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USA WiiWare Update: Brain Challenge and Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam

Posted Mon, 10 Nov 2008 by Damien McFerran

Get that brain working!

Get that brain working!

Attention brain boxes and prospective chefs - this week’s North American WiiWare releases are likely to get you thinking and cooking!

GameLoft’s Brain Challenge is a lot like Nintendo’s Brain Training series – which is no bad thing when you consider how stupidly popular they are. It was released in Europe last week so you can check out our review here – we quite liked it, actually. It costs 1000 Wii Points.

The other WiiWare release has come completely out of the blue. Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam wasn’t even on our ‘coming soon’ list, yet here it is on WiiWare! It also costs 1000 Wii Points and sounds like a light-hearted cooking simulation, where you create all manner of outlandish dishes for some mightily strange customers – including vampires and ninjas! Needless to say, we’ll have a review up for this as soon as possible so if you’re unsure, hold off buying just yet.

Elsewhere on the network, you can find out about this week’s Virtual Console release – Capcom’s Mega Man 3!

Tags: WiiWare, North American Releases, Virtual Toys, GameLoft.

User Comments

KnucklesSonic8

1. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 10 Nov 2008, 14:50 GMT

I just KNEW this would come out today. I'll probably be getting this. It seems great a la BBA: WD, except with simultaneous multiplayer.

I wonder how the Cooking game will turn out, especially with the likes of Iron Chef, Cooking Mama, and Order Up already owning the turf in that department. ;)

Tony

2. Tony United States 10 Nov 2008, 14:50 GMT

I'll stick with Big Brain Academy

SilentJ

3. SilentJ United States 10 Nov 2008, 14:51 GMT

It's a dark day in America today!

Nintendork

4. Nintendork United States 10 Nov 2008, 14:51 GMT

Swell, this update sucks. :(

KnucklesSonic8

5. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 10 Nov 2008, 14:52 GMT

Meh, it's not that bad, imo. Besides, we had 2 great weeks (3 if you include ACR which I don't), I'm not surprised with today's update, save for the mysterious title. I actually expected something else but whatever.

Europe can laugh at us now. :) They deserve it!

Bass X0

6. Bass X0 United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 14:52 GMT

Brain Challenge is surprisingly good according to the review. Mega Man 3 is known to be great. Yummy Yummy is completely unknown Hardly dark though. *laughs*

KnucklesSonic8

7. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 10 Nov 2008, 14:53 GMT

Yep, and that's great to hear. Actually, I'm not surprised it's good. It seemed decent from what I knew beforehand.

ness

8. ness Germany 10 Nov 2008, 14:55 GMT

Yeah, Mega Man 3, hopefully this game will also be release on this Friday in Europe =).

SilentJ

9. SilentJ United States 10 Nov 2008, 14:57 GMT

Yeah, I'm really glad we finally got Mega Man 3. I'm definitely going to get it. I just really wanted Space Invaders after watching the reviews by Demon 212 on youtube. I guess this just gives me more time to catch up on other games I have yet to complete. I do hope we get Space Invaders soon though.

Negative_Zero

10. Negative_Zero Canada 10 Nov 2008, 14:58 GMT

MM3 the thing that impresses me today. Thats it.

ness

11. ness Germany 10 Nov 2008, 15:02 GMT

Yummy Yummy wasn't so unexpected because of that:

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=61279

longtimegamer

12. longtimegamer United States 10 Nov 2008, 15:03 GMT

We have a restaurant here named Yummy Yummy.

Starwolf_UK

13. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 15:05 GMT

At least we now know what Yummy Yummy is...can't wait to see it in action, it sounds like the knid of thing that could be a total disaster though...

Also, MaBoShi is now ESRB rated so America has something to look forward to at least :)
Edit: And Space Invaders...

wanderlustwarrior

14. wanderlustwarrior United States 10 Nov 2008, 15:08 GMT

I'm sorry, WHAT!?

I was hoping to get Space Invaders Get even today, but I guess the October blitz is truly over

darkmagi_82

15. darkmagi_82 United States 10 Nov 2008, 15:36 GMT

Dang it, Space Invaders was replaced by a cooking sim :(

Bass X0

16. Bass X0 United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 15:38 GMT

well... sounds more like a mini-game compilation with a cooking theme than a sim.

