Cake Mania 3

by Majesco

Product Features

• Unlock three different mini games, including Servo-Rama, Cakey-Makey and Copy Cakes.
• Master 84 new levels of cake-baking craziness in order to save Jill's family and her wedding day.
• Travel to 6 different bakery environments including the Jurassic Period, Medieval England and the Future.
• Customize Jill's bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades: Ovens, Shoes, Frosters, Display Stands, Microwaves, TVs, Toppers and Frosterators.
• For the first time in the series, players can change Jill's outfits throughout the game.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00288KNNQ
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches ; 4 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: October 13, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,766 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #62 in Video Games > Nintendo DS > Simulation > Life

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Cake Mania 3 is the third release in the beloved PC baking simulation game franchise to make its way on to the Nintendo DS platform. Continuing the adventures of Jill Evans, the game is packed with the frantic gameplay that players have come to expect over the years, as well as new features like a time-altering storyline, all-new bakeries, bakery upgrades, kitchen customization, customers and mini-games. Story As Jill Evans nervously prepares for her big wedding day, disaster strikes when a mysterious 'timebender' crashes to the floor. As her friends and family rush to pick up the shattered pieces, her loved ones suddenly vanish. Now, in order to rescue them and get back before the ceremony begins, Jill must travel through time and work her cake-making magic on everyone she meets in this all-new adventure based on the best-selling PC title from Sandlot Games. Cake-baking craziness. View larger. Gameplay Master 84 new levels of cake-baking craziness Travel to 6 different bakery environments including the Jurassic Period, Medieval England and the Future. Customize Jill's bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades: Ovens, Shoes, Frosters, Display Stands, Microwaves, TVs, Toppers and Frosterators. For the first time in the series, players can change Jill's outfits throughout the game. Unlock three different mini-games, including Servo-Rama, Cakey-Makey and Copy Cakes. Key Game Features The third addition in the award-winning online PC Cake Mania franchise from Sandlot Games that has been downloaded 100 million times worldwide and sold more than 650,000 units worldwide across DS and Wii. Master 84 new levels of cake-baking craziness. Travel to 6 different bakery environments including the Jurassic Period, Medieval England and the Future. Each environment has its own unique cake styles. Customize Jill’s bakeries with 50 unique kitchen upgrades: ovens, shoes, frosters, display stands, microwaves, TVs, toppers and frosterators. For the first time in the series, players can change Jill’s outfits throughout the game. Serve 30 new demanding customers, from Medieval Wizards to Ancient Egyptian Mummies. Unlock three different mini games, including Servo-Rama, Cakey-Makey and Copy Cakes. Receive trophies for completing specific tasks and follow your accomplishments in the Trophy Room. All-new power-ups. Screenshots: Customize Jill's attire. View larger. 84 new play levels. View larger. 50 bakery upgrades. View larger. New demanding customers. View larger.

Product Description

As Jill Evans nervously prepares for her big wedding day, disaster strikes when a mysterious "timebender" crashes to the floor. As her friends and family rush to pick up the shattered pieces, her loved ones suddenly vanish. Now, in order to rescue them and get back before the ceremony begins, Jill must travel through time and work her cake-making magic on everyone she meets in this all-new adventure based on the best-selling PC title from Sandlot Games.

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Things are too small, October 23, 2009

By 

Lori Oliver (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cake Mania 3 (Video Game)

I love Cake Mania 1 & 2 so don't get me wrong. I was so looking forward to 3. What a big dissappointment. The machines are smaller which means she now stands in front of some of the buttons so you can't see them. Picking the cake up and making the next doesn't go as smooth. When it comes to layer cakes the top layer is so small it is hard to see. I haven't yet figured out how to see the rest of the discriptions on the power ups. The machine that makes the drinks is small so it is hard to hit the refill button if you have a drink in your hand, she wants put that drink back. For example, this has happened a lot, I place the cake on the froster hit the button quick and I come back and my unfrosted cake is sittng there. I never had that problem in 1 & 2. I'll wait and read user reviews on the next Cake Mania before I buy it. I'm not sure how to rate this game. I've played over half of it so far and I keep liking it less and less. Just wish it was more like the first two.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A step down from cake mania 1 and 2, March 22, 2010

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Gaming Mama - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cake Mania 3 (Video Game)

Having played all 3 Cake Mania games....


