


Even better, and in one of our favourite additions to Sweet Shop, after decorating you'll have the option to pop your pastry, pie, or cream puffs into the photo studio for some up-close food photography. Mama's bakery isn't all by the book, either at the end of most dishes you'll be able to decorate to your heart's content, in 360° and without time limits, and you can make some beautiful personalized creations here. Even though there’s never very much pressure it really is a winning formula for fun the Cooking Mama experience is an intoxicating mix of comforting calm and simple stylus actions that makes for a genuinely great time.

To make Cream Puffs, for example, you'll first have to sift out flour (with gentle taps on the sieve), then boil the mixture (adding ingredients by dragging and adjusting the heat at intervals), pour while mixing (stirring with stylus circles and stopping at the correct times), squeeze the dough onto a tray (holding down the stylus until the dollop is the right size), set the oven (memorizing and inputting the temperature setting), cut the puffs in half (with a quick flick of the stylus), and finally fill them with whipped cream (by tracing concentrically smaller circles with a steady hand).Įach of these steps is scored and timed - very generously - and you’ll receive a medal at the end for your efforts.

Once you pick a treat to make, Cooking Mama's classic gameplay template kicks into gear: you'll move through the recipe step-by-step, where each step takes the form of a touch-, gyroscope-, or microphone-based microgame that mirrors the real-world work required. Crêpes, pancakes, chocolate truffles, fruit tarts, cream puffs, cakes, pies, Swiss rolls, and many, many more are among the early options, and completing recipes will unlock more, so there's a good sense of progression running through your rough puff rolling. Though there are several modes to choose from when you first step into the kitchen, the main stage of Sweet Shop is the excitingly-named 'Let's Make Sweets!', where you'll set to work making any of the 60 mouthwatering delicacies Mama's prepared to teach you.
