Cooking Mama, Cooking Zelda, Cooking Samus…

I'm just surprised that Peach isn't baking a cake.

@NeVeRMoRe666: Samus looks like she is ready to eat!

@spidermangalarza: I agree it's kind of weird/disturbing to see a chibi character with that boobage, ditto with Ivy (although Ivy looks like two ballons strapped to her chest)

@The Red Comet: It's Claire Redfield from Resident evil 2.

Cooking Ivy O_o Interesting find

@orijimi: Yeah, she definitely doesn't have the history the others do, but she is one of the more recognisable videogame girls out there, if you think about it. I'm willing to bet the average gamer could identify her (even if as "that chick from Mirror's Edge"), before the likes of Ivy, Princess Zelda and RE2 Claire.

firefly

@The Red Comet: Claire in her Resident Evil 2 outfit.

firefly

Who's the girl in pink and black? Is that Rain from G Gundam?

Don't know why they didn't include Cooking Jade. That's my favorite one.

That's cooking mama luigi to you, cooking mario!

cfive3

you know something the cooking mai disturbs me....... i think they should limit the boobage (never thought i say that)

@tim rogers: Thats because she is dead.

Joe Chaib

Some of these characters are never this happy in real games!

@tim rogers: What you see is NOT necessarily what you get. ^o^

@NitroAML: Too late, tovarisch; a comment of that nature has already been made.

@spannu: I definitely laughed, and while I'd like to say I don't usually do that much regarding Internet comments, it's not so true on Kotaku. So much quality...

Oh my GOSH!!! soooo SMEXY!!!!!

I want you :grabs Cooking Peach: and you :grabs Cooking Zelda: and you :grabs Cooking Samus: and you :grabs Cooking Aireth:.

Bwahaha, Cooking Mai.

@KingSeafoam: CAPTAIN BUZZKILL TO THE RESCUEEEE!!:

She's clearly holding the fork with her non cannon arm...

....AWAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!

Underscore_Lysdexia

Dang. These would make a bunch of great new avatars for things, were I a lady.

clare forgot to take the knife out before baking it.. oh clare.

Will Anthony

Cooking mama jade makes me happy

KillaB43

They could have put Tingle and Dan on the background, cooking gay papas

Man in the mirror

Does anyone have this in a 1920x1200 background yet? Or even a 1280x960 for my second monitor? This is too adorable to NOT see every day.

MorbidToaster

@VMan902:

People on the internet never believe you if you only say Kawaii, so they assume that is the only word you know in Japanese, and most likely don't pronounce the word correctly either.

That being said, people on the internet are dicks, ignore them.

MorbidToaster

@ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): I second this.

Japanophile ruin everything.

@RevengaSweet: First of all, IF a harem of girls were cooking me food (that I could eat), then obviously they wouldn't be pixelated. Instead they would be a bunch of girls cosplaying as they cooked me ma fooood.

@ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): Person with anime username and anime picture is mad because someone said Kawaii

now I've seen everything
ok mostly everything

Underscore_Lysdexia

@VMan902: I must not be as big an internet lurker as I thought. All this commotion has had me both laughing and scratching my head at the same time.

I saw the picture and the first thought in that sprung in my mind was how cute it looked. kawaii is the actual word that sounded in my head so that is what I posted. Its as simple as that. I have absolutely no idea what you guys are making a fuss over, I have no idea what 4chan is and I don't know how/why I somehow pissed some of you off.

Especially in regards to Showmemymoves!: I am a proficient Japanese speaker who actively still studies/practices which is likely what that word sprung in my head instead of the English equivalent. I know exactly what it means and I assure you I'm not a complete idiot, and I will use it whenever I want (though I'm through commenting on Kotaku after some of things I've read and especially after this).

Thats all I want to say.

VMan902

@Leanid: Damn you, now my imagination's running. Yoshi Soup? Honey-roasted Locust? Weighted Companion Cubical Cake? Big Daddy's ADAM-basted Splicer Ribs ("It's a CIRCUS of flavor!")? Minsc's Hamster Surprise? Press X to Not Die Cookies? Left 4 Bread?

sooooooooooooooo cute! n_n

Feminism as a hypothetical set of ideals is fine. Feminism as a real-world practice is a joke. One does not achieve equality by diminishing all other parties.

There should be a cooking Michael Jackson... Ok there shouldn't be, but everyone won't shut up about his stupid ass and shit.

