Nintendo of Europe has released the list of Wii and Nintendo DS video games which should be coming out this summer. At the top of the list is Super Smash Bros. Brawl which will be coming out on June 27 and both versions of DS game Pokemon Mystery Dungeon (Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness) which have been dated for a July 4 launch. Want to check out the full list for yourself? Then scoot on over to the full article.

Nintendo Europe has recently unveiled a list of their planned game releases for 2008. Super Smash Bros. Brawl's exact launch date was detailed, as was the one for the region's WiiWare service. Details are available in the full article.

Who would've thought that Office Create's Cooking Mama would be such a smashing success in the video game market in Europe. Already, the cooking sim has had over 1 million satisfied customers and is ranked as the most successful title 505 Games has released to date.

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Who can resist positive reinforcement from Mama? Or the uplifting feeling of cooking virtual food? We've got a treat from you in the form of some screenshots from the upcoming DS video game from Majesco Entertainment and 505 Games, Cooking Mama 2: Cooking with Friends.

Now that Cooking Mama is serving seconds, it seems that she now has a taste test crew to grade your virtual cooking. If you get high praise from the panel of judges, you get new recipes and a "cute present". Reportedly, you can decorate completed dishes just like in the first game, plus you'll be able to record all the dishes you've made in a diary. In these Cooking Mama 2: Cooking with Friends screenshots, we see the step by step procedures on how to make apple pie.

Anyway, we'll leave you to check out the screenshots. Cooking Mama 2: Cooking with Friends will be sashaying to the shelves early next year.

   

More Cooking Mama 2: Cooking with Friends screenshots after the jump!

The cult hit that took the gaming community by a silent storm will be serving seconds. 505 Games, in a collaboration with Cooking Mama Ltd., has announced a sequel to Cooking Mama for both the Nintendo DS and the Wii, slated for a release early next year.

The game will be published for Europe and will (and must!) contain new recipes and challenges. The game will have twice as many mini games and will now feature a multiplayer mode for the DS. The multiplayer mode will pit players' cooking skills against each other in a cook off. It sounds like an Iron Chef version for Cooking Mama (Iron Mama?).

Ian Howe, Managing Director of 505 games says: "Following on from the phenomenal success of Cooking Mama, we're thrilled to be bringing Cooking Mama 2 to Europe. Cooking Mama delivered a truly original IP and Cooking Mama 2 promises to build on its success."

 

And how goes the gamers from the UK for the week past July 17? Chart Track's been busy as a bee, and it appears all you Harry Potter fans were, too. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii, PSP, DS, mobiles) from Electronic Arts is still "leviosa-ing" at the top of the charts with Activision's Transformers: The Game rolling out at second.

And those who haven't got their minds locked on either movie-based games are still bench-pressing those neurons with More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima from Nintendo, with fellow Nintendo brain-twister Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree close in tow. Fifth spot is Wii Play's playground, with the Nintendo title still frolicking in the top ten, Wiimote in hand. Activision's Shrek The Third lumbers over to number six, while Take-Two's The Darkness lurks on number seven.

Nintendo's Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training brainstorms to eight spot, while simmering in at number nine is 505 Games' Cooking Mama. And re-entering the charts is Electronic Arts' Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 with a straight cut into the all-platforms' upper ten, giving the golfing title a shot for the birdie.

1. Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (Electronic Arts)
2. Transformers: The Game (Activision)
3. More Brain Training from Dr. Kawashima (Nintendo)
4. Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree (Nintendo)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Shrek The Third (Activision)
7. The Darkness (Take-Two Interactive)
8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
10. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 07 (Electronic Arts)

  

Another strange platform adventure comes out for the DS in the form of the deliciously-named Cookie & Cream, published by 505 Games. These two characters, who originally appeared in PlayStation 2's Kuri Kuri Mix, are now raring to go for another adventure on the DS.