PALgamer

17. PALgamer Spain 10 Nov 2008, 15:41 GMT

Virtual Toys is a Spanish developer (YEAH FOR THEM)... weird to see the game come out first in the US. Although maybe it did due to the contract they have with publizher UbiZoft to make thoze great gamez.
P.S. The blitz is still there (two games weekly), only not all the games are hyped up to smithereens.
EDIT: Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam image; http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/2166/i16812jd6.jpg

Adamant

18. Adamant Norway 10 Nov 2008, 15:48 GMT

From it's description, Yummy Yummy sounds somewhat like the Atari 2600 classic Pressure Cooker, which was a pretty addictive game.

Stuffgamer1

19. Stuffgamer1 United States 10 Nov 2008, 15:50 GMT

I already have Brain Challenge on Xbox Live Arcade. It's pretty good as the genre goes (I've played worse, that's for sure), but I don't really know how the Wii version would stack up. The controls, if forcibly motion-based, could become a problem.

This Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam just sounds weird. I need a video before I give it any more attention.

Bass X0

20. Bass X0 United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 15:55 GMT

#17: Pretty much what I was expecting although I was thinking it would be polygons instead of 2D figures. Looks better than i was imagining though.

sfog

21. sfog United States 10 Nov 2008, 16:11 GMT

"Yummy Yummy wasn't so unexpected because of that:

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=61279"

It was also ESRB rated a while back, during the summer, but I guess nobody picked up on it or thought it was a retail release.

gameking23

22. gameking23 United States 10 Nov 2008, 16:17 GMT

Guess I will have to wait till next week to see if any games I like will come out. Mabey the cooking game will be fine but I will not be getting it that is for sure. As for Brain Challenge I think I will by Big Brain Acadamy instead at least that way I'll still have memory space on my Wii.

Ricardo91

23. Ricardo91 United States 10 Nov 2008, 16:22 GMT

"Yummy Yummy sounds somewhat like the Atari 2600 classic Pressure Cooker, which was a pretty addictive game."

Oh yeah, I played that one! Fun little game despite it's age. If YY is anywhere near as good as that game, I'd take a look.

Nothing too interesting here this week.

Versus22

24. Versus22 Canada 10 Nov 2008, 17:05 GMT

This week is decent for us, and I love surprises! :D

sfog

25. sfog United States 10 Nov 2008, 17:29 GMT

Judging from its manual, Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam seems like one of those "casual" arcadey cooking games, like Cake Mania, Order Up or others of that style. It also seems a bit overpriced at $10, it probably should have been $7 or $8.

Wiiloveit

26. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 17:38 GMT

Wait... Yummy Yummy WHAT?!
Where did this one come from?
Oh, amd does anyone know when exactly Fun Fun Minigolf is due? Aside from Art Style and Strong Bad, it's the only WW game I want that's supposed to be released soon.

Dazza

27. Dazza United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 17:59 GMT

Yummy Yummy screenshots are up now :-p

Bass X0

28. Bass X0 United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 18:20 GMT

They're not that yummy actually but neither do they leave a bad taste.

lockelocke

29. lockelocke United States 10 Nov 2008, 18:36 GMT

Nice avatar Wiiloveit
but, WHERE is Space Invaders? Sad face, for sure.

cyrus_zuo

30. cyrus_zuo United States 10 Nov 2008, 19:22 GMT

It will be hard to play any cooking game after Order Up! that game just nailed it so well.
(yeah, that exclamation mark is in the game title...though I'd include one myself ;) )
If you are at all interested in the cooking game genre(?), Order Up! is a must play :).

Wiiloveit

31. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 19:23 GMT

@Lockelocke: Thanks - I'm glad someone noticed my LOST avatar. After my variety of previous avatar's (Pikmin, LostWinds, Elite Beat Agents, Ice Climbers - no thanks to Corbie - Sin & Punishment, Dharma Initiative logo), I've been thinking of changing my piccy again since I finished the fourth season DVD this afternoon, and don't want to be reminded of the (awesome) series until Spetember next year, when I'll have some cram sessions before the new box set comes out in October. The problem with that though is that most people know each other on here by their avatars, and so when I keep changing mine, I'm most likely confusing everyone. What am I to do?

