Game Freak has announced Ame Nochi Hare Onna, a free-to-play title scheduled to release this winter for iOS and Android (Japan only at the time of writing). A new trailer showcases the anime-style visuals and characters.
Co-developed by CHRONOGATE, this new title is set in modern-day Japan, depicting magical girls called Hare Onna (“Sunshine Girls”) who transform weather into magic to lift people’s spirits. Together with their cute cloud-themed partners Kumorin, their mission is to bring clear skies and brighten up Japan.
According to the announcement, the game links gameplay to real-world weather data, so the experience will be closely tied to players’ everyday lives. The girls appear to hail from different regions of Japan, with the newly introduced Himawari representing Kanto.
Of note, Ame Nochi Hare Onna is directed and producer by Shigeru Omori, the primary director of the Pokémon series since 2014’s Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
Ame Nochi Hare Onna is scheduled to release this winter for iOS and Android. Further information about the game is planned to be revealed during an official livestream held on September 14, 2026, at 19:00 JST.
Instead of this get Pokemon back to being good. Just take the art style from the 2000s render it into cel shaded 3D models and remake those games as open world with voice acting and anime cutscenes from GBA. Also Atlus lost a ton of people who made Persona, Devil Survivor, and Shin Megami Tensei the good games even the founder left years ago poach them for new Pokemon games or a new IP like Pokemon that can be mature. Pokemon easily shluld have expanded with space they kept hinting at it, best thing we got was Arceus. Still waiting on seeing Ash reunite with his dad. We can’t even get a Pokemon Origins anime series or manga adapted into anime.