Kotaku writes: "Playing around with the game I found it to be surprisingly fun. You use the Wii's motion controls to work your way through a batch of recipes, preparing food as the judges watch and Alton Brown talks color. While the Wii game was amusing, the DS version is the one I think will really strike a chord with gamers".
Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine takes Cooking Mama to a new level. Based off the popular television show Iron Chef America--which was based off the Japanese television show--this Nintendo Wii game by Black Lantern Studios allows you to participate in the madness of culinary battles. Although definitely not as hard as the real thing, Iron Chef does allow you to move through the phases of the challenges and recreate dishes from world-famous chefs.
Thanks to the surprise success of Cooking Mama on the Nintendo DS, the chef genre was born. Majesco followed Mama up with a DS sequel and a Wii edition that sold quite well to a casual-hungry audience, but other publishers have also put on their aprons for a shot in the kitchen. Destineer joins the culinary parade with Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine, based on the Food Network interpretation of the Japanese hit Iron Chef.
Starring many familiar faces from the television show, such as chefs Cat Cora and Mario Batali, Iron Chef America aims for an even more casual segment with a game that does not try to directly mimic the movements of a chef operating under a crazy time limit. Instead, the game's motion controls are designed to loosely capture the essence of chopping and flipping. At times, it almost feels a touch like "busy work" instead of real interactivity, but then again, there are likely many elements in preparing a master dish that are indeed less than thrilling to perform.
Gamertell has posted a feature article about the popularity of videogames that involve food.
From the article:
"Once upon a time videogames were all about blasting space aliens, breaking bricks, kicking ass as a ninja and/or saving a princess. Now, it seems like every activity imaginable has a videogame, from cheer leading to dog grooming to gardening. This is best exemplified by the insane popularity of cooking/food-based games, a genre that was practically single-handedly invented by a little DS game three years ago called Cooking Mama."
It then goes on to pose four theories as to why this subgenre of games does so well.
REALLY? WOW! Haven't play either yet though. Man first Wii music get positive impressions and now this what is going on? Where is the hate! I am so disappointed!