Hypernetic

@Showmeyomoves!: Quit crying. People use kawaii on teh internet. What are you going after next? FTW? LOL? Just deal with it.

KillaB43

Are they advertising Cosplay Mama or Cooking MILF?

Aerith + Ivy being there = instant fail.

pressstart

@KingSeafoam: Actually, the original on the Flickr page shows the arm cannon on her right arm. The magazine flipped it.

@n00b_pwner: Cooking Mama has no figure whatsoever compared to the others. Her apron must hide a dozen layers of body shapers.

I bet I'm at least an hour late for a proper "Back to the kitchen" joke.

Psudonym

@RevengaSweet: Why arent you in the kitchen?! Who said you can use the internet woman?! LOL! I mean...what where we talking about again...?

So is this the poster for a cooking mamma hentai game?

this is where women belong- cooking and being sexy.

typingfromwork

@orijimi:
You mean among all the other key, lead, independent female characters of this year.

@RevengaSweet: Any woman that wears skimpy clothing and cooks for me isn't demeaning herself. She's earning an obedient man-slave.

reynoldswrap

BOY am I hungry now!

@[www.flickr.com]).

So, the artist is BlackLiliPute and you can check his work there: [www.myspace.com]
Funny (and talented of him) that he changed his own style to go the kawaii route!

@NoobKitten: Me too! She soothes me. It's my relaxation time.

Dresan

it just hit me, COOKING MAMA VS CAPCOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BRING OUT THE POTS AND PANS BABY!

yamato

@Polite Society - Being Polite, Socially.: Yep. It's called food! ;o)

@[translate.google.fr]

I guess that the cover relates to the "fan service and female curves" part, then. Looks like there could be some interesting things to see (from an arty point of view, of course) inside the mag!

As for that translation, when you read "baston" (slangish word for "fight"), just think "beat'em all". ;o)

@Luke Plunkett: You're welcome, Luke, but in fact, I'm the one that should thank you: despite being French, I never heard of that IG magazine. It sure looks like a fine read with interesting stuff (including a Ninty story written by one of the founders of Pix'n Love, you know, the guys reponsible for Bashcraft's "Arcade Mania" translation!).

One mag on my shopping list, then, thanks to Kotaku (yeah, never heard of that one on French VG sites, duh!).

Oh, and one more thing: the previous issue cover looked good, too!
[www.flickr.com]

This is so darn cute. Lovely work.

Cavefish

@ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): Though that's a bit harsh, I certainly share the sentiment. Stop using the word 'kawaii', lest you sound like a complete idiot.

Showmeyomoves!

@Comban will Ban you.:

Pics or it didn't happen.

@tim rogers: I think they wanted to do the "Cooking Aerith" thing in a Chibi look rather then her cooking. She is adorable though ^_^

James Armstrong

@kojirodensetsu:
Well, yeah. She was in the kitchen all day making delicious soup. Poor ventilation, too.

@Comban will Ban you.:

wow...... seriously just wow.....

Rene Rubio Carrillo

I know the game's not out yet, but given the Cooking Mama theme I'm kind of surprised there's no Fat Princess represented here.

Michael Chilson

This is the greatest thing ever.

emotaku

@Thut: Anyone else think that choosing Faith to be in it is a little too soon?

orijimi

@RevengaSweet: to be honest, i don't know any girls who can cook (better than me).

so.

@Fil Vina: Oh. :| That's a thumbs-up, my mistake.

orijimi

as far as i can tell, aeris isn't even cooking anything :-/

@n00b_pwner: Well, she does have a sausage in her mouth. She does seem to be enjoying it a bit too much, though...

@belo: Yeah, I think that's Ms. Redfield. I didn't quite recognize her because her outfit up there looks more like a leotard or underwear to me.

I think it's weird that they have Faith in there. She just doesn't have half the catalog the others have. I have no problems with it at the moment, considering I like Mirror's Edge over any other game represented here. I just think it's such an unproven franchise that this could look like a big mistake in the future. This would be due to either the failure of any sequels or just from fading out of existence as I feel Mirror's Edge is doomed to do.

orijimi

@Mucudadada:
Oh Lord, I lol'd.

I find it extremely peculiar that Chell is not in this image with delicious cake.

That Aerith is adorable.

