Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic

*Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic*
Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic
Developer(s)	Cooking Mama Limited
Publisher(s)	NA: Majesco Entertainment; PAL: 505 Games; JP: Office Create;
Composer(s)	Masayoshi Ishi
Series	Cooking Mama
Platform(s)	Nintendo 3DS
Release	NA: November 16, 2011; AU: November 24, 2011; EU: November 25, 2011; JP: December 1, 2011;
Genre(s)	Simulation, minigame
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic^[a] released as Cooking Mama 4 in Japan, Europe and Australia, is a 2011 video game for the Nintendo 3DS and it was the sequel to the Nintendo DS video game Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop and is the fourth installment to the Cooking Mama series. Kitchen Magic is the first Cooking Mama game to be released for the Nintendo 3DS and features 200 mini-games using the touch screen and 60 different recipes.

The successor to this game, Cooking Mama 5: Bon Appétit! for the Nintendo 3DS, was released on November 21, 2013.

Development

The game was released in November 2011 in North America, Europe, Australia and December 1, 2011 in Japan. It was first announced in May 2011.^[1]

Reception

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	56/100^[2]

Review scores
Publication	Score
Famitsu	30/40^[3]
NGamer	55%^[4]
Nintendo Power	5/10^[5]
Nintendo World Report	5/10^[6]
Official Nintendo Magazine	70%^[7]
Common Sense Media	^[8]

Cooking Mama 4 received "mixed" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic.^[2] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one eight, one seven, one eight, and one seven, for a total of 30 out of 40.^[3]

Notes

^ Cooking Mama 4 (クッキングママ4, Kukkingu Mama 4)

References

^ Brian (May 24, 2011). "'Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic' for Nintendo 3DS and 'Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures' for Nintendo DS announced". Nintendo Everything. Archived from the original on May 25, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic for 3DS Reviews". Metacritic. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Brian (November 22, 2011). "Complete Famitsu review scores". Nintendo Everything. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
^ "Cooking Mama 4". Nintendo Gamer: 68. December 25, 2011.
^ "Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic". Nintendo Power. Vol. 273. Future US. November 2011. p. 77.
^ Ronaghan, Lauren (December 15, 2011). "Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic". Nintendo World Report. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
^ "Cooking Mama 4 Review". Official Nintendo Magazine: 104. February 2012.
^ Healy, Christopher (2011). "Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.