Jade Kraus: "Even with its frustrating controls, if you found yourself hooked on Cooking, you'll feel the same about Mama's adventures in Gardening -- with the same sense of accomplishment when you ace her assignments, and the same swearing and stylus throwing when things go horribly wrong. Also, like the previous titles' grounding in (fanciful) reality, the steps you take to create your garden are intricate and obviously taken from actual gardening. You may not realize that certain seeds should be scored before being planted, or that soaking the roots of an apple tree in water help it grow, so, in a very simplified way, you get to learn how to construct a real garden. In some ways, playing Gardening is more complicated than actual, physical gardening, but I do wish that when I watered my plants in real life a shining rainbow would burst out of the hose."
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Get ready to help devastate an entire forest by growing produce for your furry capitalist friends under the watchful eye of Mama - who is, of course, running this entire operation. Seeds of friendship are nowhere to be found, as your woodland neighbours only drop by for a stock refill. Luckily, the threat of being driven off your farm in an Orwellian coup is minimal, as their grasp of commerce is about as firm as the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man’s resolve to finally start that diet.
Following the news of Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement, The Quality Index champions the best iPhone games for those of a pensionable age.
8bitfix writes: Cooking Mama graced our Nintendo DS systems with the first title in the franchise, Cooking Mama, back in 2006. Since then, she has been back with more titles, not only for the DS, but for the Wii as well (also iPhone and iPad). Taking us into our virtual kitchens to cook up some fantastic recipes, sharpen our skills, decorate our kitchen and Mama herself with accessories, and most of all, not to burn our food and make her angry and see that fire in her eyes.
