As part of the overall framework for Pokémon enhancement in Café Remix, items that are called "kitchen notes" allow some Pokémon to unlock a fourth, extra skill in addition to the skills they learn when they level up. However, for quite some time recently, there have been a dearth of them, whether for new Pokémon and old ones alike. Thus, I feel the need to make this post - a second time in a more recent timespan and for the same topic - further as a part of this week's discussion as the chosen topic for "gimme five".
The last time kitchen notes appeared, they were in a Pokémon visit event from somewhat an unfathomably a long time ago, providing just enough to unlock and slightly level up that Pokémon's extra skill. After that, they seemed to have "disappeared" for new and returning Pokémon alike in certain events. Of course, that's not to say they have "disappeared" entirely as a feature or item, since existing ones are still available, and there may be the incentive to use them instead of holding on to them.
It seems that the more recent focus has been on making use of the available skillset of both new and old Pokémon rather than introducing new skills through utilization of the aspect or feature - or in IC terms, it may be that the Pokémon haven't developed something that they can reliably use as new skills that can fit into the new challenges of the café, as in through the new play modes. In that sense, the imperative to use some of the existing kitchen notes may be justified for all possible uses in existing play modes.
Will there be more kitchen notes for new and old Pokémon in the future? The skills they unlock may certainly be significant in some usage cases, and they're not expected to disappear or be removed, so the possibility may be there. However, given the aspect or feature's long absence, it is possible that it might just be changed to something more accessible (for example, having the new skills be unlocked with Golden Acorns instead) and the kitchen notes be converted to them much like how "outfit materials" became "outfit grades" so long ago.
Having been out of the "limelight" for quite some time, it might appear that kitchen notes in Café Remix have become "forgettable" in a way. Yet it is important not to forget that they're (part of) the facility for the Pokémon to unlock greater skills in dealing with orders in the café, so things need to be done with them on both sides of usage. Whether that means keeping them and doing more with them or changing them to something else, there's a greater good that could be involved with or without them.
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