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Pokémon Café Mix
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
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS
ReleaseNintendo Switch
  • NA: June 23, 2020
  • JP: June 24, 2020
  • EU: June 24, 2020
  • AU: June 24, 2020
Mobile
  • WW: June 24, 2020
Genre(s)Puzzle
Mode(s)Single-player

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 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 ring. 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. 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.

For the Nintendo Switch release, the game only supports handheld mode.[7]

Development

The game was announced during the Pokémon Presents presentation on June 17, 2020.[8]

Reception

Pokémon Café Mix received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregator Metacritic. 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. It was also criticized by Nathan Ellingsworth of SwitchPlayer for “an eventual sluggish pace”, and gave the game a score of 3/5. [13] It has been nominated for Best Mobile Game for The Game Awards 2020.

References

  1. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix: Free To Start Game Announced". IGN. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix Announced For Switch And Mobile". GameSpot. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  3. ^ "Pokémon Café Mix is an absolutely adorable puzzle game for Switch and mobile". The Verge. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. ^ "Pokémon Café Mix". Nintendo Japan. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix". Nintendo Europe. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  6. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix Is One Part Coffee Shop Sim, Several Parts Tsum Tsum". USGamer. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  7. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix is out this week, will not support TV play on Switch". Destructoid. Retrieved June 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Pokémon Presents: What We Learned in the Livestream". CBR. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  9. ^ "Pokemon Cafe Mix for Switch Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "Review: Pokemon Cafe Mix". Destructoid. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "Pokémon Café Mix 2020". Nintendo Life. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
  12. ^ "Pokémon Café Mix review - "Simple, sweet, sickly"". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  13. ^ Ellingsworth, Nathan (July 18, 2020). "Pokémon Café Mix Review". SwitchPlayer. Retrieved January 28, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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