Game Freak's weather-linked mobile game Ame Nochi Hare Onna ran a booth at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 20 at Makuhari Messe, where the studio recreated the Tensei Girls' Academy club room and stocked official goods. The game is scheduled for release on iOS and Android in Japan this winter, with pre-registration already open.
GAME FREAK announced Ame nochi Hare Onna on Monday, a mobile game for iOS and Android in Japan scheduled for launch this winter. Shigeru Oomori directs and produces, and CHRONOGATE co-develops. The game centers on Hare-onna magical girls who turn weather into power. Himawari Harewatari is the lead, voiced by Hiyori Kono, alongside Mirika Kawa, Ayaka Fujimoto, Chinatsu Hirose, and Momoka Tsuji.
A day later, pre-registration opened on September 14 and Game Freak detailed how the game works. Weathernews meteorological data drives play conditions, players follow Harejo girls and their Kumorin partners, and a laundry system restores soiled Haregi battle outfits. Six characters and voice actors were named, including Himawari Hiwatari (Hiyori Kawano), Yuri Amanohara (Minika Kawa), and Izu Shinozuki (Chinatsu Hirose).
On September 17, Game Freak opened its first solo Tokyo Game Show booth, built around the game. Director Shigeru Ohmori said the weekly forecast icons inspired the weather system because they looked like energy cards. Ahead of the show the studio had detailed the game's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth, running September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe, with a clubroom recreation and merchandise-style novelties.
By October, the booth had run at the show, held September 17 to 20 at Makuhari Messe, and recreated the Tensei Girls' Academy club room with exterior scenery updated by live weather from the venue and official goods for sale. Game Freak's Shigeru Omori and Chronogate's Katsunori Suginaka spoke about the project in a mini-interview.
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Game Freak ran a booth for the mobile game Ame Nochi Hare Onna at Tokyo Game Show 2026, held September 17 to 20 at Makuhari Messe. The booth recreated the Tensei Girls' Academy club room, showed exterior scenery updated with live weather from the venue, and sold official goods. Game Freak's Shigeru Omori and Chronogate's Katsunori Suginaka spoke about the project in a mini-interview.
Game Freak is exhibiting solo at Tokyo Game Show 2026 for the first time, with a booth built around Ame Nochi Harejo, its new iOS and Android title announced days before the show opened on September 17. The game is scheduled for release this winter with pre-registration already open, and it links real weather data from Weathernews to play. Players build teams of magical girls called Harejo, whose weather traits match conditions in each region, and wash their Haregi uniforms, which function as health; sun dries laundry faster and rain lets players collect clothes other players are drying. Director Shigeru Ohmori said the weekly forecast icons inspired the system because they looked like energy cards. The booth at Makuhari Messe recreates the Tenharu Girls' Academy Harejo Club clubroom, displays a full-scale Machine Centakky vehicle that combines a kei truck and a washing machine, and hands out a revived mini-comic magazine titled Game Freak REBOOT in a run of 8,007 hand-stamped copies.
Game Freak opened pre-registrations on September 14, 2026 for Ame Nochi Harejo, a smartphone game that uses Weathernews meteorological data so real-world weather changes play conditions. Players follow Harejo girls and their Kumorin partners. The reveal names six characters and voice actors, including Himawari Hiwatari (Hiyori Kawano), Yuri Amanohara (Minika Kawa), and Izu Shinozuki (Chinatsu Hirose), plus a laundry system that restores soiled Haregi battle outfits. A Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth runs September 17 to 21 at Makuhari Messe.
GAME FREAK announced on Monday a new mobile game, Ame nochi Hare Onna, set to launch for iOS and Android in Japan this winter. The game centers on Hare-onna magical girls who turn weather into power. Hiyori Kono voices lead Himawari Harewatari, with Mirika Kawa, Ayaka Fujimoto, Chinatsu Hirose, and Momoka Tsuji also named. Shigeru Oomori directs and produces, and CHRONOGATE is co-developing.