Ricardo91

32. Ricardo91 United States 10 Nov 2008, 20:52 GMT

Awww, Yummy Yummy doesn't look anything like Pressure Cooker, Diner Dash, or any games like that! Pass.

Terranigma

33. Terranigma United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 21:00 GMT

I remember seeing a PEGI Rating about a game called Yummy Yummy. Thought there was a mistake. Seems i was wrong

Wiiloveit

34. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 21:01 GMT

Wait - who the hell changed my picture to Hello Kitty (as if I have to ask)?!?

Actually - I could get quite used to it. Hmm...

Terranigma

35. Terranigma United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 21:04 GMT

@Wiiloveit
LOL :D

Nice picture. No offense but i just laughed seeing that.

Forgot to say this. I might get Yummy Yummy as it looks decent and i do like cooking games. I'll wait until a review though, of course.

Corbie

36. Corbie United States 10 Nov 2008, 21:21 GMT

@ Wiiloveit - That was for the Ice Climber comment. :P And I'm playing Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam right now, so I should begin writing the review later tonight. Very interesting choice of game indeed. :)

@ Mr. Cheez - I loved Pressure Cooker on the Atari 2600. I used to spend hours with that game. The music was amazing for that time period.

Mayhem

37. Mayhem United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 21:24 GMT

Pretty much what I was gonna say sfog... though once you get into that sort of game, it can be rather addictive...

Terranigma

38. Terranigma United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 21:31 GMT

Corbie, have i done anything to annoy you? if i have, tell me, i can fix it. Also, what Ice Climber comment? Oh god PLEASE DON'T CHANGE MY AVATAR TO HELLO KITTY AS WELL. If you do, I know where you live :D

My Drama classes have been going quite well lately, this time, the desperate, grovelling idiot who knows where people live. I actually had to do that. What do you guys/girls think of it? Also, i started reading Penny Arcade webcomics. Hilarious stuff.

Also, i really will hunt you down if anything happens to that avatar Corbie.

KnucklesSonic8

39. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 10 Nov 2008, 21:40 GMT

Yummy Yummy is an overpriced pass once you look at the Nintendo Channel Video.

beastman93

40. beastman93 United States 10 Nov 2008, 21:57 GMT

This week is a pass for me on both the VC and WiiWare. Not that big of a Mega Man, Edutainment, or a Cutesy-Cooking Simulationthatoverlapsthealreadymediocreminigamesthatareinthegameitself fan really. Sorry.

cyko

41. cyko Canada 10 Nov 2008, 22:01 GMT

I 'm not sure that Yummy Yummy will be really yummy

Ricardo91

42. Ricardo91 United States 10 Nov 2008, 22:40 GMT

@Corbie. The music might've been alright for it's time (it's one of the few atari games I heard actual music in), but it certainly hasn't aged well at all, as it makes my ears bleed every time I hear it. Atari audio drives me nuts. That's why I turn the volume down every time I pop in my Activision Anthology cartridge. The gameplay for those games have aged pretty well though. :)

And you better not change MY avatar to Hello Kitty, or Native American Mega Man will have your head. :P

Terranigma

43. Terranigma United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 22:51 GMT

I Still want to know what WiiLoveit said about Ice Climbers to deserve that

Corbie

44. Corbie United States 10 Nov 2008, 22:58 GMT

@ Terranigma - I had given him an Ice Climbers avatar and we were kidding about it. And I'd certainly never take away an avatar as great as Ark. In fact, all this talk has made me want to play Terranigma again. Now that's a game I'd love to see hit the Virtual Console.

@ Mr. Cheez - I still love the music in those games as I spent hour after hour playing them and have nothing but fond memories of them. But I can see how some might find it annoying given how simplistic it was/is. And I thought that was a peacock on Mega Man's head. :P

Well I need to get back to Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam. Gotta get the review written. :)

Terranigma

45. Terranigma United Kingdom 10 Nov 2008, 23:03 GMT

@Corbie
Ok, thanks for that explanation. Glad to hear my Ark Avatar is safe. Terranigma truly was a great game. I really don't need to explain how much i want that on here, but for now, my original cartridge will do. I need to go find it as I'm feeling that itch. I've tried keeping it away for now with the Penny Arcade, Neo Monster Island and 8-bit theater webcomics to keep me occupied, followed by some Homestar Runner. I'll find it tomorrow or whenever i get the chance to get it out my brother's room.

