Majesco is preparing to make Christmas and this year’s holiday season a bit more merry. It turns out that the next DS entry in the Cooking Mama series, Cooking Mama 3: Shop & Chop is going to be making it’s North American debut in November, 2009. Like Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends, it is going to cost $29.99. Once again, players will have the opportunity to master 80 new recipes with Mama’s help.

The gameplay is pretty much exactly the same, and many familiar modes will be returning. You can learn to make recipes with Mama’s assistance in Let’s Cook Mode, try to appease your friends with recipes you’ve made without Mama in Let’s Eat Mode, look back at some of your past meals with the Picture Diary and engage in cooking competitions against three of your friends over local Wi-Fi in the Time Challenge.

The subtitle of the game comes from the two new game modes, Let’s Shop and Combine and Create…

We all knew that gardening thing was just a fling, or a hobby. Mama’s true home is in the kitchen. So, it should come as no surprise to anyone that another Cooking Mama game is on its way. There aren’t many solid details on what Cooking Mama 3 will be like, just an announcement from Majesco that the game will be appearing at E3 2009.

Wait, appearing sounds too common. Starring is a better word. Majesco is going to be throwing a party at E3 2009 that’s entire focus will be Cooking Mama 3. There’ll be food and beverages as well, for all party attendees, but it’s all really about people getting a chance to play Cooking Mama 3.

The timing is right, when you think about it…