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Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop
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Based on 20 critic reviews
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Game Info
Publisher: Majesco Entertainment
Developer: Cooking Mama Ltd.
Genre(s): Cooking, Action
Players: 4
ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)
Release Date: October 20, 2009
Summary
Mama is back, and she's traded in the trowel for the truffle in Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop! The stylus becomes the ultimate cooking utensil as players chop, grate, slice, stir, spread, sprinkle, roll and more through over 200 mini-games. The new box art and 10 screens included with this email show Mama making candy apples, donuts and more - a mere fraction of the new recipes available throughout the game. Additionally, six gameplay modes keep players on their feet, as they learn from mistakes in "Let's Cook" mode, compete with up to 3 friends using local wi-fi play in "Time Challenge" mode, and keep a scrapbook of favorite dishes in "Picture Diary" mode. While progressing through the game, recipes go from simple to difficult and dishes advance from small to large, but Mama awards players who learn with bronze, silver or gold medals based on the quality of their cooking! [Majesco]
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What The Critics Said
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Game Informer
Anyone with a fondness for old-school RPGs would be remiss to pass it by.
Read Full Review >NintendoWorldReport
Cooking Mama 3 really extends the Cooking Mama series in a fantastic way, and this game is perfect for any fans of the series or for anyone who thinks they might be interested in what Mama has to serve up.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Lots of new recipes and activities are beefed up by the widest set of modes and features yet. A lot of re-hash material but it's a pretty big sampling of stuff to do.
Read Full Review >GamingXP
Cooking Mama 3 follows its predecessors. If you liked one of the other Cooking Mamas, you also will love this one.
Read Full Review >GameTrailers
While the lackluster shop mode doesn't deliver anything fun or engaging, the rest of the game is still just as enjoyable as its predecessors.
Read Full Review >GameZone
Leave it to Mama to make cooking fun again on the Nintendo DS and Cooking Mama 3 definitely has its share of really fun moments, but there is still much room for improvement.
Read Full Review >Games Radar (in-house)
Obsess over all the game’s hidden trinkets if you want, but the main course of Shop & Chop is for people that value good cooking. For us folk that cannot cook but appreciate the craft, this is a treat.
Read Full Review >IGN
Cooking Mama 3 delivers the same gameplay as the previous two titles, and while the addition of Let’s Shop is welcome, it’s too short to improve the game as a whole.
Read Full Review >Worth Playing
It's a fun, quirky little game, but it's the same fun and quirky little game we've been playing for a while now.
Read Full Review >PALGN
In this hectic video game world of killing aliens, zombies and enemy troops, sometimes it's nice to just cook a lasagna instead.
Read Full Review >1UP
While it maintains its easily accessible, casual gameplay, obsessive players (like myself) can still work hard towards getting 100% on all dishes. This blend is exactly what makes me love Cooking Mama in general, and Cooking Mama 3 is a great, if occasionally exasperating, addition to the series.
Read Full Review >Official Nintendo Magazine UK
If Cooking Mama 3 were a steak, it'd be a medium-cooked one. It's satisfying enough, but it's certainly not rare and it's not exactly well done.
Read Full Review >Nintendo Power
Cooking Mama serves up another stew of culinary-themed, touch-controlled minigames in its third course on the DS, but the recipe needs more spice. [Dec 2009, p.87]
Vandal Online
Cooking Mama 3 doesn't offer anything really new in content, although it's true it has some more game options in comparison with the preview games, and a good number of new recipes, which fans series would appreciate.
Read Full Review >Cubed3
Cooking Mama 3 is a nice progression for the culinary mini-game series that has become a roaring success around the world.
Read Full Review >SpazioGames
Cooking Mama 3 is the classic "more of the same". There's really no good reason for getting this last installment, even of you are a big fun of the genre.
Read Full Review >NGamer UK
You're basically doing the same thing. [Feb 2010, p.68]
Teletext GameCentral
At last, Mama gets out of the kitchen and... into a perversely unenjoyable shopping simulator.
Read Full Review >Level7.nu
The same formula as in the former parts in the serie. Chop, boil and rinse in different mini games to make a meal. Gets too repetitive before the dinner is ready.
Read Full Review >GamePro
Just don't expect any plot to further motivate you through the game, and don't assume that lots of money was spent on localization (clearly a Japanese woman attempted to voice the part of Mama, and clearly she did not earn her paycheck). That being said, where else are you going to find a game that times how fast you can rip the heads off of shrimp?
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 4.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