Also, how is Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam so far?

Corbie

46. Corbie United States 11 Nov 2008, 00:34 GMT

The only avatars I've changed is Wiiloveit and SuperMario in kidding around. All others I only added one if they didn't already have an avatar.

I'm trying to play all the way through Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam before I write it up because it keeps changing as you progress through the game. I'll get it done as quickly as possible.

World 1-1

47. World 1-1 United States 11 Nov 2008, 01:27 GMT

No thanks on both... on the other hand, Mega Man 3 would be cool.. maybe I'll get that.

Clayfrd

48. Clayfrd United States 11 Nov 2008, 01:31 GMT

My comment!?! 'Tis gone!
Suspects include:
Corbie (just kidding)
Seriously, though, why was my comment deleted?

It went approximately like this.
Corbie, you must have been the one that replaced my avatar ages ago. Anyway, I look forward to the Yummy review, but I come with the presupposition that it will be bad (the game, not the review, Corbie ;))

Yeah, about like that. I left off the last part of the former comment, which might have been asking for deletion.

shadows262

49. shadows262 United States 11 Nov 2008, 01:58 GMT

they should make mega man X9 on wiiware and put the first three mega man Xs on the VC!!
anyone agree?

Twilight Crow

50. Twilight Crow Mexico 11 Nov 2008, 03:01 GMT

^ I do.
We need more wiiware and vc bonanza :P, but judging for this update, I don't think it will come soon.
Anyway, I'm only moderately interested in Brain Challenge, and I'll wait for Corbie's review on Yummy Yummy before any comment on it.

Objection_Blaster

51. Objection_Blaster United States 11 Nov 2008, 03:50 GMT

@Corbie-First thoughts on Yummy Yummy though? Overall good, bad, meh? THat vague would be fine for now! I hope the title is sufficiently "yummy" enough to warrant both "yummy"'s.

BrazCanMan

52. BrazCanMan Brazil 11 Nov 2008, 04:17 GMT

Pass on this week, I was hoping for gradius or space invaders.
I would've DL mm3, if i didn't already have it on the GC megaman anniversery collection. Hopefully next week is more my style.

Virus

53. Virus United States 11 Nov 2008, 05:05 GMT

Neither seem to be of my liking this week. I might get Mega Man 3 though.

ness

54. ness Germany 11 Nov 2008, 07:21 GMT

"I remember seeing a PEGI Rating about a game called Yummy Yummy. Thought there was a mistake. Seems i was wrong"

@ Terranigma: There was a PEGI rating, look at post 11.

Mickeymac

55. Mickeymac United States 12 Nov 2008, 00:55 GMT

Nothin' in the Wiiware section either, eh? Guss this just ain't my week.

Wiiloveit

56. Wiiloveit United Kingdom 12 Nov 2008, 17:46 GMT

The only avatars I've changed is Wiiloveit and SuperMario in kidding around
Yeah, I found it hilarious.

Well... actually... I did kinda find the Hello Kitty one amusing. And I'm getting quite attached to it already. In fact, I'm keeping it... until someone mistakes me for a girl.

@Clayfrd: Nobody messes with Corbie. And... wait a second... that didn't used to be your avatar...

Dazza

57. Dazza United Kingdom 12 Nov 2008, 18:43 GMT

@Wiiloveit - Alright darling, do ya come 'ere often?

Clayfrd

58. Clayfrd United States 13 Nov 2008, 01:11 GMT

@WiiLoveit - I made my avatar a Pikmin, not Corbie :). My avatar has been changed without my consent before (from one Mario avatar to a similar but better looking avatar, it didn't bother me). I'm probably gonna change my avatar back to Luigi one of these days, but I kind of like the Pikmin...

@Dazza - Nice. :D

@all-
The mystery of the disappearing comments continues! I had one removed at VCR (unless I'm mistaken). Why does this keep happening to me ?!?!

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