THE FUSE

Beast of Reincarnation is the latest in a line of non-Pokémon games by Game Freak, which spends most of its time creating the RPGs that will act as the nexus point for the global phenomenon of trading cards, anime characters, and heaps of merchandise. When the team gets the rare opportunity to make something else, it’s interesting to see how far it deviates from the monster-taming grind it typically spends most of its time dealing with. At a glance, Beast of Reincarnation, a soulslike post-apocalyptic RPG, seems like a pretty big departure from Pokémon, but as someone who spends loads of time in the Pokémon universe, I definitely see how this team arrived at something like Beast of Reincarnation.