Pokémon developer Game Freak has partnered with Sega to make something called Tembo the Badass Elephant.

A 2D side-scrolling action adventure, Tempo will rush Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC this coming winter.

The pitch:

Shell City is plunged into a state of emergency after coming under attack from the devastating forces of Phantom, led by a mysterious masked commander. Terrifying war machines emblazoned with skulls tear through the city leaving a trail of destruction in their wake!

As the National Army struggles to contain Phantom, General Krenman sees the mammoth task at hand and calls upon the only thing that stands between Shell City’s obliteration and its salvation; the peanut chompin’, villain stompin’, Phantom romping badass Elephantidae... Tembo the Badass Elephant!

HRRAAANNHH!!!!!!!! (Is the last thing those Phantom goons will hear...)

Joined by a faithful avian companion called Picolo, Tembo jumps, smashes, punches, swings, and butt stomps his way through the Phantom hordes as he aims to bring about the end of their tyrannical onslaught.

“We’re delighted to be working with Game Freak to bring this heavyweight adventure to an audience we feel it will have relephants to,” said John Clark, the Senior Vice President of Commercial Publishing for SEGA Europe.

“It’s a trunkful of fun and we think gamers are going to love it. Hopefully more than my rubbish elephant puns.”