First helping of Cooking Mama screenshots on the Wii

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to cook but found the ingredients too costly (and it would be such a waste if you ended up burning everything), or a pan with oil too dangerous, then perhaps you might want to consider getting Taito‘s Wii version of Cooking Mama to start you off in the right direction towards becoming a kitchen denizen.

A port of the game of the same title that was made for the Nintendo DS, Cooking Mama for Wii now allows players to experience Mama’s cooking lessons on the big screen and with friends. As opposed to just playing the game using a stylus, players can now use the Wiimote as if they were holding a kitchen knife when chopping onions (sans the tears!), or a frying pan when flipping over those potato croquettes.

On top of these, the screenshots also show an instance where the screen is split to accommodate two players who can then battle for kitchen supremacy ala Iron Chef. The game boasts of a vast array of cuisines to enjoy as well as more than 76 recipes.
Hopefully, learning to cook under Mama’s supervision will persuade casual gamers to turn into casual cooks who will, after a good game, will head for the kitchen and fix something up for real. Downside is that the scrumptious meals that you will be preparing on your TV screen won’t be appearing on your dining table afterwards.

Help yourself to more screenshots after the Jump!

If you’ve ever wanted to learn to cook but found the ingredients too costly (and it would be such a waste if you ended up burning everything), or a pan with oil too dangerous, then perhaps you might want to consider getting Taito‘s Wii version of Cooking Mama to start you off in the right direction towards becoming a kitchen denizen.

A port of the game of the same title that was made for the Nintendo DS, Cooking Mama in the Wii now allows players to experience Mama’s cooking lessons on the big screen and with friends. As opposed to just playing the game using a stylus, players can now use the Wiimote as if they were holding a kitchen knife when chopping onions (sans the tears!), or a frying pan when flipping over those potato croquettes.

On top of these, the screenshots also show an instance where the screen is split to accommodate two players who can then battle for kitchen supremacy ala Iron Chef. The game boasts of a vast array of cuisines to enjoy as well as more than 76 recipes.

Hopefully, learning to cook under Mama’s supervision will persuade casual gamers to turn into casual cooks who will, after a good game, will head for the kitchen and fix something up for real. Downside is that the scrumptious meals that you will be preparing on your TV screens won’t be appearing on your dining table afterwards.