GRRLGAMER: "I never saw the Iron Chef America television series before I played this game but I'm a fan of Cooking Mama, so this game had a lot to live up to for me. The game tries to recreate the television show and present an interactive imitation for fans, but it will probably lose the interest of those who aren't familiar with the show.
When you start up the game, you will have the option to begin the career mode. After creating a profile and choosing one of two character models, you are pitted against your first opponent and assigned your special ingredient. From there you can pick from about ten different dishes with that ingredient in them. You have the option to pick more than the required number of dishes that you must choose in order to proceed, which will give you less time to complete each task, but there isn't an obvious benefit to doing so."
A look at the world's most popular cooking sims. Which ones will actually teach you something about cooking, and make you a better cook? Which ones were designed purely as entertainment? Which are good and which are bad? The article serves as a side-by-side analysis of all the top cooking games to figure out the above.
PopMatters.com writes:
"It seems that the Wii is a machine particularly dedicated to a very particular simulatory experience. Beginning with launch games like Wii Sports, the system's unique controller has allowed for an unprecedented number of games that are not simply the traditional style of video game simulation but more specifically a series of simulations of a kind of "literalized" physical activity. "
WorthPlaying writes: "The Cooking Mama franchise has proven that gamers love to prepare and cook virtual food. Whether it's hamburgers, egg rolls or calamari, people love to slice, dice and fry anything given to them. The success of the Cooking Mama games has spawned several other titles, all competing to be the first choice for virtual cooking fun. The latest offering, Iron Chef America: Supreme Cuisine for the Wii, tries to change up the formula by adding a competitive element to the core of the cooking aspect. While it doesn't outright trump the last two Cooking Mama titles, Iron Chef provides some fun for fans of the genre."
