Cooking Mama creator threatens lawsuit over “unauthorized” Switch launch [Updated]

Planet Entertainment released this Switch cartridge earlier this month, though IP holder Office Create says it wasn't allowed to.

Update (April 16): In a statement posted on Twitter last night, Planet Entertainment asserted that it is "fully within its rights to publish Cooking Mama Cookstar."

"Office Create, the rights holder to Cooking Mama, approved a detailed game design in 2019," the statement reads, in part. "1st Playable is the game developer and Planet followed the exact approved design. That design is the exact game on Nintendo Switch which also included additional Office Create suggestions which add gameplay value.

"Unfortunately, creative differences arose as Cooking Mama Cookstar was near completion that were outside the scope of our agreement and the game design approved by Office Create."

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