SacGamer

@RevengaSweet: The discussion of such mechanisms of time travel are quite confounding, and are best approached by one with experience.
When I first time travelled I was the one who advocated that women were to never get rights and I explained this to the most primitive form of society. Being the only one wearing a suit at the time the cavemen all felt inclined to agree due to the gravitas such a suit on a man as handsome as myself is expected to create.
Furthering my powerstance amongst these apemen was the fact that I told them if their women all learnt to knit and sew they could be proud owners of suits matching mine.
So as you may now see, that this hasn't sent women back at all compared to my time travelling escapades and that they are in fact quite ahead of where they would be had I been able to discuss suits with more ancient civilisations before my time travelling device had broken down.

Do you think dragons really breath fire or thats propoganda pushed upon us by the liberal media to keep us from going near their dens?

@Jellopnik: Tits out for the boys! *clap, clap*

Anyway, awesome pic. Their soo darn cute, makes me wanna puke.

Punani

@falcon522: Yeah, I loves me some Mai, but she looks granny-ish and awkward.

@RevengaSweet: I once made sweet love to pixels and it was far from what one would describe as a burning sensation.
I achieved this by a similar method to the one seen in the Gene Wilder Willy Wonka movie where one is transmitted as data while in front a big laser in to a game.
Upon returning I found that my genitals had remained pixelated and as a result is now a straight line and as you can imagine permanently erect, but the same size as if it was flacid.
I have been formulating a cure but it was stolen by the Gummy Bears and I'm now stuck in a battle of wits against them to steal it back.

Do you feel the carbonated beverage market is growing stale and needs a new drink to reinvigorate it in the same manner in which the refreshing drinks reinvigorate us?

Cooking Mai, DO WANT! <3

@Alternate: I don't know about you but I'm about to nominate this.

akumaserge

There's a cooking jade in the flickr gallery not in that pic. Also Aerith is the biggest slut in that pic. She's about to open her top and the cut of her dress is way up there.
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AndroidKing

@Tina Tyndal: Hah!

@spannu: I sort of laughed.

A for effort.

Alternate

@Poison: And stereotypes!

@TheBrainNinja: Did she morph her cannon arm into a fork? She can do ANYTHING!

cooking ivy is not pleased.

iRloading

@mrdietsoda: I watch that show!

Their heads are so big because of the pressure from sneezing since they don't have noses.

......

^.^

@ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): ...we'll be bankrupt by the end of the month!

mintycrys is HOT for Bayonetta

Ivy: Unhappy she can't even cook a goddamn hot dog like Samus managed.

Aerith: Happy just to not have a huge gaping hole in her torso.

And to those of you complaining about sexism, this is VIDEO GAMES + THE FRENCH, what the f@#$ did you expect? You could only get more sexist if you put a wife beater tee on the thing.

@RevengaSweet: I say a woman should be allowed to show as much of herself as she wants. You know, so they have freedom.

SacGamer

Wow, I wonder what the accompanying article covers? Think you could find out Luke?

@Leanid: How about some of Gary Oak's Charizard Chili, now with more Fire Blast peppers.

Crescendo

@franckv: Oh nice, thanks!

@Marios_shadow: lol

knight64

I don't know if this is a win or a fail.

@undefined: Cooking and showing boobs like a good woman should. Now make me a sandwich, woman!

Grind_Axis

@You Are My Friend!: *waits* -Ding!-

:O! I think it's time for a Sexy Party!

@bobtheduck:

Girls aren't allowed to cook. Only men are. Equal rights.

RevengaSweet

@bobtheduck: Yes, for saying it.

And you're right, this certainly isn't 4chan. However, 4chan is down.

ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES)

@RevengaSweet: Because cooking is just such a horrible thing for Girls to do...

Don't worry, I'll be cooking all my own meals. I'm damned picky, and there's probably not a girl on earth that could cook the way I wanted anyhow.

@Jinsenken: Yep.

ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES)

@ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES): For saying Kawaii?

This isn't 4chan, you ass.

I´m the only one drooling over (Cooking)Claire??

@VMan902: die in a fire.

ヽ(´ー｀)ﾉ (NO MEANS YES)

@Thut: Samus always struck me as a sausage eating type of gal...

(I'm so sorry...it's late...)

@RevengaSweet:

I take it you've never watched Giada De Laurentiis' cooking show.

For a clearer view, there's a Flicker gallery...
[www.flickr.com]

@NeVeRMoRe666: Maybe it represents that not only can they open a can of whoopass, but they can properly prepare it and serve it on fine china.

Male videogame characters would be content with simply eating it raw!

Atomsk88

@The Red Comet:

Yeah, those pixels would be so hot.

RevengaSweet

@RevengaSweet: This.

