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Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked
Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked
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Developer(s)	Red Fly Studio
Publisher(s)	Namco Bandai Games
Engine	Infernal
Platform(s)	Wii
Release	NA: November 3, 2009;
Genre(s)	Simulation, minigame
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer

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Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked is a cooking simulation-styled minigame compilation developed by American studio Red Fly Studio and published by Namco Bandai Games. It was released exclusively in North America on November 3, 2009, and is the first video game to use the Food Network license.^[1]^[2]

Cook or Be Cooked contains twelve different meals to prepare; the player must go through recipes and complete the meals by completing minigames correctly. The game features a single player mode, a hotseat mode allowing up to four players to prepare one meal, and a multiplayer cook-off mode between two people. Cook or Be Cooked garnered mediocre reviews from critics upon release, who noted a lack of content in the game.

Gameplay

The player must cook multiple recipes at the same time to complete a meal.

The game places the player in a 3-D kitchen environment and tasks them with cooking meals to be judged upon completion.^[3] The kitchen features multiple working areas, each with a dedicated camera angle.^[4]

From a first-person perspective, players utilize the motion controls of the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to cook and prepare food.^[3] Meals consist of multiple dishes which must be served at the same time so that they remain hot enough to be enjoyable; the game requires the player to manage their time while cooking. There is also an ability to speed up the flow of time to skip the tedious waiting periods between recipe steps, but it must be used cautiously to avoid missing timing cues for certain next steps.

There are twelve recipes, half of them being American and half of them being international, split among the three daily meal times (breakfast, lunch and dinner), ranging from a cheeseburger with a side of potato salad to a homemade marinara pasta dish,^[4] and the game's instruction manual contains an appendix that provides real-life instructions on how to cook each of them, based on the recipe book Food Network: How to Boil Water. The game responds to the player's performance during and after the recipe, with Food Network's Mory Thomas and Susie Fogelson (appearing in the game in shrunken form after warping through a television screen) providing in-game commentary about real-life cooking tips and the player's performance, as well as judging and assessing the recipe's final score with a taste test.^[3]

History

The game was first publicized by a press release on April 29, 2009, in which the game's title and the partnership between Namco Bandai and the Food Network was announced.^[5]^[6] The game was released on November 3, 2009.^[3]

Reception

Cook or Be Cooked received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.^[7] GameSpot's Shaun McInnis noted that though the gameplay itself controlled tightly and was fun, it held little replay value because of the lack of dishes to create.^[3] David Wolinsky of The A.V. Club described the game as immersive when it worked, but felt the game's small selection of recipes made the fun short-lived.^[1] 1Up.com's Mike Cruz stated that the game could be finished in one sitting.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Wolinsky, David (November 30, 2009). "Food Network: Cook Or Be Cooked". The A.V. Club. G/O Media. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Nintendo. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McInnis, Shaun (November 19, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Clements, Ryan (October 23, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Hands-on". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2023.
^ "Namco Bandai and Food Network Announce Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked for Wii". Namco Bandai Games. April 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ Thorsen, Tor (April 29, 2009). "Namco's Wii wave exercises, cooks, and cheers". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Cruz, Mike (November 10, 2009). "Food Network Cook or Be Cooked Review". 1Up.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ T. Bell-Edwards (November 23, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or be Cooked Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ Liebman, Dan (March 8, 2010). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked - WII - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
^ Ronghan, Neal (November 24, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

External links

Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked at MobyGames

[AV-1] Wolinsky, David (November 30, 2009). "Food Network: Cook Or Be Cooked". The A.V. Club. G/O Media. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[2] "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Nintendo. Archived from the original on October 28, 2009. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

[GameSpot-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McInnis, Shaun (November 19, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Review". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on May 13, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

[ign_preview-4] Clements, Ryan (October 23, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Hands-on". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on July 22, 2020. Retrieved June 15, 2023.

[5] "Namco Bandai and Food Network Announce Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked for Wii". Namco Bandai Games. April 29, 2009. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[6] Thorsen, Tor (April 29, 2009). "Namco's Wii wave exercises, cooks, and cheers". GameSpot. Fandom. Archived from the original on February 8, 2022. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[mc-7] "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Metacritic. Fandom. Archived from the original on August 18, 2024. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

[1UP-8] Cruz, Mike (November 10, 2009). "Food Network Cook or Be Cooked Review". 1Up.com. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[9] T. Bell-Edwards (November 23, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or be Cooked Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. Archived from the original on October 18, 2015. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[10] Liebman, Dan (March 8, 2010). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked - WII - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on March 12, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2018.

[11] Ronghan, Neal (November 24, 2009). "Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked". Nintendo World Report. NINWR, LLC. Archived from the original on September 2, 2023. Retrieved August 18, 2024.

