Café Remix Event Structure, Revisited

It was only about a year ago that I discussed the newly reworked (at that time) structure of in-game events for Café Remix, which in a way was to (somewhat) alleviate the malady of efforts that had been previously needed for them. Since then, further changes have been made for it, rendering my earlier post obsolete. Given what has transpired, I've decided to take out a post to revisit the topic, review the changes, and extract its implications.

The first change to that structure was having just either one of the mini-events with Audino or Eevee as previously discussed, which was then followed by a longer event in individual or team formats, featuring an old Pokémon that revisits the café. These would remain concurrent with a prime event with the usual given formats plus the Cook and Collect event with Gholdengo and Gimmighoul, and of course Mission Bingo with all that it offers.

Eventually, the old mini-events were retired, the prime events were slightly reduced in length, and the only concurrent ones were the longer "return" event to the end of the prime event as well as Cook and Collect. A further recent change removed the event play requirement for Cook and Collect, and the Gimmighoul Coins can be obtained by regular stage play instead. Then there was the addition of Café Pop-Up, for which less is better said.

With these changes, there is admittedly a process of implementing simplification and added workability to the events. The "return" event in particular brings hope to all players to get the Pokémon they may have missed before or to augment their outfit grade if they already did. On the other hand, shorter prime events will mean more of them and more work to do for them, so that may be the most dire consequence of this arrangement.

Of course, there is always the potential for the event structure to change further since the game is continuously updated, but the changes over time since that specific discussion on the topic merits to be discussed as well. The most puzzling thing about Café Remix, aside from its stage play, may just be structuring the events for the best form, and its current form with the changes may be the best one yet, if not at least for the current time.

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