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Cooking Mama Taking A Part-Time Babysitting Job?

By Spencer . April 21, 2009 . 9:41am

Who would have guessed Cooking Mama would grow into a hit franchise and span games that had nothing do with cooking? Majesco that’s who and they’re banking heavily on a Mama series.   Gardening Mama, Pet Shop Mama, and today…

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Taito Grabs Gardening Mama For TGS, Space Puzzle Bobble Surfaces

By Spencer . September 29, 2008 . 7:28am

Taito will have its own little space at Tokyo Game Show away from everything Final and Fantasy. Half of this space, determined by titles not actual square footage, will be filled with Cooking Mama. Cooking Mama 2 for the Wii and…

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Iron Chef America impressions – a well baked Cooking Mama clone

By Louise . September 3, 2008 . 6:21pm

When I first saw Cooking Mama, I had the great idea of making an Iron Chef game. Unfortunately, Destineer already beat me to that since they’re coming out with Iron Chef America for the Wii and DS.   The Wii…

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Cooking Mama meet Science Papa

By Spencer . July 30, 2008 . 11:05am

Cooking Mama may have a rival made by Activision. The publisher recently trademarked Math Papa and Science Papa for use with things like “video game programs; computer game cartridges”. In plain English these may be titles for upcoming games where…

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Starfish bakes a Cooking Mama competitor

By Spencer . June 17, 2008 . 7:12pm

Office Create’s international Cooking Mama series sparked a number of imitators, but most of them lack the iconic character. Panpaka Panya-San makes up for it with a cast of mascot characters. You use a smiling pan, befriend a jovial oven mitt,…

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Cooking Mama art to spice up your wall!

By Dan Zuccarelli . February 12, 2008 . 10:53am

The more I visit Etsy, the more I fall in love with the stuff I find there.   A perfect example is this lighthearted print based on the Cooking Mama game. Printed on top of a cookbook recipe, it's the perfect…

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Rumor confirmed: An Iron Chef game is in the oven

By Spencer . January 2, 2008 . 3:08pm

A hardworking GoNintendo reader (Happy New Year RawMeatCowboy!) dug up listings for an Iron Chef game on Gamestop. I don’t think this is widely known, so I’ll come out and say it: this game is, in fact, in development.   Unfortunately,…

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Devil unleashed? Hell’s Kitchen becomes Cooking Mama’s competitor?

By Spencer . October 26, 2007 . 9:40am

In a strange turn of events, cooking games are becoming ever so popular. Cooking Mama was never the only cooking game in town, but it was the first one to appeal to a mass market. Before Office Create developed the…

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The real face of Cooking Mama?

By Spencer . October 24, 2007 . 10:06am

Cooking Mama 2 comes out next month and Taito has a flyer out to promote the game. Instead of seeing the overly-passionate Mama cartoon character they have a real human dressed up in Mama’s clothing. Something is missing though… her…

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Cook up more meals this November with Cooking Mama 2

By Spencer . October 2, 2007 . 1:31pm

Majesco announced that Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends is coming out on November 13. That’s a mere two days before the game comes out in Japan. Talk about international appeal! Before the game comes out anywhere in the world,…