WorthPlaying: Cake Mania: In the Mix Review

WorthPlaying writes: "Chances are that if you’ve ever done any kind of casual gaming on a PC, you’ve probably played a Cake Mania game or clone at some point. I’m not ever sure that Cake Mania is the originator of the gameplay formula, but it’s been around the block a few times, going so far as to pop up on consoles prior to this Wii entry. Personally, I’ve usually enjoyed the game, albeit in limited spurts of activity, and my girlfriend, a casual gamer, is a bigger fan of these games than I am.

If you haven’t played Cake Mania before, I’ll give you a pretty simple rundown. When you think of "casual" games, you probably think of the mini-game compilations that plague the DS and the Wii, or the other pseudo-sports titles that take advantage of the motion control hardware available on the system. Cake Mania is neither of these things, but it still falls firmly into that casual category. The controls are meant to be simple, so just about anyone should be able to pick up the game, figure out what’s going on and play. It’s going to be a bit more involved for people than say, bowling on Wii Sports, but the isn’t too involved."