparing a series of increasingly complicated dishes. Make something tasty, and Mama will give you a high score. Make something crappy, and Mama will make you live in the basement, wear Tuffskins to school, and chain you to a radiator. (Oops; that's our Mama. We love you, Mama! Promise to take you to Friendly's on Mother's Day this year!) The game also features a nifty Battle System a la Iron Chef, where you compete against the best chefs in the world in "cook offs." Odd? More than little. Niche? Oh, fuck yes. But the odds of your girlfriend enjoying it: Off the charts.

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