Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the Nintendo DS?
A: Nintendo DS revolutionizes handheld gameplay with two screens, crisp graphics, touch-screen technology and wireless communication. Used for a wide range of fun and accessible games, as well as interactive software that is fun and challenging for people of all ages, Nintendo DS brings people together!
Q: What is Personal Trainer: Cooking?
A: Personal Trainer: Cooking is an all-in-one guide to cooking, only available as software for the Nintendo DS—it can help you cook delicious meals for a loved one, or the entire family. Let the DS Chef suggest recipes based on country of origin, calorie count, prep time, and more—then, take your DS to the grocery store and keep track of your ingredients as you buy them. Every step of the cooking process, from recipe selection to advanced cooking technique, is painstakingly detailed with voice-led instruction, images, and video. Full recipes for hundreds of dishes from all over the world are laid out step by step, and easily accessible thanks to the Nintendo DS Stylus and Hands-Free Voice Controls.
Q: What is a stylus?
A: The Stylus comes packaged with your Nintendo DS when you buy it—it is a short plastic pen-shaped tool that you use to perform all touch-screen functions in many DS games, including Personal Trainer: Cooking.
Q: How is Personal Trainer: Cooking different from a cookbook?
A: Any old cookbook can list ingredients and give you instructions to read. With Personal Trainer: Cooking, the DS Chef talks you through every single step of the process for each dish in the software, and accompanies each step with images, detailed descriptions, and video for a number of the more complex cooking steps. An interactive shopping list function, intelligent ingredient measuring, and even a built-in timer make Personal Trainer: Cooking an extremely useful tool for anyone in the kitchen.
Q: How do I cook and use my Nintendo DS at the same time?
A: Thanks to Hands-Free Voice Control and the DS Chef's vocal instruction for each recipe, you can use Personal Trainer: Cooking from step one of your cooking process all the way to the end, without even looking at or touching the screen. Voice-led actions to cycle through steps, start timers, and get more detailed instruction can all be taken care of from a distance as the Nintendo DS Microphone picks up your commands. You can keep your DS safely away from messy foods and hot surfaces!
Q: Where do the recipes in Personal Trainer: Cooking come from?
A: Each recipe in Personal Trainer: Cooking has been carefully selected and perfected by the culinary gurus of the Tsuji Cooking Academy, founded in 1917. This Japan-based academy has prepared a range of dishes from all over the world, allowing the recipe list for Personal Trainer: Cooking to span the entire global spectrum of gourmet delights.
Q: What other Nintendo products are similar to Personal Trainer: Cooking?
A: Personal Trainer: Cooking is part of a series of software for the Nintendo DS and Wii console called Touch Generations. These titles are accessible to the entire family, no matter what your age or experience. Some of these Touch Generations titles provide family-friendly gaming fun, while others will train your brain and keep your mind sharp. You can find out more about these titles at the Touch Generations website.
Q: If I am bringing my Nintendo DS to and from the grocery store to shop for ingredients, how do I travel safely with it?
A: The Nintendo DS has a very handy function in case you are in the middle of a gaming experience and want to take a quick break. If you suddenly have another obligation, or must take a quick trip somewhere, you can simply close your Nintendo DS by folding the top screen onto the bottom unit and put your game into sleep mode. Just unfold the screens to continue where you left off! In Personal Trainer: Cooking, you may need to close your Nintendo DS when going from the grocery store back to your home to cook. It's that easy to save your place in the cooking process and begin again right away when you're back to the kitchen!