CAKE MANIA : Larger buttons for cakes/frosting/toppers.
Your games/ high scores are saved.....which makes it nice for replay so you can beat your other scores.


CAKE MANIA 2 : Large buttons for cakes/frosting machines.....and no side scrolling for the frosting (as in cake mania 1. Nice music in this game. There are 3 games to choose from....1. help your friend Risha launch her new bakery or ....2. save your friend Jack's underwater park bakery or.....3. play the ENDLESS game in which you play through the levels until you lose (the endless game is the ONLY one that keeps track of your high scores and there are NO extra lives here....if you fail, the game is over). Only complaints : The icons for the cake toppers were too close together and it is hard to distinguish the shape of the top layer on the layer cakes. I also found it disappointing that I couldn't save my high scores on the 1st 2 games.


CAKE MANIA 3 : Good story / interesting characters, scenery and music. I thought the addition of the coffee/tea machine was fun. The buttons for the cakes/frosting/toppers are too small and (unless you are PRECISE) you will most definitely screw up a lot of cakes. Sometimes the layer cakes are too challenging as it is often EXTREMELY difficult to see what shape the top layer is because it is so small.

Practically no replay value as you cannot save your games' final scores. You CAN choose to just play the mini games.....and you can save your high scores on those. But if you dislike the mini-games (as I did) this game just doesn't have the appeal that the other 2 cake mania games have.

Overall.....I give cake mania 3....3 stars. I just hope that Cake Mania 4 takes the best of each game and makes a SUPER game.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to repeat yourself, October 28, 2009

By 

M Devan "Michele" (Memphis, TN United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Cake Mania 3 (Video Game)

Everything the first reviewer of this game said is right on. Everything is wee small and Jill is constantly confused. You have to be PRECISE with the stylus to get Jill to do what you want. In addition to the cramped controls these are my biggest gripes:
- You can only have 2 ovens and 2 frosters, unlike the previous editions where you can have 3 of each. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but I missed that 3rd oven and froster.
- The cake toppers are tiny and hard to see, let alone select. In the upper levels when they start ordering double layers with a topper it is extremely hard to tell just what the top cake is. The blue and purple frosted cakes are very hard to differentiate in that little bubble over the customer's head. Cake shape is hard to make out too.
- It is really easy to cancel an action. For example, if I choose a cake to bake, frost, or top and then accidentally tap anything else before that process has a chance to start then that action will cancel out. This is how you end up walking away only to come back and find that the cake is still unfrosted, hasn't been baked, or is still waiting on the topper. In the other games I always thought that it was a little too easy to screw up because there was zero lag time between the screen tap and the action happening which resulted in more than one erroneous cake, but it turns out that the other (older) versions had it right.
- Upgrades on equipment are too expensive and there isn't enough of them. You can't go back and replay levels to build up cash so I struggled through until I upgraded her shoes, the ovens, the frosters all the way and bought the cheapest cake topper. After that it got a little easier to make the super bakery goals, but now I am in the last "area" with enough money to buy every upgrade there is and nothing to spend it on because I have already fully upgraded everything.
- The mini games should be optional. I have found myself stuck on a cake matching mini game that is stupid hard. I am too old (mid 30's) to have video games pissing me off. I wouldn't mind if it were an issue of skill. But the best you can hope for is luck because the cakes basically look like blobs with toppers. I only got through the last mini game like this one because I started clicking on every cake that had a topper like one in the picture (you'll see what I mean when you get there).
- The drink machine is slow and you can't upgrade it to make it faster. Once you've bought the drink machine the only upgrade is to go from a one-drink machine to a two-drink machine with no appreciable difference in speed.
Okay, so that's the annoying stuff. One neat new thing is that you can upgrade the cake display stand so that you can leave a cake in it "overnight". Before I pick up the last customer's money I make the most expensive cake I can and put in the cake display for the next level. Customers in the game are a lot quicker to buy a displayed cake than they ever have been before and the one I start with is usually requested by customer #2 of the day.
Overall I feel like the game merits 4 stars. I give it two just for being Cake Mania, one for being long enough that I couldn't complete it in one day, and one because I feel like it is $20 well spent. I would like to give it 5 stars but the dismal display and it's limited re-playability just won't let me mislead you that way.
Bottom line: flawed but entertaining. I've spend $20 bucks on dumber stuff. I just hope the next installment is more like the first two.