Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop

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Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop
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Developer(s) Cooking Mama Limited
Publisher(s)
Composer(s) Masayoshi Ishi
Series Cooking Mama
Platform(s) Nintendo DS
Release
  • NA: October 20, 2009
  • AU: November 12, 2009
  • EU: November 13, 2009
  • JP: November 26, 2009
Genre(s) Simulation, minigame
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop [lower-alpha 1] released as Cooking Mama 3 in Japan, Europe and Australia, is the sequel to the Nintendo DS video game Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends and is the third installment in the Cooking Mama series. Developed by 505 Games, Majesco Entertainment, and Taito, Shop & Chop features five different game modes, including two new ones, over 80 different recipes, 200 unique mini-games, four-player multiplayer, and the classic gameplay.

Contents

The sequel to this game, Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic for the Nintendo 3DS, was released on November 16, 2011. [1]

Gameplay

Following the style of the Cooking Mama series, the game is loosely based on a cooking simulation, though more focused on the mini-games in comparison to previous titles in the series. Recipes are divided into mini-games, and by successfully completing the mini-games, a meal is created. Many aspects of the game are now customizable, such as the colors of the pots and pans, to the countertop and background, to even Mama herself. Mama can be dressed up with new outfits, which also include accessories. Graphics have also slightly been enhanced, and there is an added feature of importing the vegetables the player has grown in Gardening Mama .

This installment includes recipes such as Marshmallow, Candy Apples, Pickles, French Cruller, Korean Barbecue, Baukuchen, Vongole Bianco, Fried Shrimp, Cabbage Rolls, Tempura, Dried Squid, Cheese Risotto, Potato Wedges, Sushi and many more. Hidden recipes can be unlocked after obtaining the initial 64. The player can also to grow their own ingredients, or buy them in the new grocery store mode, Let's Shop.

Game modes

Let's Shop is a feature added to Shop & Chop. The mode features five different levels, each of which is progressively harder than the last. Instead of cooking with Mama, the player is sent to the grocery store to pick up supplies. The player controls Ichigo (Mama's daughter [2] ) with the stylus in the bottom half of the DS screen and leads her around the store to obtain the supplies while racing against the clock. However, running into other customers, such as mothers with babies or store employees, causes the player to play mini-games that also count against the clock. The mini-games are generated at random and no instructions are given. If the player fails to win the mini-game, Ichigo loses a heart, and after she loses three, she goes home. By successfully completing the shopping trip, the player is awarded items to customize the kitchen or outfits/accessories to dress up Mama.

Reception

The game received "mixed or average reviews" according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. [3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cooking Mama 3 (クッキング ママ3, Kukkingu Mama 3)

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