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mode. In this mode, players challenge fictitious friends from various foreign countries to make their favorite recipes. Each friend has different ethnic or national recipes which they specialize in; in total, the game includes recipes from 10 countries. As friends rarely make mistakes, players
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to mimic real-life cooking movements such as rolling, slicing, chopping, and stirring. For example, during a minigame involving grinding up raw beef, the player might be instructed to move the Wii Remote in a circular motion as if grasping the handle of a
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using over 300 ingredients. Although the initial number of accessible recipes is relatively small, new recipes are unlocked as previous recipes are successfully completed. Available recipes are displayed in a
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must be proficient at creating a given dish if they hope to win. Defeating the opponent rewards the player with a piece of cooking gear or utensil (often adorned in gold), while failure earns a
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next to each, indicating each recipe's country of origin. While
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McDonald, Thomas L. (May 2009). "Eat Any Good Games Lately?".
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907:"GameSpy: Cooking Mama: Cook Off"
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851:. No. 169. Archived from
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255:Cooking Mama: World Kitchen
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981:"Cooking Mama: Cook Off".
817:"Famitsu scores, 31/01/07"
815:Blerk (January 31, 2007).
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1000:"CES: Winners and Losers"
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679:クッキングママ みんなといっしょにお料理大会!
1295:Simulation video games
1114:2: Dinner with Friends
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301:, along with a small
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77:Majesco Entertainment
1234:Cooking Mama Limited
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1016:February 6,
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859:February 7,
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584:(US) 5.8/10
471:Publication
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244:Nintendo DS
202:multiplayer
120:Platform(s)
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743:Metacritic
699:References
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446:Aggregator
371:gold medal
279:Wii Remote
271:simulation
230:in Japan,
216:video game
184:Simulation
1285:Wii games
1177:Spin-offs
1041:MobyGames
821:Eurogamer
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586:(AU) 5/10
493:Eurogamer
437:Reception
432:Reception
388:) is the
380:New modes
275:minigames
236:505 Games
188:minigames
88:505 Games
1167:Cookstar
1153:Cook Off
1099:Handheld
881:GameSpot
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307:Cook Off
299:cookbook
290:Cook Off
267:Cook Off
262:Gameplay
240:spin off
218:for the
179:Genre(s)
911:GameSpy
749:July 7,
636:Famitsu
628:tactile
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505:Famitsu
414:lobster
408:Recipes
360:Scoring
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242:of the
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131:Release
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350:India
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330:Spain
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214:is a
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