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Iron Chef Surprisingly Fun
Posted by Brian Crecente at 8:30 AM on September 1, 2008
Iron Chef America is unapologetically similar to Cooking Mama and Destineer is totally OK with that.
"Cooking Mama is like cooking with your friends and family at home," said Lisa Mason, the game's lead designer. "We wanted to do things that home cooks don't do: fillet whole fish, quarter chicken.
"The (TV) show is so ridiculous and we wanted to get that across in the game as well."
And while the game is based on the American version of the game, the developers also strove to include some of the wackiness that made the original Japanese show so much fun to watch.
The game will include 320 mini games, 15 themed ingredients and a 2,500 lines of dialog.
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 colour. While the Wii game was amusing, the DS version is the one I think will really strike a chord with gamers.
Not only does it match the Wii version (but without all of that talking) it will sell for a paltry $US20 and include both pass the DS multiplayer and multi-card multiplayer.
The controls seemed tighter on the DS as well and there's something a bit more satisfying about slicing and dicing with stylus strokes as opposed to swiped in the air with a remote.
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Solid_hedgehog
Posted 8:48 AM 1/9/08
@Sam Smith:
There is always the major leauge eating game for the wii
Solid_hedgehog
hellodon
Posted 8:41 AM 1/9/08
When is this due out? My girlfriend would love it...I'm sure I'll dig it too but this sounds right up her alley.
hellodon
Sam Smith
Posted 8:36 AM 1/9/08
Yeeeaaah.... I still don't get why you would play a cooking game. The best bit of cooking, and the bit these games lack, is the EATING afterwards.
Sam Smith
MeanMF
Posted 8:34 AM 1/9/08
If I get to hack the heads off of giant fish, then I'm definitely getting this one. Not enough games let you do that. Allez cuisine!!
MeanMF
spoonytrain
Posted 8:33 AM 1/9/08
Sounds great, been looking for a fun DS diversion for awhile now.
The old blue phatty is just gathering dust....
When does it release Brian?
spoonytrain
aperturius
Posted 9:17 AM 1/9/08
Sure, the DS version might control better, but the Wii version has Alton Brown! Alton Brown, people!!!!
Hey, that gets me thinking...where's our Top Chef video game with a Virtual Padme? *drool*
aperturius
roscoe
Posted 9:01 AM 1/9/08
@Sam Smith: i agree. seeing the results onscreen saddens me. nevertheless, i still enjoy cooking games to give the illusion that i might have a knack for cooking.
roscoe
Shockadin
Posted 9:35 AM 1/9/08
He he he using my stylus as a knife, a fish fileting madman. Which is something I got to do once, filet a fish, with caught fish too :D
Shockadin
OtakuboyT
Posted 9:35 AM 1/9/08
Finally...an Alton Brown video game!
OtakuboyT
MCWHAMMER
Posted 9:34 AM 1/9/08
@MCWHAMMER: Hmm, it seems I can download it for free at my leisure or wait for a Wii/DS/PC version in September. Tough call.
MCWHAMMER
Scrum
Posted 9:33 AM 1/9/08
can you make trout ice cream?
Scrum
MCWHAMMER
Posted 9:30 AM 1/9/08
I am interested in the "Hell's Kitchen" Game. I can't wait to have Gordon Ramsay screaming at me while I cook... when is it due YES? Is it coming to PS3 YES? SHRIMP SCAMPI YES?!
MCWHAMMER
peAr nectAr
Posted 9:55 AM 1/9/08
@Sam Smith: But it's not a cooking game. It's a game based off a cooking show, and watching it you still don't get to eat the food.
peAr nectAr
Eltigro
Posted 10:17 AM 1/9/08
What? No elitist comments about how Iron Chef America sucks yet?
I'm interested in this game. Much love for the Alton Brown.
Eltigro
Dr Terror
Posted 10:26 AM 1/9/08
I chuck in my elitist comment. Iron chef with no Kaga, Sakai, Michiba, Kinichi etc is like The office with no David Brent. Its not Iron Chef kids, its aluminum chef.
Dr Terror
CockroachMan
Posted 10:25 AM 1/9/08
"The game will include 320 mini games"
JESUS CHRIST THAT'S A LOT OF COOKING!
CockroachMan
Onizuka-GTO
Posted 10:46 AM 1/9/08
@Eltigro: Japanese Iron cook rocks! American sucks!
I mean, Iron american sucks cook! i mean.. dammit.
i give up.
D:
Onizuka-GTO
cYcO_pLuXxEl
Posted 11:20 AM 1/9/08
Wow... 2,500 lines of Dialog...
There's the second time in this day that I heard that a game has such number of dialog lines.
