Tried Cooking Mama on DS? Now Try Gardening!

505 Games has now announced that following on from the shockingly successful Cooking Mama games, the brand is set to extend its mix of pick-up-and-play gameplay and mini-games into the world of gardening with the release of Gardening Mama. Originally launched in December 2007, the first Cooking Mama on Nintendo DS barely made a scratch on the charts, before very randomly shooting up towards the top end of the UK Chart Track listings a few months later (despite no in-store promotions or new advertising push), and has since seen the entire line-up (including a Wii edition and DS sequel) go on to achieve sales of over 1.6 million units across Europe, with the original Cooking Mama proving to be the biggest selling Third Party Nintendo DS title since the system launched back in March 2005.

"The Cooking Mama brand continues to be one of our strongest sales successes on Nintendo DS and we’re confident Gardening Mama will be a fantastic addition to the series. We’re also sure that Cooking Mama fans will love this new take on the incredibly popular franchise."
- Ian Howe, Managing Director, 505 Games.

"I’m confident that players will take great delight in growing plants and vegetables alongside Mama. I hope that players will be inspired to grow real flowers at home after enjoying the experience so much."
- Kazuhiro Ohara, Creative Director, Cooking Mama Ltd.