When it comes to food there’s little else more Japanese than Sushi. When it comes to match-three on your iPhone, THQ wireless and Universomo want you to also think of Sushi, Chop Sushi that is.

In the game you take on the role of a Master Chef (no, not Master Chief) and must battle the personal demons of people, with yes...Sushi. Apparently by beating the demons in a match-three game you can force the people to come to grips with them. Ahh yes, food heals all wounds, except maybe a stomach ulcer.

As you progress you’ll pick up recipes which will help you deal more damage to your opponent or otherwise help you win. The great thing about the game is that you use Wasabi to harm the demons. Battling and winning also means upgrading which gives you more hit points and makes you better able to defeat your enemies. Along the way you’ll also find traps which can harm either you or your opponent depending on who finishes the recipe first.

Challenges are another way to play the game and as you go through the game you will unlock more and more of them. They come in three difficulties Easy, Medium and Hard and they require you to line up the pieces in a set number of moves. Some are quite challenging in fact as you have to think differently for each.

The game’s graphics are somehwat traditional Japanese and the master chef himself looks like something you might see in a Sushi restaurant as part of the selection and not the one carving things up. The sound goes a long way toward helping set the tone as well and often remind me of anime shows like Bleach and Samurai Champloo.

The game is none too challenging to say the least and the controls are a bit of a chore with tap to select a piece and then a finger slide to move it. But overall it’s an entertaining match three. Sure the story pieces slow the game down and add very little. I didn’t even have to change my strategy to quickly beat any of the demons.

With challenges, quick battles and the story mode there’s a lot to do in the game and it’s certain there was a lot of work put into the title. Aside from the sometimes poor controls it’s certainly interesting and challenging and a cool little match-three.

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