The first one was Half Life 2.
Are you telling me that a cooking game has as much dialog as Half Life 2?
Best game ever.
cYcO_pLuXxEl
Parsifal
Posted 11:18 AM 1/9/08
Hopefully it will bring more variety that the Japanese import "Bukake Chef" did. Damn thing only had one themed ingredient...
Parsifal
kefkakrazy
Posted 11:41 AM 1/9/08
I like Iron Chef America. Why? Alton Brown, that's why.
I might look into this, it looks like something my girlfriend may enjoy.
kefkakrazy
d3finit
Posted 9:40 AM 1/9/08
My girlfriend and I had fun with Cooking Mama, both on the Wii and the DS.
We'll be looking forward to this, as we're fans of the show. Hope we get to play as Bobby Flay (does he ever win any of the challenges?). LOL.
d3finit
belo
Posted 12:04 PM 1/9/08
Hopefully the controls are better. Cooking Mama on the Wii has AWFUL Wii controls.
belo
antialias02
Posted 1:22 PM 1/9/08
I'm only going to play if I can make ice cream out of -anything I want-. Okay, I might play even if I can't. But that would sell the game right there.
antialias02
blizzardjesus
Posted 1:52 PM 1/9/08
I doubt it will be as good as Iron Chef for the for the Sega Saturn. Oh btw it's not Iron Chef without Chairman Kaga.
blizzardjesus
onidavin
Posted 2:45 PM 1/9/08
At the Iron Chef booth was another game called Wordjong Party or such. Amazing casual game!
onidavin
Jazhuis
Posted 2:40 PM 1/9/08
Where's the next page that shows the controls to hamstring Bobby Flay when he jumps up on his cutting board?
Jazhuis
maverickuw
Posted 4:13 PM 1/9/08
I played this game for a few minutes at PAX, it does seem like a lot of fun! Unfortunately I have yet to play Cooking Mama, so I can't really compare the two.
maverickuw
BigWyrm
Posted 4:05 PM 1/9/08
If it's based on the original Japanese Iron Chef, then I'm in. If it's based on the incredibly crappy, watered down, copycat American version narrated by the pompous and unfunny Alton Brown, then chuck it in the trash.
BigWyrm
Pal
Posted 4:32 PM 1/9/08
@BigWyrm: See article screenshot.
Pal
Pal
Posted 4:31 PM 1/9/08
@Sam Smith: Where do you draw the line on this philosophy? It's like the folks who balk at Guitar Hero. I hope that you don't find Grand Theft Auto or the countless FPS games lacking.
Pal
dowingba
Posted 6:24 PM 1/9/08
@BigWyrm: Read the first three words in the article.
dowingba
dowingba
Posted 6:22 PM 1/9/08
As a cook in a seafood restaurant I have to ask who in their right mind would ever want at fillet whole fish on their own time?
dowingba
teeuwen
Posted 6:16 PM 1/9/08
well damn diddly damnit, i guess its time for me to suck up my pride and buy a wii, i have been waiting for this game since wii launch and it looks to be turning out splendidly!
....
lol! you see what i did there! i gotchu!
teeuwen
excaliburps
Posted 11:21 PM 1/9/08
Hey I was actually asking Brian before PAX started if he'd take a look at this. Not saying he looked at it for me but I'm glad someone did! =D
This looks like it'll work. A Licensed game that may turn out to be good. It doesn't have to be great mind you.
Alton Brown doing the commentary? And I saw Mark Dacascos' face on the screenshot before. Nice!
@dowingba: Well the game version surely won't take as long as doing the real one. So I guess the fun's still there.
Oh and seeing you're a chef and all. Do you think we'll learn something from this? Like filleting and whatnot? =D
excaliburps
aperturius
Posted 12:20 AM 2/9/08
@Foxstar Sixtail:
Ah yes, because it's always funny on teh intarnets to wish DEATH upon somebody because they don't like the same TV shows you do.
I'd expect a vitriol-filled comment like this on YouTube, not here. And if it was meant as sarcasm, well, I guess I missed it.
aperturius
Foxstar Sixtail
Posted 12:05 AM 2/9/08
@BigWyrm:Y helo thar elitest. Die in a fire please. And next time you insult Alton Brown, I'll cut your balls off, then have him host a show on ball cooking.
Foxstar Sixtail
Benjo
Posted 12:39 AM 2/9/08
I think I'll check it out as a rental.
Benjo
Rutty
Posted 12:37 AM 2/9/08
I can't wait I LOVE Iron Chef/America.
I want to see the Secret Ingredient revealing as an extra little minigame. "Today's secret ingredient is...." *waves hands up* "PORK!!!"
Rutty