This year, Pokémon Café Remix celebrates its third anniversary, which is (and should be) a sign that the game is achieving maturity. Seemingly to demonstrate that, a whole bunch of new features have been added to the game, and they may be described as taking the game to "new heights". This applies equally well to the Pokémon that have become a part of the game and the things that support their use in different places in the game.
As a start, all Pokémon now have a new max level, which would be 25. Uncapping to reach this new maximum is not accomplished by Pokémon cookies, but with the use of a new item called Macarons; these aren't specific to each Pokémon, but to each of the food element "types" - Refreshing, Crispy, Hearty, and Sweet - and can thus be used for multiple Pokémon. Even so, each Pokémon will require 30 of these Macarons at level 20 in order to uncap the higher levels, which certainly means that players will have to grind for them. Their introduction has been fairly recent as well, so players have a long ways ahead in that grind.
For that grind, it is accomplished through another new feature called Daily Training, accessed through the Order menu. The objective is to play One-Minute Cooking stages up to three times a day for different food element "types" to earn EXP tarts as rewards, which can be used to raise the levels of Pokémon. It is also possible to skip playing the stages (if it is prohibitive to play them) by using a new item, Skip Tickets, to gain the highest rewards possible. Doing this also fulfills a part of the challenge "quests" that allows the aforementioned Macarons to be earned to uncap Pokémon levels (as well as the Skip Tickets).
Speaking of challenges, in another effort of "consolidation", events that involve "quests" have been merged and the "quests" can be accessed from a button on the main menu, next to the Presents button; it also allows for mass claiming of rewards from specific sets. Another important addition and "consolidation", which had been implemented earlier, are supplementary passes that may be purchased to unlock their own reward sets, the latter by way of the shop and the former in the same way that the monthly goals are accessed. These are or have become important in any case, so the consolidation makes sense.
Café Remix has been around for three years, and that's an impressive feat by itself. To build on that impressiveness, there would have to be further improvements to the game's interface and mechanisms, and the above would qualify as such. That has to be able to set it up for more impressiveness in the times ahead as the game matures further and players are able to reap more and more rewards from the game.
One year ago: Pokémon Go Community Day Goodies, Round 2
Two years ago: Road of 25th Anniversary: Going to the Far Side
Three years ago: A Virtual Figure Gathering
Four years ago: The Path of (the) Silph
Five years ago: Go Gets Social
Six years ago: LINE Pokémon Themes
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