I have almost completed all the dishes in Cooking Mama 2 and I’d say it’s more worthwhile playing than the first Cooking Mama (which was the first game I bugged my husband to buy for my DS). Lots of new recipes and new instructions on top of a couple of new features. Some of the original tasks have been modified to make it a little bit harder to get a Gold though it’s still a no-brainer for adults (but I like it).

Help! I’ve unlocked a lot of items but I can’t use them on Mama!
Actually, you can! And here’s how to do it. This is where the Write in Diary function comes in.

Image taken from the official website

You can save an entry in your diary every time you complete a dish, whether you cook with Mama or cook for your friends. The key is to save an entry. After that, go back to the main screen and tap on Write in Diary and choose an entry you’ve just saved. Tap on the bottom screen again and you’ll get a Seal option on the bottom right. Tap on it and you’ll be able to add the items you’ve collected onto the picture just like this screenshot!

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It’s been around two weeks since I got stuck at Goron Island because I don’t have bombchus, or so I thought. I’ve been to the Isle of the Dead (last piece of map) and back and still haven’t got my darn bombchus nor bombchu bag. Serves me right for being a scrooge and not spending my rupees on the bombchus bag the first time I saw it at Mercay Island because you won’t find them anywhere else until Goron Island. There’s a marked-unmarked wall to bomb on Goron Island (the “singles” wall near the temple with a motif on the ground in front) and you won’t need bombchus.

I searched the Internet for all walkthroughs to find a bombchu bag but haven’t found any that documents it so I thought I’d put this down: Goron Island, bomb the marked-unmarked wall and get into Goron Temple, one of the treasure chests contains 10 bombchus in a bag.

It gets harder from here and I survived without a walkthrough until Goron Island, good luck!

p/s: This is indeed the best Nintendo DS game so far, 5/5! To those who need help, this is the most comprehensive walkthrough to date.

Updated 25/10: I have completed Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass!

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