Report: Controversy Surrounding Cooking Mama: Cookstar Explained To Be False, Pulled Due To Legal Trouble/Needed Polishing

This past weekend it was reported that the recently released Cooking Mama: Cookstar was swiftly delisted from the Nintendo eShop alongside a handful of retailers due to uncertain reasons. Although neither the developer nor the publisher spoke out on the matter to clarify as of why the decision was made, users on the internet went to unearth that the game actually compromised player hardware for those who played the game.

What exactly the claims were for directed that the company responsible for the game were using a “blockchain-based DRM” to utilize player Nintendo Switches in effort to mine crypto currency. However, in a new report with one of the team’s developers, that happened to not be the case at all.

According to an interview conducted by Screen Rant, the initial claims made by Cybershroom happened to be far from the truth in fact. It was disclosed by an anonymous team member that the game was pulled due to legal troubles with the game’s license between Planet Entertainment and the IP hold office create.

The statement about crypto-currency was all buzz words. The head of planet entertainment knows very little about these things… he just put some fancy language to get potential investors who like that stuff. As for the crashes/ overheating. That would be because the game is made in unity. By many people working on their first game… it’s not the best product but it made it through several vigorous reviews by nintendo and Sony. There is no way crypto-mining stuff could get through those tests. I doubt anyone at 1p would even be able to make such a thing.

Moreover, it was then told that Planet Entertainment went out of its way to release Cookstar without office create’s knowledge which also broke a request from the property holder to continue polishing the game. The unnamed employee told that developer 1P was only aware of the game’s release window for March with no further news following. “Planet entertainment released the game against a request by office create to keep polishing the game, or perhaps even canceling it.”

The source then went on to share that after office create discovered that the game was released under without it approval, the company went to Nintendo to retract the game from the online store alongside halting production on cartridges. Even more, there was discussion of several advertisements that were created for the game including YoutTube ads and Tik Tok promotions that never made it to public view.

The worse is that this unfortunate scenario that was initiated by Planet might have jeopardized the game from properly releasing and potentially returning to the Nintendo eShop. “As I understand planet entertainment is sueing office create having it removed for money lost. It’s hard to say if it will ever be released properly.” Unfortunately, the same might also be applied to the planned PlayStation 4 version of the game as well.

Source: Screen Rant