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Move over twilight princess & elebits (^_^) My most wanted wii game is finally here, pretend cooking FTW!
Soo whats different about the new wii version compared to the ds one? Well its not just a tarted up port theres actually quite a lot of new stuff this time but it does play like the ds original so if you have already played that you'll have a good idea what to expect.
This time theres 3 main cooking modes from the main menu. the first mode is the main single player mode where you have a cookbook full of recipies each recipe this time has a flag from the country the dish comes from which is a nice touch. As you complete the recipies you unlock another. I have noticed it will unlock a recipie from the same country as the dish you completed.
After completing a recipe a new marker will appear in the top right side of the screen which when clicked allows you to try challenge mode for that recipe, the brilliant thing is you can't do any practice modes. Which means you dont keep going back to the selection menu to do the next step it just blends all the bits together into one big one with no breaks. This is a very cool improvement & helps keep it flowing instead of taking you out to the selection screen everytime.
The first time you do a recipie though it is like the ds version where its split into single steps, but once completed you can try the challenge mode & see if you can get the clear medal for it.
As expected theres a few new cooking methods and they are all linked to the remote & its motion sensing, the good news is that they all seem to control ok so far. The frying bit is back in all its japanese glory but if you could manage to play the ds version then you shouldnt have any problems as it uses all the same commands (except the blowing one). The game tells you how you should be using the remote via a little window at the bottom right side of the screen so you shouldnt be totally stumped on what your meant to be doing plus when your playing the recipie for the first time you get to do practice mode if you want which tells you before you start what remote positions & motions the cooking step will require you to do.
The other 2 modes are challenge modes, one of them you go head to head with a second player as you both cook in split screen together to see who can do the recipie the fastest. The other mode is single player but you play against different people from around the world each having their own national dishes. If you win against them you get little presents to display in your kitchen.
The graphics are really nice & have a plesant cell shaded look to them but some of the ingredients look pretty realistic which is a nice touch. The music is like a updated version of the jingles from the ds game which is no bad thing as i rather liked the music in that. The japanese level is the same as the ds version so if you could get through that you will have no problems at all.
Anyway thats it for now as im off to do some more cooking, hopefully theres some rewards for getting all golds or clearing all the challenges. I'll post if i find anything new.
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