Cake Mania 2
by Majesco Sales Inc.
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Product Summary
Brand: MajescoRelease Date: 2008-06-24
Platform: Nintendo DS
Model: 01530
Publisher: Majesco Sales Inc.
Product features:
- Customize Jill's bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades
- 18 all-new quirky, demanding customers, ranging from Federal Agents to mysterious Aliens, keep Jill on her toes
- 10 deliciously different cake styles with 6 fabulous frostings
- 8 wild cake toppers for earning extra cash
- See how you measure up in a new Endless Baking mode
Video Game Reviews of Cake Mania 2
Customer Review: Technical Issues Make Baking a Real Drag...
Summary: 2 Stars
I loved the Diner Dash game on the DS and a friend suggested picking up Cake Mania. I saw this sequel and got it instead.
And was terribly disappointed.
The basis of the game is arcade-like and quite fun. Customers tell you what they want and you have to recreate your cake confections before they get irritated with waiting and walk off. You can keep them entertained with a tv or a cookie to help the waiting. Their orders range from simple cakes to ones that have double layers, different shapes and cake toppers. Some have said the game is too slow, but you have the option of buying shoes that will speed up your baker. These can be upgraded more than once until you are almost TOO fast.
The sound effects are simple and quite annoying. The wacky kids with the inflatable pool duck toys are the worst with their canned "Hey its my turn!" Everything else is pretty much easy to ignore, but add little to the game itself.
HOWEVER, Cake Mania 2 has one really crippling problem. This was originally a PC game and the real estate of the DS screen is nothing compared to what you can get out of a computer monitor. Instead of doing a back/forth switch screen like Diner Dash does to get over this hurdle, the game tries to shove everything on one screen. AND FAILS. TERRIBLY. Everything requires absolute precision and the touchscreen seems to be a little off as well. The places to trigger the correct cake shape and frosting colors are tiny so you have to stab the stylus like it was a needle in the exact spot. Also, the customers request their orders in a "picture bubble" and when it gets to double layer cakes with toppings its often hard to tell exactly what they are asking for. The sprites are so tiny that a round cake with red frosting can look like a heart shape cake with red frosting and vice versa. Especially when there's a bear or cat topping on the top of it all to obscure even more of the cake you are supposed to be baking up.
Overall, the game is quite alot of fun, although extremely easy. The only thing that makes it difficult is the touchscreen issues. The developers must have been aware of this hurdle because it seems to be reflected in the game's difficulty.
Ah and its not that much different from Cake Mania 1 either, which is a superior product in many ways. It's a shame that this second effort couldn't keep up the fun of the first, it just simply doesn't add enough to spice things up and the frustrating controls suck alot of enjoyment out of it.
Description of Cake Mania 2
If you love cakes, you can make perfect cakes in Cake Mania 2. After spending most of 2006 working to re-open the Evans Bakery, sending her grandparents on an exotic Hawaiian cruise, and taking a much-needed break herself, Jill is taking her long-awaited, triumphant return in an all-new, out-of-this-world adventure. Help Jill's college friend Risha in her posh, northwestern, rooftop bakery; rescue her old flame, Jack, in his underwater theme park located on the ocean floor, or wind up in 4 other far-flung bakery locations, each with its own unique layout. Introducing new features such as a branching, non-linear storyline, 204 levels of cake-baking nirvana and 6 different possible endings, it's up to you to help Jill decide which path to take. What awaits Jill? Fame? Fortune? Love?Adventure Games
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