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Friday, May 15
Cooking Mama Dishes Dirt On Science Papa
Yesterday we pinged Majesco for a comment on Activision's newly announced Science Papa title for the Wii and DS, only to have Cooking Mama herself reveal her sordid past with the science geek. We were a bit taken aback by Activision's choice of names for their new mini-game compilation, bu...
Monday, May 11
Cooking Mama Sells Four Million...Domestically
Of course by domestically they mean in North America, with the company's number one franchise racking up more than four million sales between the five games in the series, which includes the recently released Gardening Mama. The company is also lowering the price for Cooking Mama World K...
Tuesday, May 5
Mommy Dearest: The Best and Worst Mothers in Video Games
At this point, you're probably wondering why Cooking Mama isn't anywhere on this list. Apart from the lack of a convenient genre into which to cram the game, there's no evidence that Cooking Mama is even a mother. Do you see her kids at any point in the game? For all the player knows, she's just c...
Thursday, Mar 12
Osaka Schools Passing Out DSs
Reports say that about 10 middle and elementary schools in Osaka will start handing out Nintendo DS consoles to students next January. Nintendo's plan to control the world: 80% complete. Maybe every DS taxes buy for a school child will be 100 yen Nintendo puts toward making games that don't...
Tuesday, Dec 2
Gardening Mama Blooms Stateside This Spring
Mama has become a certifiable icon since her original introduction in Cooking Mama DS," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco. "Her first brand offshoot captures those features that made the Cooking Mama series a best seller-an innovative concept, full Touch Screen con...
Thursday, Nov 27
The Great Black Friday 2008 Round-Up
Toys 'R' Us Opens 5:00 AM - Store Locator Nintendo DS Ice Blue with Brain Age [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Nintendo DS Mario Red with New Super Mario Bros. [5 AM -1 PM] - $149.99 Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway (Xbox 360/PS3) - $17.99 Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (Wii) - $14.99
Amazon's Full Black Friday Deal List: Your Trousers Will Tremble
Nintendo DS Madden NFL 09 - $29.95 (Reg. $59.99) Wii Cooking Mama: Cook Off - $14.95 (Reg. $29.99) Madden NFL 09 - $29.95 (Reg. $59.99) Nintendo DS Lite Limited Edition Red Mario with New Super Mario Bros. - $134.95 (Reg. $149.99) Nintendo DS Lite Play Stand - $4.95 (Reg. $12.99) Wii
Wednesday, Nov 26
GameStop's Holiday Game Picks [Give, Receive, And Trade]
The Foodie – For the gourmet on your list, consider Cooking Mama World Kitchen (Wii), Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine (Wii, DS) and Hell’s Kitchen (Wii, DS, PC) as recipes for fun. Cooking Mama World Kitchen and Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine are rated E for Everyone, and Hell’s Kit...
Monday, Nov 24
Eat That PETA - Majesco Launches Cake Mania [Cake Games]
The animal-hating carnivores (kidding!) responsible for Cooking Mama have broken with tradition and released a game that involves the death of ZERO animals.
Thursday, Nov 20
A Challenge?
Lich King Sells 2.8M in 24 Hours Frankenreview: Left 4 Dead (Xbox 360) Jack Thompson Pays $42k Bar Tab Judge Bans Teens From Video Games For Cat Killing First Screens Of GTAIV's Lost & Damned DLC South Park Plays Call of Duty PETA Beats a Dead Horse, Asks for Veggie Cooking Mama
Wednesday, Nov 19
The Portable Holiday Gift Guide [2008 Kotaku Holiday Gift Guide]
The Tower Defense genre seems ideally suited to a touchscreen device, but Lock's Quest takes the idea and runs with it, adding layers of micromanagement and minigames. The result is a well rounded game that expands a casual time waster into something much more.
Tuesday, Nov 18
Cooking Mama Responds To PETA [Even Better Than Mama]
Mama just wants to make the nice people happy! This is the gist of a press release issued by Majesco Entertainment on behalf of Mama herself in response to PETA's recently released flash game, Cooking Mama: Mama Kills Animals. The release highlights the more than 25 vegetarian-friendly r...