This DS exclusive will have players control both of them at the same time. On the top screen, Cookie can breeze through the game using the D-pad and buttons, while Cream can be nudged around on the touch screen with the stylus, and follows commands made through the microphone. Thiscontrol scheme is very similar to another upcoming DS exclusive title, Square-Enix' It's a Wonderful World. 

In order to solve the mystery of who stole the moon, Cookie will need Cream's help in disabling traps and getting rid of enemies as well as other obstacles. Knowing when to use each of the characters, and mastering their abilities is a must if players want to finish the game.

To be released in September, Cookie & Cream will also feature multiplayer battle modes up to four players as well as cooperative two-player gameplay.
 

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And for the week concluding at June 26, Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 2 still races ahead of the rest across all platforms in the UK, following a successful second-running at first place last week. Second place is tied up for Take-Two Interactive's Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer, after sitting comfortably at the eight spot a week ago.

Codemasters' Colin McRae: DiRT has climbed up one spot to take third place, while exchanging seats with Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End which now sits at fourth. Nintendo's Wii Play frolicked with the Wiimote on the fifth spot for yet another week, with Activision's Spider-Man 3 still doing strongly in sales at sixth spot.

Last week's second placer Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary from Eidos now takes seventh place. Nintendo's Dr Kawashima's Brain Training falls one spot to number seven, followed closely behind by Pro Evolution Soccer 6 by Konami. 505 Games' Cooking Mama re-enters the top 10 from 13th place, displacing Nintendo's Mario Strikers Charged Football from the upper bracket of ten.

1. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
2. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (Take-Two Interactive)
3. Colin McRae: DiRT (Codemasters)
4. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
7. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
10. Cooking Mama (505 Games)

 

And UK sees a new winner up top the Chart Track UK all-platforms chart, as Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 2 shifts gears for a lead the week ending June 9. The newcomer shoved Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End down to the third spot, while Eidos' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversary holds the number two seat for the second week in a row.

Activision's former three-week topper Spider-Man 3 now drops to a fourth spot from third, while Nintendo's Wii Play unseats Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 for the number five spot. Nintendo's other Wii-only title Mario Strikers Charged Football drops two places to sixth, and serious soccer title PES 6 tails its fun variant at seventh.

And yet still strong on the charts is Dr Kawashima's Brain Training from Nintendo, followed by 505 Games' Cooking Mama for the eighth and ninth spots respectively. Microsoft's Shadowrun enters the top 10 from the 11th spot, kicking EA's former tenth placer FIFA 07 down to the 14th spot.

1. Forza Motorsport 2 (Microsoft)
2. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
3. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)
4. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
5. Wii Play (Nintendo)
6. Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
7. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
8. Dr Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
10. Shadowrun (Microsoft)

 

Taking a gander over at UK's game sales tracker, we've spotted Disney Interactive's Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End taking top spot of the all-platforms chart for the week ending June 2. It has moved from the second spot to first, thanks to taking the top spots across the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PSP charts, while Wii, DS and PS2 gamers found other games more interesting.

Biggest newcomer is Eidos' Tomb Raider: Anniversary which solidly took top spot from nowhere, thanks to a solid fan support from gamers on Sony's PS2 and the Lara fan club on the PC. Activision's Spider-Man 3, formerly on top of the list for a good four weeks, is now dethroned and seated firmly at third spot.

Next Level's Mario Strikers Charged Football still takes a strong solid support from millions of Wii gamers, while taking the fourth spot on the charts. Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 6 still solidly beats EA's FIFA 07, with the former spotted midway up the charts at number five and the latter blocking any other title from unseating it at the number 10 spot.

1. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney Interactive Studios)     
2. Tomb Raider: Anniversary (Eidos)
3. Spider-Man 3 (Activision)
4. Mario Strikers Charged Football (Nintendo)
5. Pro Evolution Soccer 6 (Konami)
6. Wii Play (Nintendo)
7. Cooking Mama (505 Games)
8. Dr. Kawashima's Brain Training (Nintendo)
9. Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Electronic Arts)
10. FIFA 07 (EA Canada)