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By Christopher Healy
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Good strategy game with questionable use of alcohol.
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Sushi Go-Round
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What's It About?
In a rather unnecessary storyline to SUSHI GO-ROUND, a young man sees an attractive girl walking down the street, hears she likes sushi, and immediately vows to open a sushi restaurant to impress her. In the actual game, you deal with a constant parade of customers who come into your restaurant. You hand them menus, take their orders, check the recipes, roll the ingredients together, serve the food, bus the empty dishes, and get paid. Along the way, as you run out of ingredients, you must call and order refills. It's important to keep track of your day's earnings, because you have to use them to pay for ingredient refills. If customers are kept waiting too long, they'll start to get upset and possibly leave, unless you either serve them quickly or hand them a glass of soothing sake. In the DSi version, you can use the camera to put yourself or friends into the game as customers.
Is It Any Good?
There's an exciting rush to the fast pace of Sushi Go-Round, which, in its constant onslaught of challenges, feels like a cross between Diner Dash and Dr. Mario. The gameplay described above is pretty much the entirety of the game, though, so players expecting more variety or more of a genuine storyline will be disappointed. The DSi version's bonus ability to put you and your friends (or your pets or toys or whatever) into the game as customers adds a nice bit of levity, but it also introduces a new possibly troublesome aspect for parents, as customers in the game are served alcohol.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the use of alcohol in the game. What does it mean when the game says sake will relax the customers? Does the game treat the use of alcoholic beverages too lightly? If you have a Nintendo DSi, you can take pictures of youself and your friends who can appear as customers in the game. How do you feel about serving alcoholic drinks to yourself or your young friends in the game?
Game Details
- Platforms : Nintendo DS , Nintendo DSi , Nintendo Wii
- Pricing structure :
- Available online? : Not available online
- Publisher : Southpeak Interactive
- Release date : March 26, 2010
- Genre : Time Management
- Topics : Cooking
- ESRB rating :
- Last updated : October 1, 2025
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