Friday, Sep 12
Hands On: What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver
Looks like Atari came a little late to the Cooking Mama cash-in party. Stuff like Cooking Academy and Happy Cooking Coach is hitting shelves a whole month sooner than What’s Cooking? With Jamie Oliver. But at least the game will be in good company – Iron Chef for DS and Wii ships the same day.
Friday, Aug 29
Majesco *Might* Get Kicked Off The Stock Market
Cooking Mama sure can cook. Might want to get her to cook your books, Majesco, as the company today received a formal warning notice from the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. The exchange has rules, and one of those rules is that shares in a company can't trade at under $1.00 for 30 days in a row. Majesco's h...
Wednesday, Jul 9
Majesco's E3 Lineup - AWAY With Major Minor
The best-selling, award-winning cooking franchise returns! In Cooking Mama World Kitchen, Mama brings a lot more to the table, including all new 3D graphics, all new recipes from parfait to shrimp au gratin, comedic kitchen mini-games, new gameplay modes and much more. Cook with Mama a...
Monday, Jun 30
Another Year, Another Cooking Mama
The Cooking Mama franchise continues to be a best seller at more than two million units sold to date," said Jesse Sutton, Chief Executive Officer, Majesco. "An original idea, inherently fun execution and Mama's appeal have clearly resonated with both Wii and Nintendo DS audiences. Mama'...
Friday, Mar 7
A Week In Comments [Hyper Multi-tap]
Another advantage of scores is that you don't necessarily want to be given details of the plot or gameplay. Some games are better unspoiled. You can look at a review score and if it's high enough then you don't need to worry about such details.
Tuesday, Jan 29
DS Download Stations Infested With Eco-Creatures [Demo]
We are excited that Eco-Creatures now joins the ranks of Cooking Mama, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends and Cake Mania as a phenomenal game launching with the support of a great demo available through the Nintendo kiosk program," said Gui Karyo, Executive Vice President of Operation...
Tuesday, Jan 22
British Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
1) Mario & Sonic at the Olympics (Wii) 2) Brain Training (DS) 3) More Brain Training (DS) 4) Super Mario Galaxy (Wii) 5) Call of Duty 4 (360) 6) Wii Play (Wii) 7 New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 8) Cooking Mama (DS) 9) Big Brain Academy (Wii) 10) Assassin's Creed (360)
Friday, Jan 18
British Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
Hey, Britain, welcome to your first sales charts for 2008. If you're wondering whether the new year's kicking off with a resolution for change, no, it is not. 2008's begun much the same as 2007 ended, with a bunch of increasingly tired-looking Nintendo games sandwiched between Call of Duty...
Wednesday, Jan 16
Nintendo Lays Out '08, Wii Fit, Mario Kart Wii Vaguely Dated [Wii]
About Nintendo: The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii™, Nintendo DS™, Game Boy® Advance and Nintendo GameCube™ systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearl...
Wednesday, Jan 2
British Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
Ah, Need for Speed and FIFA. Previous Christmas sales winners you may be, you're a little late to the party, aren't you? Far too late to make a difference, as this is their first top-10 appearance in the holiday season, and they couldn't make inroads against a rebounding Assassin's Creed an...
Thursday, Dec 6
1,000,000 Europeans Do It Even Better Than Mama [Cooking Mama]
Milton Keynes, 6th December - 505 Games today raised a glass as the European sales of its celebrated Cooking Mama franchise surpassed one million units. Released initially on Nintendo DS and later for Wii, the series becomes 505 Games' most successful title to date.
Thursday, Nov 29
More Cooking With Mama [Impressions]
The original Cooking Mama for the Nintendo DS had just the right amount of quirky charm to make it a great success for Majesco in North America. Now, over a year and a console version for the Wii later, Majesco has released Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends for the DS, and while the charm is st...
