Ahead of the Tokyo Game Show, Koei Tecmo have announced that Touken Ranbu Warriors will be coming to Nintendo Switch in May of 2022, making it the first time that the Touken Ranbu -ONLINE- series has been combined with the Warriors action gameplay, check out the debut trailer.

Touken Ranbu Warriors features 15 characters from Touken Ranbu -ONLINE-, where famous swords take the form of warriors named Touken Danshi (swordsmen), and the elite fighters are sworn to protect history. In Touken Ranbu Warriors, members of Touken Danshi have been drifting through time without their master – the Saniwa – to lead them, when they are suddenly attacked by the fearsome History Retrograde Army (HRA).

After the initial conflict, the Touken Danshi are approached by the Government of the Time, and sent on a mission into the war-torn Sengoku Era where the revision of Japanese history is already underway. Can the Touken Danshi heroes restore order while restoring the original timeline? The fierce but beautiful battles of the Touken Danshi are finally a reality.

Koei Tecmo also released an in-depth 30 minute presentation, to explain a lot more about the game, but they also plan on showing more at Tokyo Game Show

The game is currently dated for May 24, 2022 as a digital only release, but as with any game, that date may change.