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Cake Mania 2 | 
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| From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $14.65
You Save: $5.34 (27%)
New (16) Used (4) from $13.36
Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1026
Platform: Nintendo Ds
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo DS
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0 x 0
MPN: 01530
Model: 01530
UPC: 096427015307
EAN: 0096427015307
ASIN: B0013HE5V4
Release Date: June 24, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand new in factory sealed retail box . Standard shipping by fast First Class Mail. Buy with confidence. ***Please compare the Shipping Cost and Rating before placing order***
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| Features:
| • | Customize Jill's bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades | | • | 18 all-new quirky, demanding customers, ranging from Federal Agents to mysterious Aliens, keep Jill on her toes | | • | 10 deliciously different cake styles with 6 fabulous frostings | | • | 8 wild cake toppers for earning extra cash | | • | See how you measure up in a new Endless Baking mode |
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Product Description
If you love cakes, you can make perfect cakes in Cake Mania 2. After spending most of 2006 working to re-open the Evans Bakery, sending her grandparents on an exotic Hawaiian cruise, and taking a much-needed break herself, Jill is taking her long-awaited, triumphant return in an all-new, out-of-this-world adventure. Help Jill's college friend Risha in her posh, northwestern, rooftop bakery; rescue her old flame, Jack, in his underwater theme park located on the ocean floor, or wind up in 4 other far-flung bakery locations, each with its own unique layout. Introducing new features such as a branching, non-linear storyline, 204 levels of cake-baking nirvana and 6 different possible endings, it's up to you to help Jill decide which path to take. What awaits Jill? Fame? Fortune? Love?
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Technical Issues Make Baking a Real Drag... October 13, 2008
I loved the Diner Dash game on the DS and a friend suggested picking up Cake Mania. I saw this sequel and got it instead.
And was terribly disappointed.
The basis of the game is arcade-like and quite fun. Customers tell you what they want and you have to recreate your cake confections before they get irritated with waiting and walk off. You can keep them entertained with a tv or a cookie to help the waiting. Their orders range from simple cakes to ones that have double layers, different shapes and cake toppers. Some have said the game is too slow, but you have the option of buying shoes that will speed up your baker. These can be upgraded more than once until you are almost TOO fast.
The sound effects are simple and quite annoying. The wacky kids with the inflatable pool duck toys are the worst with their canned "Hey its my turn!" Everything else is pretty much easy to ignore, but add little to the game itself.
HOWEVER, Cake Mania 2 has one really crippling problem. This was originally a PC game and the real estate of the DS screen is nothing compared to what you can get out of a computer monitor. Instead of doing a back/forth switch screen like Diner Dash does to get over this hurdle, the game tries to shove everything on one screen. AND FAILS. TERRIBLY. Everything requires absolute precision and the touchscreen seems to be a little off as well. The places to trigger the correct cake shape and frosting colors are tiny so you have to stab the stylus like it was a needle in the exact spot. Also, the customers request their orders in a "picture bubble" and when it gets to double layer cakes with toppings its often hard to tell exactly what they are asking for. The sprites are so tiny that a round cake with red frosting can look like a heart shape cake with red frosting and vice versa. Especially when there's a bear or cat topping on the top of it all to obscure even more of the cake you are supposed to be baking up.
Overall, the game is quite alot of fun, although extremely easy. The only thing that makes it difficult is the touchscreen issues. The developers must have been aware of this hurdle because it seems to be reflected in the game's difficulty.
Ah and its not that much different from Cake Mania 1 either, which is a superior product in many ways. It's a shame that this second effort couldn't keep up the fun of the first, it just simply doesn't add enough to spice things up and the frustrating controls suck alot of enjoyment out of it.
 Cakemania 2 August 21, 2008
I bought this game this week and the first time I picked it up I played for over 3 hours,it is sooooo addicting.
It's a lil repetative but it progresses so fast that it becomes so challenging.I had the PC version and loved it so I figured It would be great to have something portable.
It has 250 levels and I stopped at 16, not cuz I was bored,just because I would have played all night.
You bake I think 6 different shapes of cake with about 6+kinds of frosting,you erve the customers and get tips with a goal you have to reach as in money to move on to the next level.
Some of the cakes become complicated as you nay have a heart cake with red frosting and then you have to gake a round cake with choclate frosting to earn your tips.
There are so may upgrades from frosters,cake toppers,to better ovens,a TV to entertain the customers,a cookie oven(I think),but you really have to decide if you want to buy a cake topper or a better oven which has 4 stles going up yo "The Fourth Element",this makes the game or breaks the game depending on what you buy and how you set up your bakery makes a great dealo in your outcome.
Ther are 2 modes 1 is helping Uncle Jack bake in his "Sea World" type environment to helping this lady whos in the City.Either way,you get to do both worlds.
I really want to get Cakemania 1 but I'm wondering if it even comes slose to this one,That being said I can't wait to see a cakemania 3 come out or even a game like Diner Dash Flo on The Go game.Nopefullt one comes out soon.
A huge improvement over the original! July 28, 2008
I'm 31 and am in love with my Nintendo DS. I tried out the original Cake Mania on loan from the library and really liked it with a few notable issues, mainly the screen shift when moving about the kitchen.
On a whim I ordered Cake Mania 2 and dove into once it arrived. Not only have they fixed the screen shift problem -- they made this game so much better!
Now there are more levels to play and more TV channels to flip through. I like that it's a little more sophisticated yet stuck with the basic formula: bake, frost, top, serve, get paid.
My only complaint so far is the Endless Game mode. The step-up options/awards are only available every 3 rounds, which is a long time to have to poke around before you can buy faster shoes or a better froster.
All in all, I find this game challenging but also a lot of fun. The character's dialog can get a little boring, but at least you can skip past it.
If you like Diner Dash (as I do), try Cake Mania 2.
cake review July 27, 2008
I love this game it is soooooo addicting. I play it all the time it is even better than the first one.
 Big Disappointment July 15, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This was the biggest disappointment of a game I've ever played. I loved Cake Mania 1 and could not wait for Cake Mania 2 to come out. I finished the game in less than one day. The game was way to easy and absolutely no fun. I didn't even have to upgrade any equipment or buy any additional toppings to meet the monthly goal. I did buy the best oven and frosting machine along with the fast shoes simple because I got tired of the cooking time. I wish I could get my money back on this game.
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