| Pokémon Café Mix Pokémon Café ReMix | |
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| Developer | Genius Sonority |
| Publishers | Nintendo Switch iOS/Android The Pokémon Company |
| Director | Yoshinori Obishaku |
| Producers |
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| Designer | Manabu Yamana |
| Programmer | Masayuki Kawamoto |
| Artist | Hiroyuki Yamamoto |
| Composer | Tsukasa Tawada |
| Series | Pokémon |
| Platforms | Nintendo Switch,Android,iOS |
| Release | |
| Genre | Puzzle |
| Mode | Single-player |
Pokémon Café ReMix (originally namedPokémon Café Mix) is a 2020free-to-playpuzzle video game developed byGenius Sonority and published byNintendo andThe Pokémon Company for theNintendo Switch,Android andiOS.[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]
Originally namedPokémon Cafe Mix, the game was renamed toPokémon Cafe ReMix on October 28, 2021.[6]
The gameplay ofPokémon Café Mix is similar to theDisney Tsum Tsum andYo-kai Watch: Wibble Wobble mobile games, which are games where a player connects icons together to advance missions.[7] In the game, the player andEevee are the owners of a café wherePokémon 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. The player is able to level up Pokémon to develop menu items to attract more Pokémon. Staff Pokémon can help with puzzles by making them easier, for example by changing one type of icon into another. Some Pokémon are only available in points events and team events, from the delivery feature,[8] or from legendary visit events.
For theNintendo Switch release, the game only supports handheld mode.[9]
Like similarfree-to-play puzzle games,Pokémon Café Mix used a "life" system where a player failing a level would lose a life, and running out of lives resulted in a time delay before they could play again. Extra lives can be purchased with "golden acorns" which are earned through play, received from friends, or purchased withmicrotransactions. When the game relaunched asRemix, this system was changed and each attempt at a level consumed a life, whether successful or not.
The game was announced during thePokémon Presents presentation on June 17, 2020.[10] On August 18, 2021, it was announced in anotherPokémon Presents that it was revamped to Pokémon Café ReMix.
The game has been receiving constant updates throughout its lifespan and continues to get them as of 2026.
| Aggregator | Score |
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| Metacritic | NS: 64/100[11] |
| Publication | Score |
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| Destructoid | iOS: 6.5/10[12] |
| Nintendo Life | NS:  [13] |
| Pocket Gamer | [14] |
| SwitchPlayer | NS:[15] |
Pokémon Café Mix received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregatorMetacritic.[11] It was praised by critics for its art style, deemed "adorably nostalgic" byTheGamer's Abby Espiritu, and also praised byNintendo Life'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 ofSwitchPlayer for "an eventual sluggish pace", and gave the game a score of 3 out of 5.[15]
The game was nominated for Best Mobile Game for The Game Awards 2020.
Destructoid rated the game a 6.5/10, stating “There is no getting around thatPokémon Café Mix is one of the sweetest looking games available on mobile platforms.”[13]
Pocket Gamer rated the game a 3 out of 5, stating “Pokémon Café Mix is a cute puzzle game with an even cuter art style, but that adorable aesthetic can’t mask a simple, but tiring puzzler.”[16]
