Sidekick Pokémon in Café Remix

In addition to being the leader Pokémon for taking orders (playing stages) as well as support Pokémon in those circumstances, some Pokémon also have another role. They can become what are known as "sidekick Pokémon", and they can affect the actual puzzle play without being visibly present in them. They too have other details and features associated with them that can go unnoticed - even for me, who has been playing for quite some time - so there is an impetus to go over those details and features for the benefit of everyone.

All currently available sidekick Pokémon are of the Legendary or Mythical category, and incidentally (or not), they have been obtained through an event of some sort - the first one of these being Mewtwo through the inaugural edition of One-Minute Cooking. Up to three of them may be involved in play, with one designated as the Chief. Mewtwo was the only one at the time it was introduced, so everyone conceivably used it; now with there being many of them, players can (wisely) choose and use different ones among them.

That's also because each of these Pokémon have different skills, from adding more time to One-Minute Cooking to increasing score to decreasing megaphone creation cost. Further, the skills can be made to be stronger by powering them up with the use of Sidekick Candies... which players should have obtained along with the Pokémon from the associated event. The maximum is level 5, which takes a lot of the item, but level 3 is fairly accessible and should be a primary goal for players and the Pokémon that will be most useful and frequently used.

Pokémon with sidekick skills can be used just like any other Pokémon as leader and/or support in an order (stage), but that would mean taking them out of the sidekick lineup, even just for the purpose of training them. It's most likely, then, that leveling up the active ones would use tarts and the others can be trained as usual. Nevertheless, it's the sidekick skill that's most important to be powered up, and the Pokémon leveling can be done whenever it's feasible and as the lineups - for actual puzzle play or sidekick - are changed out as necessary.

Speaking of, players should ideally change the sidekick Pokémon lineup to suit the puzzle being played, but if they're like me, chances are they'll forget and tend to leave the lineup in a specific formation, particularly when a certain major Pokémon visit event is ongoing with the usual formats (One-Minute Cooking or Slow Cooking in all their incarnations). At the least, changing the sidekick lineup according to these formats and whatever puzzle content is involved with them would still be a good approach.

Understandably, it would seem that sidekick Pokémon are an easily missed aspect of the orders or stages in Café Remix. Yet, there is quite a bit of potential that lies with the aspect, especially for those who have played through the events to get the Pokémon for which the aspect applies. All that is left is to consider the Pokémon that are involved and select them for usage in the various puzzles while also upping their capabilities, making them truly what they are for their powers of puzzle assistance.

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