Software:Pokémon Café Mix
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Developer(s) | Genius Sonority |
Publisher(s) | Nintendo (Nintendo Switch) The Pokémon Company (iOS, Android) |
Director(s) | Yoshinori Obishaku |
Producer(s) | Akira Kinashi Toyokazu Nonaka Michihito Shimizu |
Designer(s) | Manabu Yamana |
Programmer(s) | Masayuki Kawamoto |
Artist(s) | Hiroyuki Yamamoto |
Composer(s) | Tsukasa Tawada |
Series | Pokémon |
Platform(s) | Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS |
Release | Nintendo Switch
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Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Pokémon Café ReMix (originally named Pokémon Café Mix) is a free-to-play puzzle video game developed by Genius Sonority and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS.[1][2] The game was released on June 23, 2020, in North America,[3] and on June 24, 2020, in Japan, Europe and Australia.[4][5]
Gameplay
The gameplay of Pokémon Café Mix is similar to the Disney Tsum Tsum and Yo-kai Watch mobile game, a game where a player connects icons together to advance missions.[6] In the game, the player and Eevee are the owners of a café where Pokémon come and order Pokémon-related foods and drinks. With each order, the player engages in a puzzle to make the items. In these puzzles, the player needs to clear Pokémon icons on screen by linking them in a string. The goal is to collect enough of a particular item as displayed on the customer's list. Some puzzles may involve clearing extra key objects, like Cafe skills and megaphones. With each successful order, the player can upgrade their café with more rooms and floors which attract more types of Pokémon that are willing to become staff of the café. Staff Pokémon can help with puzzles by making them easier, for example by changing one type of icon into another. Some Pokémon can only be available in points events and team events, delivery feature[7] and legendary visit events, which feature the one-minute cooking mode[8]
For the Nintendo Switch release, the game only supports handheld mode.[9]
Development
The game was announced during the Pokémon Presents presentation on June 17, 2020.[10] On August 18, 2021, it was announced in another Pokémon Presents presentation, that it is revamped to Pokémon Café ReMix.
List of Pokémon found
In the game, 84 Pokémon can be recruited, with some only available through events
Pokémon | Specialty | Skill | Combined Skill | Obtain Method | Level 3 Gimmick | Level 5 Gimmick | Level 15 Gimmick | Hidden
4th Gimmck |
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Eevee | All Kinds of Food | Clears surrounding icons and gimmicks | Clears more surrounding icons and gimmicks | From Start | Sugar Cube | Whipped Cream | Nuts | Honey |
Rowlet | Drinks | Clears icons and gimmicks to the right | Clears more icons and gimmicks to the right | Develop Eevee Latte
and befriend it |
Nuts | Tomatoes | MarshmallowJars | |
Piplup | Sweets | Clears icons and
gimmicks on adjecent colums |
Clears icons and
gimmicks on longer adjecent colums |
Develop Eevee Latte
and befriend it |
Whipped
Cream |
Ice Cubes | Butter | |
Mew | All Kinds of Food | Clears surrounding icons and gimmicks | Clears all icons and moves all gimmicks up one stage | Reach Level 18, complete the Mew Challenge and develop Mew Flower Cake | Tomatoes | Marshmallow Jars | Pumpkins | Whipped Cream |
Minccino | Sweets | Clears icons and gimmicks to the left | Clears more icons and gimmicks to the left | Develop Lilligant floral tea and befriend it. | Whipped Cream | Honey | Popcorn | |
Snubbull | Small Plates | Clears icons and gimmicks to the bottom | Clears more icons and gimmicks to the bottom | Develop Lilligant floral tea and befriend it. | Whipped Cream | Tomatoes | Tea Tins | Pickle Jars |
Togepi | Drinks | Clears surrounding icons and gimmicks and replaces icons sideways | Clears more surrounding icons and gimmicks and replaces more icons sideways | Develop Fluffy Eevee Pancakes and befriend it | Sugar Cubes | Soda Bubbles | Condensed Milk | Pumpkins |
Slurpuff | Sweets | Clears icons and gimmicks upwards | Clears more icons and gimmicks upwards | Develop Nutty Buneary Frappe and befriend it | Nuts | Pumpkins | Olives | Tea Tins |
