Gardening Mama Steps out of the Kitchen

Gardening Mama for the Nintendo DS (see official site) is a fun addition to this franchise (Cooking Mama). The Nintendo DS stylus is used as a universal gardening tool that players can use to plant, nurture and harvest 37 different varieties of flowers, fruits and vegetables. You manage your garden through the seeding, blooming and maturation phases, and then produce items from the plants they’ve grown.

There’s a multiplayer mode that lets up to four friends compete to grow the biggest harvest. Players can also change Mama’s outfit to their liking while customizing the screen design to their preference. This is a small touch, but one the target audience might really like. These days, you can customize pretty much everything, so why not your Gardening Mama?

This game was developed by Cooking Mama Limited, the team that created the award-winning Cooking Mama franchise. (They sold over 3 million units in the US alone.)  Gardening Mama stars the iconic culinary cutie in her first ever gardening game. And speaking of the game, it’s really rather simple, but a lot of people are going to love it. (I mean, just look at Tetris if you don’t believe me. Could anyone have predicted that that game would take the WORLD by storm? I didn’t think so…)

Back to Gardening Mama, though. While it’s a video game, it’s also somewhat of an instrutional tool. It’s not like one of those learning “games” that isn’t fun, though. There’s actually a lot you can “get into” in this game. If you know someone younger (or you feel really young and loved Cooking Mama) you should check out this game.

If you’ve played Gardening Mama for the Nintendo DS, leave a comment and let us know what you thought. Have a great tip for Gardening Mama? Leave a comment? You get the picture.

Until next time, remember to weed the garden!