Puzzle game 'Pokémon Café Mix' announced, launches next week on Switch
New Pokémon Snap is not the only Pokémon game announced today! Indeed, announced today is Pokémon Café Mix which is a "touch-based puzzle" game where you complete puzzles with Pokémon in order to prepare menu items, build friendships, upgrade your own café. Puzzles consist of linking together Pokémon icons before you run out of turns.
More details about the game can be found below as excerpted from the eShop:
Meet and grow your café staff of charming Pokémon eager to help
Recruit Pokémon to help out at the café (in their adorable uniforms) by building friendship and expand your café and menu offerings by completing puzzles. Each Pokémon staff member has a Café Skill that will come in handy during puzzles!
Golden Acorns can help you complete puzzles and recruit more Pokémon!
Earn or purchase Golden Acorns, the in-game currency, and redeem them to regain hearts, continue puzzles, and get helpful items.
As you complete puzzles to build a world-class café, you’ll face obstacles such as sugar cubes, dollops of whipped cream, and tomatoes! Use your puzzle skills to clear them and employ the help of Pokémon’s Café Skills for some extra oomph! In addition to Café Skills, each Pokémon staff member has a specialty. Match a Pokémon’s specialty with the dish or drink you are making for bonuses in puzzles.
Once a day you can invite two randomly-selected Pokémon to your café. Looking for a specific Pokémon to join your staff? With Golden Acorns you can refresh this selection.
In addition to recruiting more Pokémon staff members and growing your collection of menu items, the café itself will expand as you play! Getting new tools or having areas added to your café may even draw in more customers. All the action in Pokémon Café Mix unfolds in a playful art style that brings out the cuteness of your Pokémon pals and patrons. It’s time to become a café owner, solve puzzles, and bring joy to Pokémon patrons!
Nintendo says that Pokémon Café Mix is a free-to-start game on the Switch with in-app purchases and is slated to release next week on June 23rd.
Pokémon Café Mix eShop page