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Iron Chef game coming to the Wii

Gaming Target, by John Scalzo on January 08, 2008:

The United Media Licensing website has a blurb announcing Iron Chef America for the Wii:

"Iron Chef Gets A New Platform

Building off the success of the recent spin off reality series, The Next Iron Chef, which premiered to 3.3 million viewers on Food Network, licensee Destineer will release the Nintendo Wii Iron Chef America video game. Offering players an interactive experience where they can be an Iron Chef, the game will make its way to retail in 2Q08."

The cooking sim is scheduled for a Spring release.

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Kotaku: Iron Chef Surprisingly Fun

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".

N4g_null5719d ago

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!

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Gamespot: PAX 2008: Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine Hands-On

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.

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IGN: PAX 2008: Iron Chef America Hands-On

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.