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2008 · SuperVillain Studios · Business simulation · Puzzle

Order Up!

Timed Nintendo exclusive

In Order Up!!, players get to experience the dizzying life of a top-notch chef and restaurateur as they prepare all types of food, serve hordes of demanding patrons, and build their own restaurant empire from the ground up. Beginning in the world of fast food, new cooks must prove themselves by serving up quality dishes in the time allotted. As they master the basic skills and serve up tasty dishes using precision and time management skills, they will earn more money and move from fast food to five-star!

Released
22 July 2008
Platforms
AndroidNintendo 3DSPlayStation 3WiiiOS
Genres
Business simulationPuzzleSimulationStrategy
Developers
SuperVillain Studios
Publishers
indiePub
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
First person
Themes
Action
Country
United States
Age ratings
ACB GUSK 0PEGI 3ESRB E
Languages
English

About

Order Up! is a cooking simulation-styled mini-game compilation developed by SuperVillain Studios and published by Zoo Games and Funbox Media. It was released on July 22, 2008 in North America, October 23 in Australia, and October 24 in Europe for the Wii. An enhanced port titled Order Up!!

was released for the PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS on December 9, 2011 in Europe and June 21, 2012 in North America. The game was released on iOS and Android as Order Up!! To Go. In 2025, Amazon featured a listing of a Nintendo Switch 2 version published by Nicalis.

›Story

Starting from a plane and into a garbage container, start working at a minimum wage job for a fast food company and climb the ranks to a 5-star high class restaurant.

Keywords

  • cooking
  • management
  • family friendly
  • playstation move support
  • motion control
  • gesture-based controls

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The game sees the player purchasing and managing various restaurants and trying to earn 5 stars at each by completing goals such as unlocking recipes or impressing a food critic. Certain customers that appear frequently will have special requirements for their meals and the player will have to buy different spices and seasonings to get a bigger tip from them.

The cooking portion of the gameplay sees the player using the motion controls of the Wii Remote (or PlayStation Move control and 3DS touchscreen, respectively) to prepare dishes for customers. Although similar to the gameplay in the Cooking Mama series, Order Up! focuses more on speed, multitasking and time management to ensure a table's order of multiple dishes is sent out on time rather than to simply successfully complete a single dish. Non-cooking minigames include washing plates and shooing rats.

Story

The player assumes the role of a budding chef who has landed on the island of Port Abello, one of the most important locations on the culinary map. After learning the trade in a local fast food joint, the player then purchases five different restaurants across the island, each serving food from different cultures. The Fortified Chef Competition is about to visit town and winning it would launch the player to the centre of the culinary stage.

Development

On April 23, 2008, Order Up! was announced by SuperVillain Studios and was dubbed as "Cooking Mama meets The Sims meets Diner Dash" by some critics. Lee Cummings, who was previously creative director for the games Grand Theft Auto and Bully was working as director for Order Up!.

On May 20, 2010, SuperVillain Studios released a teaser image for a possible sequel to Order Up!. It was later confirmed on March 9, 2011 that an enhanced port of the original game would be released for the PlayStation 3, for the Nintendo 3DS as Order Up! : Take Out Edition and another "TBA" platform. The final title for the port was later confirmed to be Order Up!!

Reception

Order Up! received "generally favorable reviews", while Order Up!! received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

1Up.com said that the Wii version was much more fleshed out than most cooking games. IGN called it a "surprisingly fun restaurant sim".

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Wii22 July 2008Worldwide
PlayStation 39 December 2011Worldwide
Nintendo 3DS9 December 2011Worldwide · North America 21 June 2012
Android19 January 2012Worldwide
iOS19 January 2012Worldwide

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