▁set ▁in ▁a ▁fant asy ▁world ▁with ▁medieval ▁Japanese ▁them es , ▁particularly ▁regarding ▁Sh into . ▁War riors ▁known ▁as ▁ ▁special ise ▁in ▁fighting ▁on i , ▁and ▁form ▁teams ▁to ▁h unt ▁them . ▁E ight ▁years ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁comm enc ement ▁of ▁the ▁story , ▁a ▁great ▁demon ▁emer ged ▁from ▁the ▁under world ▁and ▁brought ▁an ▁era ▁of ▁cal am ity ▁to ▁the ▁land ▁of ▁Nak ats u ▁K uni , ▁which ▁was ▁tradition ally ▁protected ▁by ▁the ▁mon on of u ▁since ▁ancient ▁times . ▁The ▁protagon ist ▁and ▁main ▁characters ▁res ide ▁at ▁Ut ak ata ▁Village , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁final ▁lines ▁of ▁defense ▁against ▁the ▁dem ons . ▁ ▁Development ▁T ou k iden ▁was ▁revealed ▁during ▁Sony ' s ▁T GS ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁ke yn ote . ▁The ▁game ▁is ▁developed ▁as ▁a ▁collaboration ▁between ▁K oe i ▁and ▁Sony ▁Computer ▁Entertainment ▁Japan ; ▁Team ▁Nin ja ▁is ▁also ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁project . ▁Character ▁designs ▁and ▁illustr ations ▁were ▁created ▁by ▁H id ari , ▁and ▁the ▁music ▁is ▁composed ▁by ▁H ide ki ▁Sak am oto . ▁ ▁T ec mo ▁K oe i ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁create ▁T ou k iden ▁for ▁the ▁PS ▁V ita ▁and ▁P SP ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁Cap com ▁re le asing ▁their ▁titles ▁on ▁the ▁N intendo ▁ 3 DS , ▁and ▁believed ▁that ▁plenty ▁of ▁people ▁using ▁Sony ▁cons oles ▁were ▁keen ▁for ▁a