Cooking Mama franchise sales reach 1.6 Million Units Domestically
It seems as if Majesco’s gamble with the casual market has payed off: the company has just announced that domestic sales of the three Cooking Mama games have reached 1.6 million units. The series was launched in 2006 with Cooking Mama on the DS, and followed up last year with a Wii installment Cooking Mama: Cook Off, and a DS sequel Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends.
The games are “cooking simulators” in which players use the DS/Wii controls to prepare recipes. Cute, kitschy, and well-received by critics for their innovative gameplay, the games clearly appeal appeal to a broad range of gamers. A new sequel to Cooking Mama: Cook Off is due on the Wii this year.
There’s no doubt that Cooking Mama has become Majesco’s biggest success in recent years, and while its certainly deserved, I can’t help but be wary of what this will mean for the future of the franchise. Cooking Mama was so awesome precisely because it brought something new and fresh to the proverbial table, a quality that will diminish with a stable of sequels. While the Wii and DS follow-ups were both fantastic, I’d hate to see a great gameplay concept get tired and stale (just look at what happened to Katamari).
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Its a simple but fun game
on April 1, 2008 at 07:28 AM - LINKI think cooking mama is a very interesting game and this website tells alot but I think you should put more on this website about the inventor and marketing companys-thanks-audrey(=
on October 6, 2008 at 03:38 PM - LINK