Toukiden 2

Toukiden 2 (討鬼伝2) is the third main installment of the Toukiden series. It was first announced to the public on stage at the SCEJA Press Conference 2015.

Series's developers return. Kenichi Ogasawara is the general producer, Takashi Morinaka is the producer and Kazutoshi Sekiguchi is the director. Hidari continues to be the main character designer.

Plot
This game's setting takes place two years after Kiwami. Demons have engulfed all of Nakatsu Kuni with a peculiar miasma, and the Slayers are expected to combat the threat. Somewhere within the world lies a dark secret and a giant threat from the Meiji period.

The protagonist for this game is a Slayer who fought in the defenses of the "Awakening". They wandered into a dimensional portal during the fighting and emerged into the current setting as an amnesic at Mahoroba Village, a village west of Utakata that was surrounded by a mysterious power during the "Awakening".

Gameplay

 * World exploration has shifted to be open world. Mahoroba Village serves as the game's primary hub.
 * Combat has been altered to be seamless encounters that happen anywhere in the field.
 * "Demon Hand" is a new secondary feature for traveling and fighting giant demons. The invention can hook onto objects or minor demons to quickly close distances or destroy obstacles. Against giant demons it can do the following: stun them, lock onto a specific body part or completely obliterate a demon's body part(s).
 * Players have a new faster running ability.
 * Mitama have a new Control (繰) property that temporarily manipulates demons. They have new portraits and can be equipped on the Demon Hand and armor.
 * Medium sized demons have been added; they are the middle ground between common and giant ones.
 * Every weapon has updated actions added to their movesets. New weapons include the sword and shield and the trick whip.
 * New customization options are available for protagonists.
 * A day and night system is included.

Characters
The entire cast from the previous game returns. This page will only list new additions.

Slayers

 * Doctor
 * Tokitsugu
 * Gwen
 * Benizuki
 * Homura

Giant Demons

 * Shinragou
 * Kashiri

Related Media
This is one of the titles present at Koei-Tecmo's Tokyo Game Show 2015 booth. It was given a staged introduction September 17.

A closed thirty-two person trial is being held March 26. Interested players can register for consideration until February 28.