The motion controls of the Wii might seem like a perfect fit for this franchise, but there are far too many menu navigation options and too much overall screen-clicking, which makes the controls feel like more of a hassle than they need to be. While the basic formula of other Cake Mania titles is present, it becomes painfully obvious early on that the lack of a standard keyboard/mouse setup, or even the touch-screen and stylus controls of the DS, make a bigger difference than you might suspect. That's pretty much Cake Mania: In the Mix in a nutshell: simple controls mixed with surprisingly addictive, but repetitive gameplay that just about anyone can pick up and play. You'll gain money from happy customers, which you can then spend on various ingredients and tools that'll make certain gameplay aspects a little easier or allow you to make some of the more complex creations that are requested by the clientele. As the game progresses, more and more orders are put in, with varying difficulties of creation, and the gameplay focuses on memory and efficiency more than anything else. It's going to be a bit more involved for people than say, bowling on Wii Sports, but the isn't too involved.īasically, you control your character through a variety of pastry shops, taking in the orders that customers give you and building their creations from a variety of tools at your disposal. The controls are meant to be simple, so just about anyone should be able to pick up the game, figure out what's going on and play. Cake Mania is neither of these things, but it still falls firmly into that casual category. When you think of "casual" games, you probably think of the mini-game compilations that plague the DS and the Wii, or the other pseudo-sports titles that take advantage of the motion control hardware available on the system. If you haven't played Cake Mania before, I'll give you a pretty simple rundown. Personally, I've usually enjoyed the game, albeit in limited spurts of activity, and my girlfriend, a casual gamer, is a bigger fan of these games than I am. I'm not ever sure that Cake Mania is the originator of the gameplay formula, but it's been around the block a few times, going so far as to pop up on consoles prior to this Wii entry. Chances are that if you've ever done any kind of casual gaming on a PC, you've probably played a Cake Mania game or clone at some point.
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