History VideoGame / Toukiden

''Toukiden'' is an Action-RPG "hunting" game for UsefulNotes/PlaystationVita and UsefulNotes/PlaystationPortable (PSP version released in Japan only) set in a fantasy world with medieval Japanese themes.

The game was published on June 2013 in Japan by Creator/KoeiTecmo, to great success. This was one of the few games that helped the sales of PS Vita: the weekly amount of PSV sold quadrupled during the week this game was released. An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Toukiden Kiwami'' was released for Vita and PSP in Japan in August 2014 (The {{UsefulNotes/Playstation 4}} version was released in April 2015), with a March 2015 release on Vita and [=PS4=] for the US and Europe, and a June 2015 release on Steam.

* TheArcher: Nagi. Any player character with a bow can also be this.

* ImpendingClashShot: The cover pits the Default PlayerCharacter in the foreground with a [[{{BFS}} Longsword]] and [[TheArcher Nagi]] at the middleground against the first Oni you encounter, who takes up most of the shot as the background.

* CentauroidForm: Tokoyo no Ou/Cimmerian King and its more powerful counterpart, Tokoyo no Okami/Amaranthine King.

* BladeOnAStick: The spear weapon class, and Ibuki's weapon. Kiwami adds the naginata.

* StoneWall: [[BladeOnAStick The Spear.]] One of the least mobile weapon types, but with long range and two attacks that are guaranteed to interrupt enemies if they connect.

* ArchivedArmy: The Mitama. They are also the only reason humanity has been able to survive as long as it has.

* {{BFS}}: Every single sword in the game. They are ''far'' longer than their wielders are tall[[note]]See the image above? If the full length of the sword is to be displayed, the image would have to be twice as wide.[[/note]], which is a good thing since most enemies that matter are far taller than the humans. It's also Ouka's WeaponOfChoice.

* BladeOnAStick: The spear weapon class, and Ibuki's WeaponOfChoice. Kiwami adds the naginata.

* DualWielding: Dual-blades. These are Hayatori's WeaponOfChoice.

** They are also Fugaku's WeaponOfChoice.

* StockNinjaWeaponry: The kusari-gama, or [[SinisterScythe sickle]] and [[EpicFlail flail]], which is Hatsuho's WeaponOfChoice. The actual ninja character, however, use dual-blades.

* AnAxToGrind: The large Oni Tokoyo no Okami/Amarathine King have a titanic ax [[BladeBelowTheShoulder in the place of their left arms.]] Several spears also look more like pole-axes than actual spears or javelins.

* {{Bishounen}}: Ibuki. Hayatori is as well, but as a {{ninja}} he rarely ever reveals his face. Your character can be one too.

* AsianFoxSpirit: Mitama based on the legendary kitsune Kuzunoha (mother of Abe no Seimei) and Tamamo-no-mae appear in the game, though they are Healing type instead of the Deceit might expect.

* FantasticFoxes: The Celestial Fox, or ''tenko'', that gathers items for you between missions. A few others can be seen wandering around Utakata as well. [[spoiler: Contaminating one with an Animus seed creates the two-tailed large oni Snowflame and its palette swap Nightstorm.]]

* TurtlePower: The Stoneshell and Blistershell small Oni and the large Oni Hell's Warden and Hell's Sentinel are gigantic horned turtles.

* IllGirl: Kikka. She's very pale and suffers from a weak heart, which is only compounded by [[CastFromHitPoints her duties as a Sacred Shrine Maiden.]]

* BodyHorror: Some of the Oni are downright horrifying. One example is Kagachime, a large Oni that seems to have crawled out of one of Creator/JunjiIto's nightmares.
** To wit: It's a giant snail with toothy maws on the end of its eyestalks, and growing up between its eyestalks is the body of a busty woman...with stony, cracked skin, a [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily gigantic mouth with too many teeth]], horns, sharp claws and a third eye on her forehead.

