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Shaberu! DS Cooking Navi
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NCS Product Synopsis
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If Nintendo's Cooking Navi is any indication,
traditional cookbooks are going the way of the
dinosaur. Instead of flipping through pages of
boring and static text, Cooking Navi offers an
interactive experience which guides cooks through
the process of preparing a tasty meal. From the
ingredients list and calorie counter to step-by-step
directions with pictures and a squeaky voice guiding
you, any lummox can cook a dish and stomach it too.
A chef who looks like Colonel Sanders (he,
of KFC mythos) sans the glasses acts as the guiding
avatar for Nintendo's cooking tutorial. Check out
over 200 recipes and learn how to prepare and cook a
particular dish. The ingredients are listed with a
check box which you tic once you confirm they're on hand.
Next, the steps are presented with text, voice, and small
pictures which show how to cut, mix, chop, and season
assorted filets, flanks, and morsels. The chef
walks the user through each step to ensure that
nothing is overlooked or missed.
Once one part is finished, tap on the right arrow to
proceed to the next step. If you take too long on
one step, the chef will utter, "Hm?" and wonder if
you've fallen unconscious.
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NCS Product Notes
» In the reference portion of Cooking Navi,
there's information on ingredients, cooking tools,
and preparation technique. A section contains 10
videos which shows a master cook mincing onions,
slicing tomatoes, and destroying garlic.
» In addition to traditional and
not-so-traditional Japanese dishes, a selection of
"western" meals are also included such as linguini
with marinara sauce topped with parmesan cheese.
Linguini takes a whopping 33 steps to prepare with
the emphasis on making a great sauce from scratch.
After the steps are done, a steaming plate of
linguini is shown while the chef leads the applause.
We've known college students who've made a linguini
dish in four steps as follows:
1) Boil packaged linguini
2) Drop tomato sauce on linguini
3) Heat some more
4) Eat
» A note-keeping utility allows cooks to
record little bits of information and observations
during cooking forays by entering them in kana.
» Simple techniques may be learned to core
and prepare vegetables such as avocado and onions.
» Sadly, Cooking Navi is only in Japanese. As
such, NCS can only recommended it for Japanese housewives, Japanese
househusbands, college students, and bachelors who
haven't a clue for cooking. Kana reading Westerners
will also find the software useful for upping their
culinary game.
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This document and photos are ©NCSX 2006. All rights reserved. No
reproduction in whole or in part of this document
may be made without express written consent of
National Console Support, Inc.
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