Tuesday, Oct 30
European Sales Charts [Sales Charts]
Germany Spain 1. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (DS) 2. FIFA 08 (PS2) 3. Project Gotham Racing 4 (360) 4. FIFA 08 (PS3) 5. WWE SmackDown vs. Raw (PS2) 6. More Brain Training (DS) 7. MySims (DS) 8. Brain Training (DS) 9. FIFA 08 (PSP) 10. Pokemon Diamond (DS)
Tuesday, Aug 21
European Charts EXPLOSION
2) Wii Play 3) Brain Training 4) Pokemon DIamond 5) Brain Training 2 7) Pokemon Pearl 8) Surf's Up 9) Cooking Mama 10) New Super Mario Bros 1) Pokemon Diamond 2) Pokemon Pearl 3) Brain Training 4) Brain Training 2 5) SingStar 90s 6) WoW 7) WoW: BC 8) Mario Party 8 9) Wii Play
Thursday, Aug 9
Cooking Mama 2 In Early 2008
Due to be served on the Nintendo DS and Wii, Cooking Mama 2 is the sequel to the best-selling cooking simulation game, Cooking Mama, and promises more culinary fun and even tastier gameplay as Mama cooks up a spicy storm with new recipes, twice as many mini-games and an all-new multiplayer...
Tuesday, Jul 31
I'd Like To Thank The Academy: Golden Joystick Awards Shortlists Revealed
Innovation Award •The Nintendo Wii •PlayStation 3 •DirectX 10 •Wii Sports •Halo 3 Beta •Steam •Xbox Box Live Arcade •The PlayStation Network •Wii Play •Crackdown Retailer of the Year •Amazon.co.uk •Play.com •Game •Gamestation •Gameplay •HMV EB Games •Virgin Megastores •Gameseek
Tuesday, May 22
Cooking Mama Lunchbox
Since there's no mention of a Wii or DS (plus I don't see Cooking Mama's "eggserlent" face anywhere on it), I can only assume it actually has nothing to do with Nintendo, but I definitely like the vibe of it. Kim Phu Limited edition Cooking Mama lunchbox found in Hong Kong [Siliconera]
Sunday, Apr 1
Cooking Mama "Cook Off Challenge" Party [Cooking Mama: Cook Off]
Yesterday, Nintendo held a Cooking Mama Cook Off Challenge party at their World Store in NYC to promote Majesco's new Cooking Mama: Cook Off for the Wii. Kotakuite Alex was on hand to snap some photos, and from the looks of it, a good time was had by all. There was real food being cooked by variou...
Thursday, Mar 22
Frankenreview, Cooking Mama: Cook Off
Instead of the usual score a touchdown/bang the cheerleader or behead the bad guy/bang the cheerleader videogame, the original Cooking Mama was a quirky DS title that made us feel good about our culinary expertise, even if in real life that consisted of the ability to make popcorn via mic...
Tuesday, Mar 20
Cooking Mama Cook Off Kick Off [Cooking Mama]
Cash rich Wii owners probably are already in possession of a copy or two of Majesco's recently released Cooking Mama: Cook Off (it ships today), but those of you looking to score a free disc should keep reading. The publisher is holding a launch event for the game at the Nintendo World Store o...
Tuesday, Jan 16
Feature: CES In Adventure Game Mode [Feature]
But there were other fringe-gaming moments at the show that kept my attention. A trip to the Sands Expo led me into the Kentia Hall of CES, clogged with random video game exhibitors. GameDaily was there. Tons of chairs with built in sound systems were available for the sitting. Games powered by...
Monday, Jan 15
Kotaku Magu: Cooking Mama, Space Invader In Wii Train Game [Kotaku Magu]
Title says it all. Japanese game maker Taito is giving Mama from Cooking Mama and an alien from Space Invaders make cameo appearances in Densha de Go! for the Wii. Sure hope that a bullet train doesn't run over Mama! Brian Ashcraft
Thursday, Nov 2
Nintendo World 06: The Wii Line Up
Wii Sports (Nintendo) Hajimete no Wii: Your First Step To Wii (Nintendo) Excite Truck (Nintendo) Wii Yawaraka Atama Juku (Nintendo) Super Mario Galaxy (Nintendo) Mario Strikers Charged (Nintendo) Mario Party 8 (Nintendo) Metroid Prime 3: Corruption (Nintendo)
Sunday, Sep 10
Games of the Week! [Games Of The Week]
Mega Man ZX (DS) 2D side-scrolling double-screen fun. Mario Hoops 3 on 3 (DS) Square's Mario b-ball tap fest. Since I have a 14 hour flight this Friday, I'm going to pick up some new DS games. Maybe Cooking Mama and Mega Man ZX. How about you? Let us know in the comments!