Kirlia | Drinks | Clears icons and gimmicks diagonally | Clears more icons and gimmicks diagonally | Develop Hot Litwick Cocoa and befriend it | Pumpkins | Milk and Shaker | Coffee Ice Cubes | Canned Fruit |
Munchlax | Entrees | Clears surrounding icons and gimmicks and turns 2 icons into megaphones | Clears more surrounding icons and turns 4 icons into megaphones | Develop Piquant Pikachu Curry and befriend it | Whipped Cream | VegetableCrates | Cheese | Marshmallow Jars |
Steenee | Entrees | Clears icons and gimmicks upwards | Clears more icons and gimmicks upwards | Develop Piquant Pikachu Curry and befriend it | ||||
Pikachu | Small Plates | Clears and replaces surrounding icons and clears icons and gimmicks upwards | Clears and replaces surrounding icons and clears icons and gimmicks upwards and diagonally | Develop Swabulu Shaved Ice and befriend it | Olives | Canned Fruit | Olive Oil | Whipped Cream |
Bulbasaur | Small Plates | Clears icons and gimmicks in an X Pattern and replaces surrounding icons | Clears more icons and gimmicks in an X Pattern and replaces surrounding icons | Develop Dugtrio Trio Sandwich and befriend it | Olive Oil | Pumpkins | Popcorn | Chocolate |
Reception
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Pokémon Café Mix received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregator Metacritic.[11] It was praised by critics for its art style, deemed "adorably nostalgic" by TheGamer's Abby Espiritu, and also praised by NintendoLife's Chris Scullion for its "easy to learn" matching mechanic. The game was mainly criticized because it was only playable with touchscreen, making Switch play uncomfortable.[13] It was also criticized by Nathan Ellingsworth of SwitchPlayer for “an eventual sluggish pace”, and gave the game a score of 3/5.[15] It has been nominated for Best Mobile Game for The Game Awards 2020.
References
- ↑ "Pokemon Cafe Mix: Free To Start Game Announced". https://www.ign.com/articles/pokemon-cafe-mix-announced.
- ↑ "Pokemon Cafe Mix Announced For Switch And Mobile". https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pokemon-cafe-mix-announced-for-switch-and-mobile/1100-6478627/.
- ↑ "Pokémon Café Mix is an absolutely adorable puzzle game for Switch and mobile". https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/17/21294105/pokemon-cafe-mix-puzzle-game-nintendo-switch-mobile-trailer-release-date.
- ↑ "Pokémon Café Mix". https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000030584.
- ↑ "Pokemon Cafe Mix". https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Nintendo-Switch-download-software/Pokemon-Cafe-Mix-1799936.html.
- ↑ "Pokemon Cafe Mix Is One Part Coffee Shop Sim, Several Parts Tsum Tsum". https://www.usgamer.net/articles/pokemon-cafe-mix-free-to-start-puzzle-switch-mobile-tsum-tsum.
- ↑ "Pokémon Café ReMix Delivery Feature... - Pokémon Global News" (in en). https://www.facebook.com/PokemonGlobalNews/photos/a.171951819663503/1903225943202740/?type=3.
- ↑ "One Minute Cooking - Pokémon Café ReMix". https://www.serebii.net/cafemix/oneminutecooking.shtml.
- ↑ "Pokemon Cafe Mix is out this week, will not support TV play on Switch". https://www.destructoid.com/stories/pokemon-cafe-mix-is-out-this-week-will-not-support-tv-play-on-switch-595112.phtml.
- ↑ "Pokémon Presents: What We Learned in the Livestream". https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-presents-livestream-announcements/.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Pokemon Cafe Mix for Switch Reviews". https://www.metacritic.com/game/switch/pokemon-cafe-mix.
- ↑ "Review: Pokemon Cafe Mix". https://www.destructoid.com/stories/review-pokemon-cafe-mix-596072.phtml.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Pokémon Café Mix 2020". https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/switch-eshop/pokemon_cafe_mix.
- ↑ "Pokémon Café Mix review - "Simple, sweet, sickly"". https://www.pocketgamer.com/articles/083382/is-pokemon-cafe-mix-another-disappointment-android-ios-switch-review/#:~:text=Pok%C3%A9mon%20Caf%C3%A9%20Mix%20is%20a%20cute%20puzzle%20game%20with%20an,than%20a%20day%20or%20two..
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Ellingsworth, Nathan (July 18, 2020). "Pokémon Café Mix Review". https://switchplayer.net/2020/07/18/pokemon-cafe-mix-review/.
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