Bandai Toys announces cooking action game 'Tabe-O-Ja' for Switch

Tabe-O-Ja is a cooking action game in which you can enjoy strategic battles. As the special chef “Tabe-O-Ja,” you will cook various dishes including Japanese, western, Chinese, and more with Joy-Con cooking actions, and summon the “Tabe-Gami” that dwell within each tasty dish. With your summoned Tabe-Gami, you can form your own original team, battle against rival chefs and their Tabe-Gami, and challenge the showdown of the cooking world: “World’s Strongest Dish.”

Joy-Con Cooking Actions and Tabegami Battles

Tabe-Gami dwell within tasty dishes. You can summon these Tabe-Gami by using the Joy-Cons as the game indicates to complete your dish.

Joy-Con cooking actions have various patterns based on the dish, including “stir-fry,” “stacking ingredients,” “simmer,” and more. For example: stir-frying with good rhythm or stacking ingredients without them falling.

By completing a dish, you can summon a Tabe-Gami.

Each Tabe-Gami is themed after a dish, and their fighting ability differs depending on the performance of your cooking actions and the Tabe-Gami.

At launch, Tabe-O-Ja will feature a charming lineup of over 69 unique characters.

Furthermore, you can form a team with your summoned Tabe-Gami and battle against rival chefs.
You can summon Tabe-Gami onto the battlefield by selecting the Tabe-Gami you want to summon and performing the Joy-Con cooking actions. In battle, Tabe-Gami can use special moves by meeting certain conditions. The battle is decided when the opponent’s kitchen is destroyed.

Bandai Toys is bringing Tabe-O-Ja to Switch in Japan sometime this Winter. You can check out the official Japanese site here.