SLEEPER HIT
COOKING MAMA
COMING TO
MOBILE
PHONES
Take Your
Cooking Mojo
on the Road
in 2008
Los Angeles,
Ca.- Sept.
28, 2007 -
Test your
cooking
skills
wherever you
are when
Cooking
Mama(tm),
the popular
fast-action
cooking
simulator is
served up
for your
mobile
phone! Taito
Corporation
is mixing up
a simplified
version of
the Nintendo
DS(tm) game
that was
named by IGN
as the "Best
DS Most
Innovative
Design of E3
2006." The
game is
expected to
release in
early 2008.
"Given the
success of
Cooking Mama
on other
platforms,
Cooking Mama
is sure to
be a hit on
wireless
phones as
well," said
Keiji
Fujita, co-
producer of
Cooking
Mama. "The
style of
gameplay is
accessible
and fun for
casual and
serious
gamers of
all ages."
Cooking Mama
challenges
players to
use the game
controls as
master
kitchen
tools to
cook
real-world
dishes.
Under Mama's
watchful
eye, players
must first
prepare
ingredients,
then
combine,
cook and
present the
final meal.
Let's get
cooking,
Mama!
Cooking Mama
is expected
to be
available on
most major
mobile
carriers in
the United
States in
early 2008.
Pricing has
yet to be
determined
by each of
the
individual
carriers.
About Taito
Corporation
Taito
Corporation
is a wholly
owned
subsidiary
of Square
Enix Co.,
Ltd. with
headquarters
in Tokyo,
Japan. Since
its
inception in
1953, Taito
has been at
the
forefront of
the
interactive
entertainment
industry.
With the
release of
SPACE
INVADERS® in
1978, a new
form of
entertainment
was born in
computer
games. Over
the years,
Taito's
legendary
brands have
made their
way to every
major gaming
platform and
now is
available to
consumers on
the mobile
platform via
all major
U.S.
wireless
carriers and
through off-
deck, online
portals and
distributors.
Taito
continues to
diversify
its product
offerings by
creating and
distributing
games that
appeal to
gamers of
all kinds,
stimulating
their minds
(and
fingers)
with
challenging
yet
easy-to-learn
interactive
entertainment.
More
information
on Taito
Corporation
can be found
on the
Internet at
http://www.taito.co.jp/eng/.