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Cooking Mama: Cookstar publisher fires back, says publishing the game was fully within their rights

Too many cooks in the kitchen...
by rawmeatcowboy
15 April 2020
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Earlier this week, Cooking Mama IP holder Office Create put out a statement concerning Cooking Mama: Cookstar. In that statement, Office Create said the release of Cooking Mama: Cookstar was unauthorized, and their team would be looking into legal action.

Today we have a response from Planet Entertainment, the publisher of Cooking Mama: Cookstar. Long story short, they say they've done nothing wrong, and there's no active litigation. You can check out their full statement below.

Planet Entertainment wants to explain the mystery surrounding the Nintendo Switch game to all Cooking Mama Cookstar fans.

Office Create, the rights holder to Cooking Mama, approved a detailed game design in 2019. 1st Playable the game developer and Planet followed the exact approved design. That design is the exact game on Nintendo Switch which also includes many additional Office Create suggestions which add gameplay value.

Unfortunately, creative differences arose as Cooking Mama Cookstar was near completion that were outside the scope of our agreement and the game design approved by Office Create.

By contact, Planet is fully within its rights to publish Cooking Mama Cookstar. There is no active litigation or ruling that prevents Planet from publishing the game.

Cooking Mama fans have been very enthusiastic about Cooking Mama Cookstar, including the many new features including Vegetarian and, Unicorn food, Potluck Party plus more.

We appreciate the overwhelming response and support from Cooking Mama Cookstar fans.

Office Create has our total respect. We thank them for their wisdom and wish them well.

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