Toukiden Mononofu

Toukiden Mononofu
Game Information
Developer(s)	Omega Force
Publisher(s)	Koei
Genre(s)	Action Role-Playing Game
Mode(s)	Single Player Multiplayer
Language(s)	Japanese
Platform(s)
Mobile Devices
Android 03/26/17
Android 03/26/17
iOS 04/12/17
iOS 04/12/17

Toukiden Mononofu (討鬼伝モノノフ) is a free-to-play Toukiden mobile spin-off. Micro-transactions can be used to purchase Jewels, the in-game currency for limited rare gacha roulettes and other paid content.

Omega Force, led by Hisashi Ishikawa and Shigeto Nakadai, aimed to release a quick, easy action game for small touchscreens. The game's narrative follows Toukiden Mononofu, a protagonist guarding Shinonome Village in northern regions. Server testing began in March 2017 and ended on April 2, 2018.

Gameplay

System

Unlike its predecessor, this game presents a simplified replication of Toukiden's gameplay. At the start of the game, players can name their protagonist; assign their avatar's gender; and customize their avatar's skin tone, facial features, and voice. Changes to the 3D avatar will be updated in real time.

After completing tutorials, players can access the Mission map and tap on icons to progress through the main story. Clear battles to unlock gameplay and village features. Challenge giant demons in side quests or choose Event scrolls for daily missions. Battles drain avatar's Energy, which can be restored by leveling up, using Jewels, or waiting. It takes five minutes to restore one Energy.

There are currently five weapons in this game: Katana, Twin Swords, Spear, Spiked Club, and Bow. Each behave and animate in a manner that mirrors their canonical actions, with many of a weapon's secondary features being stripped down. Normal attacks can be done by tapping the touchscreen. Special skills are limited to either a weapon's Special Attack or Special Skill from Kiwami and are performed by rapidly flicking the screen twice in a given direction. Commands vary depending on the equipped weapon.

Equipment can be assigned to the party, sold for Haku, or strengthened by Ren in the village. Players sacrifice Haku and materials from battles to bolster each piece. Weapons must have matching elemental properties for Awakenings. A blacksmith feature allows players to craft weapons, with a weapon scroll rewarded for good battle performance.

The Mitama from the first game and Kiwami can be equipped onto a character's weapon and individual pieces of equipment. Super Rare (5★) weapons have two Mitama slots, meaning that a single character can potentially equip six Mitama simultaneously. Characters can only activate the first two they can have on their weapon during battle.

Mitama have affinities for specific equipment types, indicating their type on the equipment screen. Players can sync Mitama with their avatar's equipment for bonus stats or elemental immunities. Fuuka can fuse, strengthen, or buy Mitama for Haku, leveling them up and learning skills. Awakenings can occur five times per Mitama. Magatama can be dropped or obtained through events, and Mitama fusions increase weapon damage rating. Each Mitama has their preferred weapon bonus and magatama color.

Weapons, equipment, and Mitama can be drawn from the gacha using Jewels. This is the only way to obtain Super Rares. Free Jewels can be earned by completing missions like slaying specific demons, earning S ranks from hunts, or through daily missions. Visit Kanrai at the store to purchase Jewels with real world currency. When the player dismantles certain types of equipment, they can gain Spirit Stones which can be exchanged for limited goods and Mitama or potions that restore Energy at the Shop.

Combat

Players can hunt alone or form teams of four, with the option to sacrifice a Jewel before battle to increase their party's status. Multiplayer is an optional feature that allows real-time collaboration between four players. Battles can be joined by any player by default, and friends can send personal invites. There is no chat option, but players can use stamps to express gratitude. Damage ratios for teams and demons are adjusted by elements, with the final target's elemental weakness noted in advance.

The player is presented with the "Combat Gauge" of each force, which rewards attack and defensive buffs based on the team's advantage. The demon's starting prowess is noted at the battle selection screen. Movement is limited to the surrounding squares, and demon attacks are telegraphed by red circles. Other field hazards may limit movement.

