Gardening Mama Sprouting on DS March 31

At last casting away the social shackles that have kept her tied to the kitchen for years, Cooking Mama is breaking out to the wide world to become... wait for it... Gardening Mama. And you can join her on this grand new adventure when Gardening Mama ships for the Nintendo DS on March 31. Like the Cooking Mama games preceding it, Gardening Mama will test wannabe green thumbs with a series of gardening-themed mini-games. And like the past games, that means using the touch screen and stylus to do anything from digging up dirt and planting seeds to watering and tending to 37 different kinds of flowers, fruits, and vegetables. There will also be a multipayer mode where gamers compete to grow the biggest harvests. For more on Gardening Mama, check out our impressions when we got our hands on it at the Tokyo Game Show back in October. The game will be priced at $29.99. (link)