Nintendo Switch is getting a brand new free-to-start game next week called Pokémon Café Mix, it has been confirmed.
The game was shown during today's Pokémon Presents live stream, giving us our first glimpse at a brand new Pokémon experience. Players need to take care of Pokémon who visit their very own cafe, taking on puzzles to serve up delicious treats.
Pokémon Café Mix is a unique puzzle game where players can link Pokémon icons together by swirling them around. To link icons, players will need to grab a Pokémon icon and drag it next to another icon of the same Pokémon species. Icons will be cleared after they are linked together.
The player will be the owner of a café that Pokémon visit, where they will work alongside Pokémon to prepare drinks and dishes for Pokémon customers by completing puzzles. Pokémon on the café’s staff have special Café Skills that can be used to help complete puzzles. Once a puzzle is completed, the player can serve an order to a customer. The player can increase their friendship levels with Pokémon by serving them delicious drinks and dishes. As more puzzles are completed, the café can be upgraded by getting new tools or having new areas added. New Pokémon may come visit, lured in by the different upgrades.
Pokémon Café Mix launches on Switch and mobile devices on 24th June.
The live stream also revealed that a brand new Pokémon Snap game is in the works, and a free Pokémon app to help children brush their teeth has been released. Another "big" announcement has also been teased for next week.
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Looks more like mindlessl swirling the screen than a puzzle game IMO
Loved Shuffle when it came out so I hope this one is as good.
I'll probably get it, and not because of the cute art, I promise.
I wonder if this is what Genius Sonority has been working on since Shuffle?
I am very, very wary of this because Pokémon Shuffle's micro-transactions and free to play model got absolutely terrible as the game went on. The first 150 stages were fun, everything afterwards became increasingly excruciating to play.
Also nice wallpaper quality image from the Nintendo UK site.
Free 2 Start = In game purchase.
I don't like this business practical.
I prefer physical release with reasonable price.
At this point, with everyone complaining about the mainline games, I almost wish they would stop with so many mobile spinoffs. And I know they don't necessarily divert resources into these over the mainline ones, as other studios probably make this stuff, but the amount of them feels close to oversaturation. I wish they would spend more time on these at least, and turn them into full fledged games.
Awful tawdry excrement.
Nope. Thank you, but keep it.
Meh. Hard pass. It looks cute but that's it.
@Anti-Matter
The physical release model doesn't suit all games, not those being run like a service or gameplay being staged as small sessions.
Free to start games can be done well. Pokémon Rumble World and Super Kirby Clash are good examples of this.
I love playing Tetris, it probably similar to this if everybody loves playing Tetris with Pokémon fans.
@gamerjo
I see no resemblance to Tetris what-so-ever?
Pokémon Tetris does actually exist, but only a title for the Pokémon Mini.
I ain't gonna get this this looks bad
@RupeeClock Have you played Pokémon Puzzle league or Puzzle challenge? I also tried playing Puzzle challenge just bought in eshop for 3ds a while ago.
@RupeeClock
Well, you know that i only care with physical release.
No physical = No buy, No play, Find something else that have physical release.
@gamerjo
Yes, I've played Puzzle League. Not Pokémon Puzzle League specifically, but the game itself is identical no matter what license is attached to it.
Tetris Attack is not Tetris, that was just a weird case of Nintendo mis-using the brand.
I can't think of another puzzler with swirling mechanics. Conjures up images of stirring a cup of coffee and can totally get where they are coming from. I'm sure it will feel a bit random at first, will have to see what mechanisms there are.
No need for this.
@fadedcolors Shh...there isn't any need for ANY video game. Don't tell the rest of the world!
I'm so sick of the whole idea of free-to-start games. Can't we just buy games for a reasonable price and then enjoy them? If they want to get us to dip a toe in with no outlay — that's what demos are for surely?
Games are no fun when they're constantly annoying you with artificial frustrations, then nagging you to pay them to temporarily relieve said frustrations. There are so many reasonably-priced pay-once-play-forever games that I'm surprised anyone bothers wasting their time and sanity on dreck like this.
That... actually looks kinda good, honestly, and it’s super cute! I think it might be my next mobile time waster.
Nintendo: "Alright, we've got the cafe ready to add to Animal Crossing where it belongs and I'll get around to putting it in the game right after my lunch break.
Wait, where did I set that cafe? Could have sworn I put it right there. Oh well, I'm sure it will turn up somewhere."
@Bliquid it will probably work like Pokemon Quest, where the optional transactions were finite, and mostly made the gameplay loop faster.
I actually really like the look of this one. I might be giving it a go!
This reminds me of Yo Kai Wibble Wobble.
Like most FTP games, I’ll probably just play it until it stops being fun/starts requiring me to buy stuff or grind to win.
sighs
...Can't be played on the TV. :c
Hm... Wouldn't put it past them making a DLC where players can dress up Lopunny, Gardevoir and Tsareena as waitresses.
After reading the comments..I am afraid this game may get microtransactions like the pokemon shuffle 3ds game that was super fun to play with..sigh this sucks. I honestly thought the pokemon cafe game wouldn't be puzzle rather something like cooking -baking stuff for your pokemon and maybe add the puzzle element in it as you are cooking the recipe like cafe dragon type of thing just not with rythm. This is...eh okay, I'll see if it's worth it but again still worried for the; give me money, give me money -crap 🙄💨
We'll see, but free to play sound like it's going to work like Pokemon Rumble/Pokemon Picross where you could only pay up to a fixed amount of ingame currency to remove limitations. I never even bought that much for Picross and still unlocked the item that gives you unlimited stamina.
@ReikoMortis
Shovelware is a term for quick, shoddy ports. :3
It doesn't just mean "small games that don't look rich in content".
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