The Importance of Training in Café Remix

In my post about the transition from Shuffle to Café Remix, one point that I continued to stress is the training of Pokémon who have joined the café staff. While it is important to complete main orders (stages) for general as well as event-specific progression, it is also important to train the Pokémon as they are involved in those very orders and training will make them capable for their completion. It also has many beneficial effects that also make progression that much more satisfying. All of these matters need to be addressed.

Training obviously raises Pokémon, which gain experience points and climb levels as they are raised. As they do, they unlock and/or upgrade new abilities to clear obstacles in orders that may be necessary for completion, and they can score more points, which may be important for point-based objectives. It is yet another point of similarity with Shuffle, as it also demands Pokémon to be raised in the same way, even though abilities (skills) are raised separately. Regardless, raising Pokémon levels continues to be a point of importance.

Pokémon do still earn experience points from main orders, but this is limited to a paltry 10 points per order, which is impractical for raising them unless they are very near a maximum level. The actual training of Pokémon rewards hundreds of points, which might be increased on some days, with certain events, and by an active Happy Bonus. Therefore, raising Pokémon through training becomes the only way to raise them, aside from feeding them Tarts like the Exp. Booster items in Shuffle, which may be only necessary as a last resort.

By raising Pokémon, it is then possible to develop new menu items by meeting the level and Pokémon targets, which then enables new Pokémon to come to the café and to hire the new Pokémon as they bond, and then allows them to act as a leader in some orders, which may be necessary. Therefore, there is a chain of actions that can only be initiated by raising Pokémon, which becomes of the foremost importance besides all the beneficial effects above. This also means being able to achieve greater progress elsewhere.

As for best practices, it is highly suggested that as soon as a Pokémon joins the staff, it is trained once with 1 Stamina Shard. This lets the Pokémon become level 5 and unlocks the first two abilities, which are key. Uncapping level 5 and training a few more times should allow the Pokémon to reach level 10, which is a good temporary milestone until it can be uncapped. The importance here lies in being able to conduct the process as soon as possible, which should allow more important progressions to be made later on.

With everything that has been outlined above, it is particularly evident that training Pokémon in Café Remix is important. The process affects progression of main orders in significant ways, in addition to simply being a way to prepare for future progressions. The Pokémon that come to the café and subsequently become hired (under certain conditions) can do amazing things, but only if they are trained as such. Training allows that to occur, aside from being just a natural progression in this game and its predecessor alike.

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