Personal Trainer: Cooking

 DS
User Score
8.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 13 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 13
  3. Negative: 2 out of 13
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  1. mspencer
    Jul 14, 2008
    10
    I played the Japanese import ("Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi") and loved it. You had to yell "tsuGI" or "oh---KEI" to continue, though, and because I don't speak Japanese I had to use a strategy guide. Oddly enough the same developer had already published the strategy guide years in advance. Beautiful hard-bound strategy guide, too, which I think I might keep in my kitchen.
  2. sneppo
    Jul 5, 2008
    10
    This has 245 recipes and is briliant and easy to use. You can search recipes by keyword or country. You yell continue for the next step so that when you are cooking, you don't need to touch the DS. I love it!
  3. mo
    Jul 23, 2008
    8
    Excellent and covers more recipes than you'd expect. One problem though is that the voice recognition is basic at best. I dropped something on the floor and it thought i wanted to continue to the next step. Turn voice recognition off especially if there are other people talking around you! Other than that it's excellent.
  4. koolkris200
    Apr 15, 2012
    10
    this game is fun because you can make really good greeeeeeennnnn beans which tasted really good this game helps and makes you eat really good food i like this game.
  5. DjNinjaRj
    Nov 26, 2020
    10
    If anything this cooking game is better than madden 04 but not better then madden 08
  6. Mutty99
    Dec 8, 2020
    10
    One of the most original and well concepted ideas for Nintendo DS. It contains a lot of recipies and gives background to every single ingredient and kitchen tool, leaving nothing aside and with well thought explanations. It's very cheap nowadays, and actually helpful if you want to make dishes from many countries in the world. Recommended!

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#16 Best DS Game of 2008
37
#37 Most Discussed DS Game of 2008
64
#64 Most Shared DS Game of 2008

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Metascore
81

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. Pocket Gamer UK
    70
    Absolutely not a video game in any shape or form – but something that's more immediately useful than Brain Training and its ilk.
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  2. N-Europe
    70
    Sizzling just below perfection yet leaving a pleasant taste in the mouth, Cooking Guide is a unexpectedly novel idea pulled off successfully
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  3. DarkZero
    70
    Of course, it won’t make cooking any more entertaining if you already find it a bit of a chore, but if you just want to be entertained you could also sit back a look at Gordon Ramsey curse his way through an episode of The F Word.
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