Yoshifumi Hashimoto told Siliconera Marvelous was working on a game with 2D artwork that takes full advantage of the Nintendo 3DS. No, it’s not a Muramasa remake. I think Hashimoto was referring to Kagura: Portrait of Girls.

Senran Kagura: Portrait of the Girls takes place in modern day, so why are there ninja? Yukinori Kitajima the scenario writer for Kagura and Okamiden actually addressed this.

During the Sengoku era, shadows known as shinobi spied, deceived, and occasionally killed under cover of darkness. Afterwards, shinobi vanished from the public eye, but stories of the past spread like fairy tales. Time passed and shinobi vanished from the mind of the public, but they still exist today.

Nowadays, politicians and mega corporations employ shinobi as a powerful an influential tool to further their ambitions. To counter the rise of evil ninja, the government started a project. They developed the Hanzo Academy, a school that trains schoolgirls to be shinobi.

The news comes from a retail listing on AmiAmi, which stress that Senran Kagura: Portrait of the Girls is not just [censored]. You’ll see the girls living their everyday lives and learn why they fight. The retailer says there is an adventure and novel part that digs deep into the story.

Senran Kagura: Portrait of the Girls is slated for release this summer on Nintendo 3DS.

Kagura’s scenario writer is Yukinori Kitajima, who worked on the story for 428, Okamiden, Chaos Rings, and Capcom’s sound-focused 3DS title, Nazo Waku Yakata. Character design is being handled by Nan Yaegashi.

While the game’s genre is classified as “Bursting Breasts Hyper-Battle,” Takaki-san says that Kagura will be a combination of sexy and violence, and will focus on simple action with previously unseen game systems.

Senran Kagura: Burst will be getting released in Europe, it has been confirmed this morning. Additionally, the game will be sold at retail, unlike the American release which was digital only. Senran Kagura is a ninja themed beat ‘em up produced by Marvelous AQL, who you might know from Rune Factory and Harvest Moon.