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Lincoln Carpenter

Game Freak reminds us that it's more than Pokémon with Beast of Reincarnation, a 'one-person, one-dog action RPG' about fighting robots and corrupted beasts in post-apocalyptic Japan

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Emma, the protagonist of Beast of Reincarnation, looks at the camera.

At today's SGF 2025 Xbox Games Showcase, Game Freak—the developer of acclaimed solitaire-based horseracing sim Pocket Card Jockey and, you know, Pokémon—made a surprise appearance to confirm that it's not just the Pokémon company. (Technically, The Pokémon Company is the Pokémon company.) The studio unveiled Beast of Reincarnation, a "one-person, one-dog action RPG" coming in 2026.

Beast of Reincarnation looks like a little bit of Nioh, a touch of Sekiro, a bit of Monster Hunter, and a lot of hitting post-apocalyptic robots and giant mutated creatures with swords. It's set in Japan in the year 4026, where "humanity awaits its inevitable extinction" centuries after the appearance of a "great creature" that "spewed forth blight, corrupting all living things."

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