Cooking Mama: Cookstar

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Cooking Mama: Cookstar
Developers	1st Playable Productions
Publishers	Planet Digital Partners (NS) Raven's Court (PS4)
Release dates	Nintendo Switch:   March 31, 2020 (NA)   April 28, 2020 (EU) PlayStation 4:   March 25, 2021 (NA)   July 23, 2021 (EU)
Platforms	Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4
Predecessor	Cooking Mama: Sweet Shop

Cooking Mama: Cookstar (originally titled Cooking Mama: Coming Home for Mama) was a game that was developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by Planet Digital Partners and Raven's Court. It was originally released for the Nintendo Switch on March 31, 2020, and then the PlayStation 4 on March 25, 2021, against the wishes of Office Create Corp. Due to legal issues between Office Create Corp. and Planet Digital Partners concerning the development of the game, Cooking Mama: Cookstar was initially pulled from sale in 2020. Although it returned to stores for some time, it was withdrawn permanently in November 2022 after the lawsuit was decided in Office Create's favor.

As an outsourced game developed outside of Office Create Corp., there is no Japanese release for this title and the selection of recipes has also differed to appeal better towards the Western audience.

Tracks

Music Track 1

Key features

• Brand new Cooking Mama game designed specifically for console.
• "Traditional Recipes" mode and a completely new "Vegetarian Recipes" mode.
• A total of 104 recipes in traditional and vegetarian modes.
• Classic and fun new "trendy" recipes like unicorn food.
• Play with the choice of traditional or motion controls.
• New "Potluck Party" minigames with versus or co-op multiplayer gameplay.
• Up to two players.
• Challenge Mode for experienced chefs.
• Skin tone customization.
• Share your great creations with friends on Facebook and Twitter.

Recipes

Listed below are the original recipes. Each link will include both the original recipe and its vegetarian version:

Rainbow Grilled Cheese

Mochi

Lamb Gyro

Nacho Mama's Chicken

Seafood Curry

Hamburger & Fries

Thai Rolled Ice Cream

Vegetable Terrine

Fried Fish

Pork Shumai

Galaxy Smoothie

Avocado Toast

Chile con Carne

Mason Jar Key Lime Pie

Beef Burrito

Tonkatsu

Poke Bowl

Beet Hummus with Bagel Chips

Poutine

Soba Noodles

Chicken Kebabs

Minestrone Soup

Sushi Platter

Pepperoni Pizza

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Salisbury Steak

Beet and Goat Cheese Salad

Takoyaki

Chicken Tikka Masala

Stuffed Peppers

Beef Stroganoff

Baked Alaska

Rigatoni Bolognese

Bibimbap

Shrimp and Mushrooms en Papillote

Mirror Cake

Meat Lasagna

Shrimp Gyoza

King Cake

Chicken Parmigiana

Chicken Pot Pie

Turkish Stir Fry

Bubble Tea

Meatball Sub

Chipotle Caviar Deviled Eggs

Cinnamon Rolls

Italian Hot Dog

Mama's Mac and Cheese

Fried Lemons with Aioli

Pancake Breakfast with Bacon

Potluck Party minigames

The following multiplayer minigames support up to two players in versus or co-op gameplay:

• Pizza Twirling (vs)
• Ketchup vs Mustard (vs)
• Pound the Mochi (co-op)
• Let-go My Waffle (vs)
• Food Looters (vs)
• Garlic Panic (vs)
• Dish Wash Race (vs)
• Butter Battle (vs)
• Sous Chef Showdown (vs)
• Fast Food Hustle (co-op)

Development and legal issues

• The release of the game was revealed on April 15th, 2020 to be unauthorized by the company due to its poor quality performance and release for the PS4, both of which were against Office Create's intentions. Office Create had terminated Planet Digital Partners' license and took legal action against the latter in order to protect their IP rights, customers, and the Cooking Mama series.
• This is the first game not to be developed by Office Create, who were putting all of their efforts into Cooking Mama: Let's Cook! at the time. However, Office Create is still credited with being involved in the development of Cooking Mama: Cookstar.
• Prior to its official announcement, the title was leaked on a German site.
• This is both the first game in the series released on the Nintendo Switch and the first game not to be a Nintendo-exclusive outside of Cooking Mama: Let's Cook!.
• Cooking Mama: Cookstar marks the return of the Cooking Mama franchise after five years of hiatus.
• The game was briefly on the Nintendo eShop, but was pulled off due a premature release according to developers. However, digital and physical copies of the game have been pulled from sale indefinitely by Office Create.
• A PlayStation 4 release was planned and advertised by Planet Digital Partners, but it was revealed to have been unauthorized by Office Create. It was thought to be unlikely to be released, due to Cooking Mama mainly staying on Nintendo consoles for over a decade. However, despite Office Create cancelling their contract with Planet Entertainment in 2020, Raven's Court began selling the PS4 version in 2021, against Office Create's wishes of not wanting a Mama game on a different console.
• Consequently on October 3, 2022, the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration (ICC) ruled that Planet Entertainment had infringed on Office Create's trademarks and was financially viable for false advertising by featuring Office Create's logo on the game without approval. Planet Entertainment was legally forbidden from "selling, passing off, inducing, or enabling others to sell or pass off any product as a Cooking Mama product and/or otherwise suggesting any association with Office Create or the Cooking Mama franchise." As a result, Cooking Mama: Cookstar was withdrawn from the PlayStation Store by the following month.
• In the following months leading up to the lawsuit verdict, Planet Entertainment redesigned the assets of Cooking Mama: Cookstar and released a new game under the title Yum Yum Cookstar. While the gameplay mechanics were modeled after Cooking Mama: Cookstar, all other aspects have been changed to remove any branding related to Office Create or the Cooking Mama franchise.

Gallery

Screenshots

Packaging

Back of Switch version

Videos

Cooking Mama Cookstar Trailer - Nintendo Switch

Cooking Mama Cookstar - Potluck Party multiplayer minigames

External links

• Cooking Mama: Cookstar official website (archived 2022-09-05)
• Cooking Mama: Cookstar at MobyGames
• Cooking Mama: Cookstar at Wikipedia