<s>
is	O
a	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
Masaya	O
for	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
America	O
as	O
Target	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
’s	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
,	O
and	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Assault	B-Application
Suits	I-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
core	O
is	O
the	O
Assault	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
—	O
a	O
twelve-foot-tall	O
armored	O
battle	O
machine	O
with	O
powerful	O
fighting	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
Rex	O
,	O
an	O
Assault	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Wing	O
commander	O
and	O
master	O
at	O
Assault	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Target	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
offers	O
8	O
stages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
scenes	O
in	O
Target	B-Application
Earth	I-Application
were	O
censored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
scenes	O
were	O
restored	O
in	O
the	O
remake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Western	O
localization	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Assault	B-Application
Suits	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
Cybernator	B-Application
,	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
censorship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Mega	B-Application
Drive	I-Application
Mini	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assault	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Leynos	I-Application
2	O
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	O
Saturn	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	B-Application
by	O
Dracue	O
Co.	O
,	O
Ltd	O
.	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
4	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
December	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America/EU	O
in	O
July	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
remake	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
30	O
,	O
2022	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
Online	I-Application
+	I-Application
Expansion	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