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+'''''Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked''''' is a [[cooking]] [[simulation]]-styled [[minigame]] compilation developed by American studio [[Red Fly Studio]] and published by [[Namco Bandai Games]]. It was released exclusively in North America on November 3, 2009, and is the first video game to use the [[Food Network]] license.<ref name="AV" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ePVbDWF2rIAXb7ZPLptK2iCmvyocmzTc |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked |website=[[Nintendo]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028025310/https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/ePVbDWF2rIAXb7ZPLptK2iCmvyocmzTc |archive-date=October 28, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=June 15, 2023}}</ref>
-''Cook or Be Cooked'' contains twelve different meals to prepare; the player must go through recipes and complete the meals by completing minigames correctly. The game features a single player mode, a "pass and play" mode allowing up to four players to prepare one meal, and a multiplayer cook-off mode between two people. ''Cook or Be Cooked'' garnered mediocre reviews from critics upon release, who noted a lack of content in the game.
+''Cook or Be Cooked'' contains twelve different meals to prepare; the player must go through recipes and complete the meals by completing minigames correctly. The game features a single player mode, a [[hotseat (multiplayer mode)|hotseat]] mode allowing up to four players to prepare one meal, and a multiplayer cook-off mode between two people. ''Cook or Be Cooked'' garnered mediocre reviews from critics upon release, who noted a lack of content in the game.
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-The game places the player in a kitchen and tasks them with cooking meals to be judged upon completion.<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-review/1900-6240898/ |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Review |author=McInnis, Shaun |date=November 19, 2009 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
+The game places the player in a [[3D graphics|3-D]] kitchen environment and tasks them with cooking meals to be judged upon completion.<ref name="GameSpot">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-review/1900-6240898/ |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Review |author=McInnis, Shaun |date=November 19, 2009 |website=[[GameSpot]] |publisher=[[Fandom (website)|Fandom]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513060726/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-review/1900-6240898/ |archive-date=May 13, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2023}}</ref> The kitchen features multiple working areas, each with a dedicated camera angle.<ref name="ign_preview">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/23/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-hands-on |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked Hands-on |author=Clements, Ryan |date=October 23, 2009 |website=[[IGN]] |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200722070811/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/10/23/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-hands-on |archive-date=July 22, 2020 |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2023}}</ref>
-Controls are done utilizing the motion controls of the [[Wii Remote|Wii Remote and Nunchuk]] to cook and prepare food.<ref name="GameSpot" /> Meals consist of multiple dishes which must be served at the same time so that they remain hot enough to be enjoyable; the game requires the player to manage their time while cooking. Recipes range from "Bill Wallace's Famous Clam Dip" to a classic spaghetti and meatballs.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamestop.com/wii/games/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/75232#productDetails |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked |website=[[GameStop]] |accessdate=January 25, 2016}}</ref> The game gives feedback to the player while they're cooking through pop-up messages and in-game commentary, which note problems in players' cooking styles or timing. Players are scored based on their performance during cooking.<ref name="GameSpot" />
+From a first-person perspective, players utilize the motion controls of the [[Wii Remote]] and Nunchuk to cook and prepare food.<ref name="GameSpot" />  Meals consist of multiple dishes which must be served at the same time so that they remain hot enough to be enjoyable; the game requires the player to manage their time while cooking.  There is also an ability to speed up the flow of time to skip the tedious waiting periods between recipe steps, but it must be used cautiously to avoid missing timing cues for certain next steps.
+There are twelve recipes, half of them being American and half of them being international, split among the three daily meal times ([[breakfast]], [[lunch]] and [[dinner]]), ranging from a cheeseburger with a side of potato salad to a homemade marinara pasta dish,<ref name="ign_preview"/> and the game's instruction manual contains an appendix that provides real-life instructions on how to cook each of them, based on the recipe book ''Food Network: How to Boil Water''.  The game responds to the player's performance during and after the recipe, with Food Network's Mory Thomas and Susie Fogelson (appearing in the game in shrunken form after warping through a television screen) providing in-game commentary about real-life cooking tips and the player's performance, as well as judging and assessing the recipe's final score with a taste test.<ref name="GameSpot"/>
 ==History==
-The game was first publicized by a [[press release]] on April 29, 2009, in which the game's title and the partnership between [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai]] and the [[Food Network]] was announced.<ref name="pr">{{cite web |url=http://www.namcobandaigames.com/news/348 |title=Namco Bandai and Food Network Announce Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked for Wii |date=April 29, 2009 |website=[[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai Games]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621082134/http://www.namcobandaigames.com/news/348 |archivedate=June 21, 2009 |deadurl=yes |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref name="gspr">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namcos-wii-wave-exercises-cooks-and-cheers/1100-6208868/ |title=Namco's Wii wave exercises, cooks, and cheers |author=Thorsen, Tor |date=November 10, 2009 |website=GameSpot |publisher=CBS Interactive |accessdate=July 19, 2018}}</ref> The game was released on November 3, 2009.<ref name="GameSpot" />
