![]() ![]() Then they'll throw a milkshake stand and a fresh fruit juice stand at you and sometimes even fresh pizza. Then they'll add a croissant stand and you'll have to keep that stocked. For instance, at first, you may be required to keep the coffee coming for your customers. As the time at each location progresses, you'll earn money allowing you to upgrade the size of your food bins which makes things easier, but at the same time, more is expected of you. ![]() There is no difficulty level in Supermarket Mania 2 and honestly, I burned through this game in a matter of days, but it was a blast! With each supermarket location that you start, you'll begin slowly with a small selection of goods to sell and a slow trickle of customers. ![]() If it goes from green to yellow and all the way to red, you lose the customer. Each customer has a meter in the form of a happy face and as their patience wanes, the face gets angrier in appearance. You'll also have customers who come to the window and have a large order (3 different items) and you'll have to fetch those things for them. You'll have many different customer types including patient old ladies, impatient techie geeks, pre-teen girls who romp around your store and do damage if you don't sic the policeman on them, and even moms that lose their little kids and you must retrieve them. In addition to keeping things clean, customers also need bins to shop and you have to move the bins from the checkout counter to the opposite side for customers to grab. Making it through one of these days earns you one of many achievements. Once the units are in place, the store might have a special day like Pizza Day or Coffee Day and you'll do nothing but make that one item all day. Depending on which store location she's in will determine which machine she has available to her to make extra goodies for her customers. Nikki is also responsible for running a tight ship and she'll have to mop the floor herself, but as she makes money, she'll be able to purchase upgrades, the least of which will be a vacuum that operates on its own, but more on the upgrades later.Īside from stocking the food bins, which requires Nikki to go into the storeroom and load up her cart, she'll also have to make coffee and croissants for her customers, make milkshakes and pizza to sell and even make fresh-made juice. Initially, she'll also have to run over to the register and ring up sales, at least until her friend Wendy steps in to man the cash registers mid-way through the first grocery store location, of which there are a total of 6, each containing 15 levels. But this is just one of the many things she'll encounter while working her way up the food store chain.Īt the beginning of a shopping day, Nikki will stock the merchandise bins and then keep them refilled throughout the day as customers purchase items. Torg and he follows her from store to store, upsetting her apple cart, so to speak, by damaging various equipment in her store. ![]() Apparently, Nikki has an enemy from the previous game in Mr. The story goes that you, as Nikki, are called upon by your uncle to help him by opening a supermarket in Tinseltown, at least for starters. Supermarket Mania 2 is a typical time management title in that you are tasked with pleasing customers and keeping things running smoothly. However, when a celebrity makes a surprise visit to your store, an appropriately funny diddy plays in the background (and this was probably my favorite aspect of the sound) and all of your other customers stop and stare, awestruck at the celeb. You might even see a rat or two running through your store if you aren't careful.įor the most part, the sound effects work well for the game and the background music for each level is cheerful and upbeat, but ultimately forgettable. If you let things get too messy and don't take time to clean the floors, the customers' tracks will become clearly visible over time and, in fact, old food will fall to the ground causing customers to slip and fall. It's the little things that count and Supermarket Mania 2 throws in lots of little extras. This bright, cheery time management offering gives players a chance to manage a fast-paced supermarket in locations such as a snowy resort, a beachside, a skyscraper and glitzy downtown Tinseltown.Įverything is clear and easily recognizable in the levels, whether it be the various fruits and veggies you'll be stocking or the magazines, coffee and milkshakes your customers might want. Supermarket Mania 2 is my first experience with a time management title from G5 Entertainment, but I'm ready for more. ![]()
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