* PaletteSwap: [[UpToEleven There's one of every single Oni, both large and small.]] The small Oni have "unclean" and/or "underworld" variants, which yield more valuable items while being marginally tougher or having an elemental attack. Meanwhile, every large Oni has a different colored version that is more aggressive, stronger, has a different elemental affinity and has some other minor aesthetic changes.
* PlayingWithFire: Some of the big Oni, such as the aptly-named Hinomagatori/Pyropteryx. Gouenma/Cthonian Fiend on the other hand takes this UpToEleven, in that it's unlikely you can survive a direct hit from his fiery blast.
* PostEndGameContent: A particularly {{exaggerated}} case: there is a whopping ''5'' chapters remaining after you defeat the final boss of the offline single player mode. Three of those chapters are only available in multiplayer. The story "ends" in chapter 5, so defeating the BigBad means you're just halfway from actually completing the game. This doesn't count the inevitable DLC. Then Kiwami takes this UpToEleven: this time, both modes have "15" chapters, and Chapter 10 in Multiplayer unlocks the DLC included in Age of Demons.

* {{Kitsune}}: Mitama based on the legendary kitsune Kuzunoha (mother of Abe no Seimei) and Tamamo-no-mae appear in the game, though they are Healing type instead of the Deceit might expect.

Compare ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice'', ''VideoGame/FreedomWars'' and ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''.

** HealingShiv: You're actually encouraged to hit your friends at times, because friendly fire can remedy certain [[StandardStatusEffect status effects]] like Sleep or being Frozen. If you have a Healing-type Mitama, you can even cure status ailment like poison and burns by hitting your allies!

* AllMythsAreTrue: Played with. Many of the Mitama are referred to in-universe as fictional characters, such as Kaguya and Jiriya, yet the presence of their Mitama implies that they were living people who were killed by the Oni at some point.

* ChickMagnet: A male pc is definitely this with being able to turn every female in town into a harem. A female pc is a {{DudeMagnet}} as the same applys except with guys though a lot of subtext is still there for the females as well.

A sequel, ''VideoGame/Toukiden2'', was released on July 28 2016 for Japan, with Western releases scheduled for late March 2017.

The game was published on June 2013 in Japan by {{Creator/Tecmo}} {{Creator/Koei}} Corporation, to great success. This was one of the few games that helped the sales of PS Vita: the weekly amount of PSV sold quadrupled during the week this game was released. An UpdatedRerelease titled ''Toukiden Kiwami'' was released for Vita and PSP in Japan in August 2014 (The {{UsefulNotes/Playstation 4}} version was released in April 2015), with a March 2015 release on Vita and [=PS4=] for the US and Europe, and a June 2015 release on Steam.

* HealThyself: Mitama of every type have a skill that allows you to yourself, though [[CaptainObvious Healing-type Mitama excel at it.]]

Compare ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'', ''VideoGame/SoulSacrifice'' and ''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''.

* SexyDiscretionShot: If you bathe with certain characters of the opposite sex with whom you have [[RelationshipValues fully strengthened your bond]] in the Pool of Purity the screen fades to black and gives a text box saying the two of you bathed together, but the the dialogue beforehand hints that the two of you have sex.

* SexyDiscretionShot: If you bathe with certain characters of the opposite sex with whom you have [[RelationshipValues fully strengthened your bond]] in the Pool of Purity the screen fades to black and gives a text box saying the two of you bathed together, but the the dialogue beforehand hints that the two of you do [[ThisAndThat a bit more than just wash up.]]

** Fugaku, the [[BloodKnight fight-loving]] [[BoisterousBruiser big guy]], [[spoiler:is the sole survivor of his village, which was destroyed by the Oni, and was forced to watch his family and friends be slaughtered and eaten, [[DeadLittleSister including a little girl whom he was very fond of.]]]]

* SpinAttack: You'd be surprised at how many big oni have this kind of attack. You can also do this using dual-blades, by holding O. [[ForMassiveDamage This is one of the most effective attack in the game]].

* YouAreAlreadyDead: The Longsword's Gouge ability, which adds stacking marks to every body part you strike while the ability is active, and detonates them ForMassiveDamage when the ability deactivates.

* TheHunter: That would be every player characters, ever.