Game & Watch: Chef
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| Developer(s) | Nintendo R&D1 |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Director(s) | Gunpei Yokoi |
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| Designer(s) | Gunpei Yokoi |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
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Game & Watch: Chef, also known as just Chef, is a 1981 action Game & Watch game developed by Nintendo R&D1 and published by Nintendo. A part of the Game & Watch's Wide Screen series, the game sees the player playing as a chef who attempts to keep ingredients in the air using a frying pan. The game first released on September 8, 1981,[1] with a Nintendo DSi port later releasing in 2009 (Japan) and 2010 (North America and Europe).[2] Chef has also been included in multiple Game & Watch collection games, such as Game & Watch Gallery 2[3] and Game & Watch Gallery Advance.[4]
Chef was received positively by critics, who praised its simple and addictive gameplay.[5][6] In 2010, MTV's Jason Cipriano calculated that the average selling price for a complete in-box copy of Chef was US$215.[7]
Gameplay[edit]
In the game, players take control of a chef who attempts to juggle ingredients with a frying pan so that they don't touch the floor.[6] Each ingredient falls at different speeds and the game gets faster as it goes on. During gameplay, a cat will randomly appear and hold the far left ingredient in mid-air with a fork, which is intended to throw the player off. If an ingredient hits the ground, a mouse will steal it, resulting in the player losing one of three lives.[5]
The game has two modes: Game A and Game B, with B being faster and requiring players to juggle four ingredients, as opposed to A's three.[5] Like most other Game & Watch titles, Chef includes a built-in clock.[8] The DSi release of the game added a high score list, which collects a player's best scores.[5]
Development, releases, and legacy[edit]
Chef was published by Nintendo and was developed by one of its video game development teams, Nintendo Research & Development 1,[1] which was then led by Gunpei Yokoi.[9] Yokoi also designed the game.[5]
Chef released on September 8, 1981, and was a part of the Game & Watch's Widescreen series.[1] Since, the game has been included in multiple Game & Watch collection games.[3][4] A DSiWare port was announced by Nintendo in early June 2009, with a scheduled release date of June 29.[10] The port later released as planned in Japan, with English releases following on March 22, 2010 (North America) and March 26, 2010 (Europe).[2] An unnoficial iOS port of Chef was released by the German developer Mobile 1UP in December 2008,[11] although it was later removed from the App Store.
Multiple references to Chef are included in the Super Smash Bros. fighting series, such as in the fighter Mr. Game & Watch's neutral special, which is named and designed after Chef.[12] The protagonist of Chef also appears as an unlockable instructor in Nintendo's 2008 title Cooking Guide: Can't Decide What to Eat?.[13] To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Game & Watch, Takara Tomy collaborated with Nintendo to release Chef, along with other Game & Watch games, as unplayable solar powered keychains.[14] In 2010, Chef was included in a Harajuku-located exhibit of Gunpei Yokoi's work.[15]
Reception[edit]
Lua error in Module:Video_game_wikidata at line 361: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Chef was met with positive reviews from critics, who felt that the game had aged well due to its simplicity and addictive gameplay.[5][6] Andy Robertson of Game People stated that Chef had "all the classic Game and Watch elements, repetition, simplicity and nail-biting toughness"[6] and Desiree Turner of Nintendo Life thought that the game had addictive, "frantic, old-school pick-up-and-play fun".[5]
The difficulty of the game was received positively from critics, who called it "nail-biting". The DSi release's price of 200 points was also received positively,[6] with critics noting how players would get their "money's worth" out of the game. Nintendo Life was positive towards the DSi release's faithfulness to the original Game & Watch release.[5]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Chef (Wide Screen)". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 30, 2013. Retrieved January 14, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Game & Watch Chef (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on January 13, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 van Duyn, Marcel. "Game & Watch Gallery 2 Review (3DS eShop / GBC)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Frear, Dave. "Game & Watch Gallery Advance Review (Wii U eShop / GBA)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Turner, Desiree (March 24, 2010). "Game & Watch Chef Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Archived from the original on May 26, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Robertson, Andy. "Game and Watch Chef DSi-Ware Review". Game People. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved January 14, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Cipriano, Jason (March 5, 2010). "Game & Watch Revival - 30 Years Later and Still Ringin'". MTV. MTV Networks. Archived from the original on May 27, 2019. Retrieved January 15, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Game & Watch™ Chef". Nintendo UK. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ Marrujo, Robert (February 8, 2019). "The History of Game Boy (Revised for 2019)". Nintendojo. Archived from the original on October 20, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ van Duyn, Marcel (July 10, 2009). "Game & Watch Games to be Released on DSiWare". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ↑ Spencer, Spanner (January 2, 2009). "Game & Watch on the iPhone". Pocket Gamer. Imagine Media. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ Green, Jake (January 21, 2020). "Mr Game & Watch Super Smash Bros Ultimate Guide - Unlock, Moves, Changes, Mr Game & Watch Alternate Costumes, Final Smash". USgamer. Gamer Network. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ Ronaghan, Neal (February 23, 2009). "Personal Trainer: Cooking Non-Review". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
- ↑ Caoili, Eric (January 18, 2010). "Takara Tomy, Nintendo Reveal Solar-Powered Game & Watch Keychains". GameSetWatch. Think Services. Archived from the original on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Walker, Matt (August 24, 2010). "Gunpei Yokoi Exhibit in Harakuju: 'The Man Who Was Called the God of Games'". Nintendo World Report. Retrieved January 25, 2021.
External links[edit]
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- https://web.archive.org/web/20080705111146/http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/game-and-watch-a-retrospective-2/875760/
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080705110512/http://www.dsfanboy.com/photos/game-and-watch-a-retrospective-2/863667/
- https://kotaku.com/get-game-watch-on-your-iphone-before-lawyers-take-it-5122003
- https://www.geek.com/games/game-watch-revival-turns-out-to-be-frustrating-gimmick-1057241/
- https://www.gamezone.com/originals/mr-game-watch-comes-home-to-dsiware/
- https://www.usgamer.net/articles/10-12-2018-super-smash-bros-ultimate-characters-moves-type-every-character-on-the-super-smash-bros-ultimate-roster/super-smash-bros-ultimate-watch
- https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/game-and-watch-gallery-4-review/1900-2898459/
- https://www.gamespot.com/articles/e3-2002-game-and-watch-gallery-4-unveiled/1100-2866989/
- https://www.vg247.com/2009/07/10/game-watch-titles-headed-to-dsiware-in-japan/
- https://www.engadget.com/2008/07/01/collecting-and-obsessing-game-and-watch-part-2/
- https://www.engadget.com/2008/03/10/dojo-update-going-waaay-back/
- https://www.pcmag.com/feature/366428/food-games-8-culinary-gaming-classics/4
- http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2012/03/game_and_watch_gallery_2_coming_to_japan
- http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/17813/personal-trainer-cooking-non-review
- https://www.gamesradar.com/26-jobs-mario-inexplicably-qualified/3/
- https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/07/27/dsiware-capsule-reviews-third-week-of-july?page=13
- http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/blog/23911/gunpei-yokoi-exhibit-in-harakuju-the-man-who-was-called-the-god-of-games
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