Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
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is a Super Famicom
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
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 video game that teaches players how to cook meals in a realistic kitchen. During a promotional period that started on September 1993, the game was considered a promotional item that was given away with Ajinomoto mayonnaise purchases in Japan.

The spiritual successor of this game would be Cooking Mama
Cooking Mama
is a cookery simulation-styled minigame compilation video game for the Nintendo DS and iOS developed by Office Create and published by Taito, Majesco Entertainment, and 505 Games. It was awarded IGN's "Best Of E3" award for 2006 and was joined by a sequel for the DS, Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with...

for the Nintendo DS
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 and iOS.

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Name brand products from Japanese supermarket
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s are used as an advertisting gimmick
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 from the company Ajinomoto
Ajinomoto
Ajinomoto Co. Inc. , is a Japanese food and chemical corporation which produces seasonings, cooking oils, TV dinners, sweeteners, amino acids and pharmaceuticals...

. A young girl named Motoko takes children through a fantasy
Fantasy
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 world and provides educational and informative content about the history of mayonnaise and other things that are related to food history
Food history
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. Games included reversi
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 against a witch
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 and finding seven dwarves that turn into sausage
Sausage
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