+The game was first publicized by a [[press release]] on April 29, 2009, in which the game's title and the partnership between [[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai]] and the [[Food Network]] was announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.namcobandaigames.com/news/348 |title=Namco Bandai and Food Network Announce Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked for Wii |date=April 29, 2009 |website=[[Bandai Namco Entertainment|Namco Bandai Games]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090621082134/http://www.namcobandaigames.com/news/348 |archive-date=June 21, 2009 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namcos-wii-wave-exercises-cooks-and-cheers/1100-6208868/ |title=Namco's Wii wave exercises, cooks, and cheers |author=Thorsen, Tor |date=April 29, 2009 |website=GameSpot |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208211210/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/namcos-wii-wave-exercises-cooks-and-cheers/1100-6208868/ |archive-date=February 8, 2022 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref> The game was released on November 3, 2009.<ref name="GameSpot" />
 ==Reception==
+{{Video game reviews
-''Cook or Be Cooked'' garnered mediocre reviews from critics mainly for its lack of content; it received compilation scores of 53% and 64% from [[Metacritic]] and [[GameRankings]] respectively.<ref name="MetaCritic">{{cite web|title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked (wii) reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic|MetaCritic]]|url=http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/wii/foodnetworkcookorbecooked| accessdate=August 25, 2010}}</ref><ref name="GameRankings">{{cite web|title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked for Wii|publisher=[[GameRankings]]|url=http://www.gamerankings.com/wii/959890-food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/index.html|accessdate=August 25, 2010}}</ref> [[GameSpot]]'s Shaun Mcinnis noted that though the gameplay itself controlled tightly and was fun, it held little replay value because of the lack of dishes to create. David Wolinsky of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' described the game as immersive when it worked, but felt the game's small selection of recipes made the fun short-lived.<ref name="AV">{{cite web|title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked!|last=Wolinsky|first=David|date=November 30, 2009|publisher=''[[The A.V. Club]]''|url=http://origin.avclub.com/articles/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked,35802/|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}</ref> [[1UP.com]]'s Mike Cruz stated that the game could be finished in one sitting.<ref name="1UP">{{cite web|title=Food Network Cook or Be Cooked Review for the Wii|author=Cruz, Mike|date=November 10, 2009|publisher=[[1UP.com]]|url=http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3176833|accessdate=December 12, 2009}}</ref>
+| MC = 53/100<ref name="mc">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/ |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked |website=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=Fandom |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240818195607/https://www.metacritic.com/game/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked/ |archive-date=August 18, 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref>
+| 1UP = D<ref name="1UP">{{cite web |url=http://www.1up.com/reviews/food-network-cook-cooked-review |title=Food Network Cook or Be Cooked Review |author=Cruz, Mike |date=November 10, 2009 |website=[[1Up.com]] |publisher=Ziff Davis |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310184809/http://www.1up.com/reviews/food-network-cook-cooked-review |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
+| AVC = C<ref name="AV">{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-1798218413 |title=Food Network: Cook Or Be Cooked |author=Wolinsky, David |date=November 30, 2009 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |publisher=[[G/O Media]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110805045750/http://www.avclub.com/articles/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked,35802/ |archive-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref>
+| GameRev = D+<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/44987-food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-review |title=Food Network: Cook or be Cooked Review |author=T. Bell-Edwards |date=November 23, 2009 |website=[[GameRevolution]] |publisher=[[CraveOnline]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018033640/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked |archive-date=October 18, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
+| GSpot = 6.5/10<ref name="GameSpot" />
+| GameZone = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gamezone.com/reviews/food_network_cook_or_be_cooked_wii_review/ |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked - WII - Review |author=Liebman, Dan |date=March 8, 2010 |website=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100312095025/http://wii.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r38046.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2010 |url-status=live |access-date=July 19, 2018}}</ref>
+| NWR = 7/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/20398/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-wii |title=Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked |author=Ronghan, Neal |date=November 24, 2009 |website=Nintendo World Report |publisher=NINWR, LLC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902051959/https://www.nintendoworldreport.com/review/20398/food-network-cook-or-be-cooked-wii |archive-date=September 2, 2023 |url-status=live |access-date=August 18, 2024}}</ref>
+}}
+''Cook or Be Cooked'' received "mixed" reviews according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name="mc" /> ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s Shaun McInnis noted that though the gameplay itself controlled tightly and was fun, it held little replay value because of the lack of dishes to create.<ref name="GameSpot" /> David Wolinsky of ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' described the game as immersive when it worked, but felt the game's small selection of recipes made the fun short-lived.<ref name="AV"/> ''[[1Up.com]]''{{'}}s Mike Cruz stated that the game could be finished in one sitting.<ref name="1UP" />
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-[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
+[[Category:Cooking video games]]
-[[Category:Wii games]]
-[[Category:Wii-only games]]
-[[Category:Video games based on works]]
 [[Category:Food Network]]
+[[Category:Gaming Corps Austin games]]
+[[Category:Minigame compilations]]
 [[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
-[[Category:Video games based on novels]]
+[[Category:Multiplayer hotseat games]]
+[[Category:North America-exclusive video games]]
+[[Category:Video games based on works]]
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+[[Category:Wii games]]
+[[Category:Wii-only games]]

Publication	Score
1Up.com	D^[8]
The A.V. Club	C^[1]
GameRevolution	D+^[9]
GameSpot	6.5/10^[3]
GameZone	7/10^[10]
Nintendo World Report	7/10^[11]