Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen

Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
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Developer(s)	Nintendo[1]
Publisher(s)	Nintendo[1] Ajinomoto
Platform(s)	Super Famicom[1]
Release date(s)	JP September 1993[1]
Genre(s)	Simulation (kitchen simulator)
Mode(s)	Single-player only

Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen (もと子ちゃんのワンダーキッチン, "Little Motoko's Wonder Kitchen")^[2] is a 1993 Super Famicom point-and-click video game that features minigames related to cooking. The game was a promotional item with a production run of 10,000 units which were used for a lottery contest. Consumers who mailed in two proof of purchase seals from Ajinomoto mayonnaise received a copy of the game and were entered into the contest, which was run over five months with 2,000 prizes given away monthly.^[3]

Gameplay

Name brand products from Japanese supermarkets are used as an advertising gimmick from the company Ajinomoto. A young girl named Motoko takes children through a fantasy world and provides educational and informative content about the history of mayonnaise and other things that are related to food history.^[4] Games include reversi against a witch and finding seven dwarves that turn into sausages. The gameplay is somewhat similar to the more widely-known Nintendo DS title Cooking Mama, which was released more than a decade later in 2006.

The game supports the SNES mouse.^[3]

Items

Kitchen preparation screen where players learn to make their own meals using the various ingredients provided.

Food

Utensils

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