Regional Differences

This is a sub-page of Personal Trainer: Cooking.

To do: There are a LOT more differences than the few listed here. The European version has different images for some recipes (final product and steps). The Japanese version has more recipes than any other version. The Japanese version is bound to have different dialogue and descriptions. The American version does not call most recipes by their actual name (e.g. "Dolsot Bibimbap" is called "Korean Rice Bowl") All versions have some differences in calorie count. All versions use different ingredients, or different amounts of ingredients for some recipes. An online mode can be found in the Japanese version that probably has a lot to uncover. The Japanese version has a plane sound effect when switching between regions. Each version starts in a country that is more relevant to said version.

'...But what does it mean?' This game has text or audio that needs to be translated. If you are fluent with this language, please read our translation guidelines and then submit a translation!

This article is a work in progress. ...Well, all the articles here are, in a way. But this one moreso, and the article may contain incomplete information and editor's notes.

Title Screen#

US	Japan	Europe

• Each version's title is of a different size, leading to the Chef being in a slightly different position each time.
• The Japanese version has a white colored background on the top screen and the European version's tan color is ever so slightly darker than other versions.
• In the European version, the chef is missing a bit of hair above his ear that is present in all other versions.
• While the other versions read "Tsuji Cooking Academy" with red italic text on the top right, the Japanese version has "料理監修: 辻クッキング" with regular text which means "Cooking Supervision: Tsuji Cooking".
• The button that takes you to the recipes when tapped reads "Recipes" in the American version, "毎日お料理ナビ"(= Daily Cooking Navigator) in the Japanese version and "Cooking Guide" in the European version.
• The European version is the only one that uses the DD/MM format for dates, but interestingly, all versions use the 24-hour format for telling time.
• The Japanese version has a "伝言メモ" (Message Memo) that allows you to write messages that are read out loud the next time the game is launched. It is unknown why the other versions don't have it, but it's likely because they did not use a text-to-speech voice.

Music#

Credits Theme

The credits theme in the Japanese version contains singing. While the singing is not heard in other releases, and is instead replaced by a "saxophone" (per the game's files), it remains present but only in the files of the European version.

Menu Theme

The Japanese version of the menu theme appears to use a slightly different soundfont, as well as a few additional instruments.

Cooking A-Z

The Japanese version uses a completely different song that is also heard in Shaberu! DS Oryouri Navi.

Game Title#

To do: Find a way to play the Japanese version.

The title of the game being read out loud. The Japanese version uses text-to-speech for the voice. Interestingly, the European audio is separated into two files.

Hollandaise Sauce Video#

In the Japanese version, there exists a video that demonstrates how to make Hollandaise Sauce which is tied to the recipe "White Asparagus with Hollandaise Sauce". This video is not present in any other version of the game, and it appears to have been filmed separately from all other videos that are present on all three versions. Watch on YouTube