These women don't cook (exception of Peach and Mama), they kill people. KILL.

I hate it.

@You Are My Friend!: If I had a harem of video game girls cooking me food everday...yeah, I'd think that'd be pretty sexy.

Wow... there is something so hot about that image.

Wow. This. Is. brilliant.

Mai totally looks like she's holding her shirt open, rather than giving your standard thumbs-up

Fil Vina

I think I want to snack on Chun-Li's muffin. Seriously. Faith's celery just doesn't look appetizing ...

Gortexfogg

@You Are My Friend!: Maybe some good ol' fashioned home-cookin..

Krytha

@NeVeRMoRe666: They are the ultimate women we can never have T__T
Able to save the world AND cook? Damn...

@You Are My Friend!: lol believe it. It is going to happen at any moment now... -giggity, giggity- alright!

ArJay

Kawaii Senses tingling! ^_^ I thought Mama was cute enough as she was.

James Armstrong

@tehdorkz: "Suddenly...I carve chicken breast"

Fixed that for you, MAMA

TheBrainNinja

They're all women.

Good.

meow-mixer

@RevengaSweet:
That's what I thought too.

This is... So sexist. And yet so great.

Despite the cuteness of the others, it looks like in terms of cooking, it's not really close. Cooking Mama all the way.

puresewas1de

@NitroAML: That thing on the platter behind her is actually the "after" shot.

COOKING MAMA-FIGHT!

arniejolt

@RevengaSweet: Maybe it sets them forward and some women just haven't gotten the memo yet...

TheUncleBob

Aerith/Aries is the cutest out of the bunch <3
Props for adding Faith.

@kojirodensetsu: I sorta feel like she ruins this otherwise awesome image.

Yes, because all female game characters including heroes such as Samus who could rip your balls off, ultimately belong in the kitchen.

@Thut: You'll notice she is equipped with a fork, not WIP food. Eating Samus! ...is not a good way to put that.

TheBrainNinja

They somewhat got it right but shouldn't they all be pregnant and barefoot too?

Tina Tyndal

This sets women back a couple hundred years. Showing their breasts for the guys AND cooking - at the same time?!

RevengaSweet

@n00b_pwner: she is eating a wiener..

This isn't "not safe for work", so I take it that someone will be using this for their wallpaper.

@andrewwyatt: Claire? Resident Evil 2?

Cooking Ivy dislikes cooking.

A game where various characters (male or female) come together to prepare traditional cuisine from their respective universes.

Anyone for a Metroid Meatloaf? Or Flower Girl's Fondue?

Leanid

Baking Sephiroth will come out and Stab Cooking Aeries with a really long cake knife.

@Thut:

ig is just saying that when she isn't out bounty hunting, she belongs in the kitchen, lol

Avinash_Tyagi

I don't know if I should find "Mama" sexy at all.

I mean she is already taken. So it'll be completely awkward if she was actually supposed to be like all those other girls in the image. But then again, except for Mama, they all look odd in that artstyle.

On a sidenote, why does Samus look a little... pleased?

Suddenly...I crave chicken breast

That is undeniably the greatest thing I've seen all week. Funny that Cooking Ivy doesn't seem too happy to be there. Maybe she's mad her boobs weren't big enough. ^_^

And the only Cooking Heroine I can't name is the one in the pink and black outfit. She looks familiar, though...

Lol@Cooking Ivy in the top right.

And who is that holding the chicken? Claire Redfield?

Jinsenken

Mai is so hot.

kojirodensetsu

oh mai!

I imagine Ivy would have trouble baking...
If she were to bend over to pull something out of the oven, her boobs would touch the inside of the door and get burned. Even if her head were well above the top of the oven.

Probably better to just stand there all pouty and save herself the pain and humiliation.

SPOILER: Aeris is about to get cooked.

spannu

No Cooking Zoey?

Looks like peach really does fancy herself a nice thick piece of meat.

Obey__

Samus always struck me as a microwavable-TV-dinner type of gal.

Thut

This is made of pure win. And it looks like Ivy is incredibly sad that her boobs were replaced with Lakers basketballs.

Kawaii!!!

VMan902

Hm, looks like something very sexy is about to happen.

Woah, tits out for the boys.

Jellopnik

@tim rogers: She may be holding a cooking utensil. Appears to be a spatula mayhaps.

Nice to see that Jade hasn't been forgotten.

@luxfluxio: I agree with that. I love the Mai and Claire ones the best. Claire looks so... happy stabbing a chicken...

Caylis