During battle, there are three optional abilities that can be used by the player's avatar:

1. Tamafuri (Mitama skills): reddish icon that surrounds a Mitama's portrait. Can be used once it is fully highlighted red.
2. Onichigiri (Killing Blow): blue icon that is the same as the base games; a powerful attack that can instantly break off a demon's body part and grant invincibility during their execution. Fight near party members to create a link that boosts the Mononofu power needed for it.
3. Matoi: yellow gauge underneath the player's health. Fill it by attacking repeatedly and/or using Mitama skills. Once it reaches 1,000, the speed and power of a player avatar will greatly increase for a limited time.

Broken body parts are automatically purified for the player in this game. They drop blue, red, or yellow icons to quickly replenish Mitama, Mononofu, or Matoi gauges.

The demon enters its second form ("Tamahami") when its health reaches half. The player's team performs a unified attack to lower its health and re-evaluate the Combat Gauge. Players can choose an optional strategy and increase damage ratings by tapping red numbered kanji. If a player avatar falls in battle, a continue option costs three Jewels. Battle performance is graded with C to S, with bonus Jewels awarded for successful battles, intact party, S rank, or completing optional objectives. Players can unlock the Quick Launch option for material grinding. Multiplayer battles reward 100 Jewels, with varying amounts for other ranks.

Grading is followed by the material rewards screen. Three Jewels can be used to double the amount of rewards received. Afterwards, the player has the option to send a friend invite to a team member. Friends will often pop up as the default helper for solo battles. They can always be switched out if the player prefers.

Characters

Characters from the base game return. This page will only list new additions.

• Botan (牡丹) - 200-year-old Barrier Priestess of Shinonome Village. She lost her life during the demon's onslaught and became the protagonist's Mitama. Acts as the game's navigator.
• Sekka (雪華) - Current Barrier Priestess of Shinonome Village. Beautiful and dutiful, Sekka radiates kindness to those around her. Formerly lived at Sacred Mountain before Shinonome and is an old friend of Ōka's. Childhood friends with Fuuka and Fuuka's older sister; acts like Fuuka's surrogate older sister.
• Kanrai (寒雷) - Shinonome's shopkeep. Formerly a Slayer who fought beside the village chief during the "Awakening". Friends are the village chief and Ren's father. Survived the fight against the "one-thousand killer demon", but his arm was crippled as a result.
• Ren (錬) - A strong, sisterly blacksmith who offers weapons to Slayers. Formerly a Slayer who fought during the "Awakening". Fought alongside her father who died fighting the "one-thousand killer demon"; Ren survived with wounded arms but retired shortly after due to the trauma, losing her will to return to the front lines. Initially distrusts Ōka due to her being an outsider, but soon trusts Ōka's sincerity.
• Fuuka (風花) - Mitama priestess who can hear Botan's voice. She serves as the village mascot. Friends with a Tenko named Dotera and trying to learn the Tenko language. Her older sister was the Barrier Priestess before Sekka.

Related Media

This is one of the titles that was presented on stage at Tokyo Game Show 2016.

Pre-registration rewards players with Yukimura Sanada's soul and other items; additional goodies become available as the amount of retweets for the game rises.

The following IPs have crossed over for limited-timed events that reward collaboration equipment and other rare items: Warriors All-Stars.

Ishikawa and Nakadai appeared as guests for the April 27, 2017 Denjin ☆ Gacha Nico Nico Live stream, which is where the Warriors All-Stars collaboration event was first announced to the public.

This game is among the few titles selected to promote the movie Shinobi no Kuni.

Gallery

Botan

Sekka

Kanrai

Ren

Fuuka

External Links

• Official site, Official Twitter, Official LINE, Official promotional video
• Google Play listing
• Famitsu interview, 4Gamer interview
• Kazutoshi Sekiguchi, Takashi Morinaka, Shigeto Nakadai and Kenichi Ogasawara playing the game
• GameWith demonstration and review