Game Freak's newest game has officially launched, and it takes the studio well beyond the Pokémon franchise. Beast of Reincarnation arrives today as Game Freak's biggest non-Pokémon project to date. And while the title certainly includes finding and defeating monsters, it also clearly gets its inspiration from other big RPGs.
In particular, Beast of Reincarnation bears a strong resemblance to Stellar Blade for its story and characters, Sekiro for its parry-forward combat (rather than stamina-oriented), and Nier: Automata for the overarching themes and atmosphere, right down to the ethereal music. Fans of those games may want to take note of this new game that takes the main character and their fierce animal companion on a journey through a post-apocalyptic world.
Make no mistake—although Beast of Reincarnation was created by the same studio that makes all the Pokémon games, it's a big departure from the studio's usual fare. The new game's director, Kota Furushima, told IGN that the studio wanted to try something new and different. Furushima submitted his idea to the studio's internal Gear Project, which lets anyone submit game pitches. "I started with the concept of the feeling that I wanted to get across to...
