That sound you can hear is Nintendo’s legal team tightening its collective belts.

It’s going to take a whole lot more muscle to go head-to-head with Chinese titan HoYoverse than Palworld maker Pocket Pair, however.

The company has announced a third game in the Honkai franchise, which looks from the trailer like a Pokémon-inspired take on existing entries Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai: Star Rail.

While the trailer doesn’t really reveal much at all, we see existing characters Kiana (Honkai Impact 3rd) and Blade (Honkai: Star Rail) appearing to summon pet creatures for combat.

HoYoverse recently trademarked the name Honkai: Nexus Anima around the world, and appears to be sitting on a website domain and social media accounts for the same name.