There are some developers you just can't believe aren't owned by a parent company. I've been a Pokemon fan all my life and a games journalist for almost five years, and I'd have bet money that Game Freak only worked with Nintendo. But during Summer Game Fest, it revealed Beast of Reincarnation, a third-person action game it's making for PC, Xbox Series, and PS5 – not Nintendo Switch 2. No one can believe this is the same company that made Pokemon Scarlet and Violet.
Beast of Reincarnation looks like a modern triple-A game, because it is. Gone are the saturated hues and sparse environmental details of Pokemon, in are dense foliage, colossal bosses, and swift combat. The difference is night and day – or Sun and Moon.
