Cooking Mama: Cookstar will let you finally become an influencer with new social media integration.

Before now, Cooking Mama was mostly a series on the Nintendo 3DS. Using a stylus, players would simulate numerous cooking-related actions like slicing, baking, chopping, dicing, mixing, frying, and more.

Sadly, the 3DS is on its last legs, so Cooking Mama has been forced to head to a console that does not have a stylus. However, the Switch does have motion controls, which will hopefully make up the difference.

Cooking Mama: Cookstar is the 6th game in the Cooking Mama franchise and the first one to be made specifically for consoles, although we’re sure that a mobile port is inevitable. Besides being for the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4, Cooking Mama: Cookstar adds several new features to its classic cooking minigame formula.

First, there are way more recipes, and some of them are vegetarian. Going vegetarian got Cooking Mama: Cookstar huge accolades from groups like PETA, which gave the game its stamp of approval. Cookstar includes 90 recipes including Burritos, Bibimbap, Bubble Tea, Baked Alaska, Poke Bowls, and more.

Second, you can become a food influencer. For the first time, Cooking Mama will integrate with social media apps like Facebook or Twitter to allow you to post online your finished virtual creations. It’s not quite as impressive as actually making a delicious home-cooked meal, but it’s still neat. It’s also a big deal in Japan, where casual gamers often interact on social media way more than any other type of gamer.

Cooking Mama: Cookstar will also be released in full HD, making this the first high(ish) graphics game in the series.

We’re not yet clear on just how the motion controls will work, but it looks like they’ll map to objects such as knives or panhandles. Up to two players can play at once, so it’s not quite a party game, but it’s also not quite a solo cooking experience.

Cooking Mama: Cookstar arrives sometime in March. Keep an eye out for it on the Nintendo and PlayStation stores.

Source: SiliconEra