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Personal Trainer: Cooking DS
  • Publisher: Nintendo
  • Release Date: Nov 24, 2008
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Metascore
81 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 12 Critics What's this?

User Score
9.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 7 Ratings

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  • Summary: (Also known as "Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What To Eat?") Cooking Gide is designed to take the user through every stage of cooking. Its recipes are enhanced with many demonstrational videos which go beyond the capabilities of printed cook books. Additional functionalities are included to facilitate the cooking and preparation process.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
  1. IGN
    90
    Cooking's touch screen interface is clean, but the voice commands and audio help are what really make traditional cookbooks seem outdated. This "Touch Generations" title may be intended to draw more non-gamers into the fold, but this is software that truly is for everyone.
  2. Cheat Code Central
    84
    This package surpasses the novelty of having a slew of recipes and a personal backup up chef teaching you the ropes.
  3. 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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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. sneppo
    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!… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. mspencer
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. koolkris200
    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.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes