We bought this game for my daughter (3) and son (5) for Christmas last year. They really like it and are able to play along. There is some precision that is required. It's a little boring for the adults; however, fun to watch the kids play.

What a snoozer. Its the same repeative motions throughout the game. You peel a couple of vegetables, then chop them, then fry them with a shake of the Wiimote. And for the challenge segment you touch the salt shaker, wait a few seconds, twist the Wiimote, wait a few seconds, turn the Wiimote, wait a few seconds, click on a leek, wait a few seconds, twist the Wiimote...I think you get the idea.

On a scale of 0 = terrible and 100 = greatest game ever: as a game its a 10 (out of 100), as a cooking tutorial its an 11 (out of 100). The music is the same rehash garbage from every other cutesy Japanese game. But what astounds me is Cooking Mama's voice sounds a Japanese girl trying to speak English with a German accent. It amazes me how well she pulls that sound off, I sure hope it was intentional.

When I say pass on this game, I mean pass it through the window into the outside garbage can. It will stink up your kitchen if you throw it away inside.

I gave this to my granddaughter for Xmas 2 years ago; I guess we forgot to do a review then. She still enjoys it. She had no problem understanding it at 6, and as a result at age 8 now, she loves to bake and cook with mommy.
As a grandmother, I certainly recommend it.

Fun game to play with the family. Haven't really played any other cooking mama games on the Wii yet but bought it because I heard this was a good one and I'm not disappointed at all.

We had such high hopes for this game as we LOVE the DS version. My kids & I tried it as soon as we got it and we found it so hard to play. It's a very frustrating game & we gave up on it after a few times. Really wish we would have gotten another game instead.