<s>
Barbarian	B-Device
is	O
a	O
3D	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Saffire	O
,	O
published	O
by	O
Titus	O
Interactive	O
and	O
distributed	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Avalon	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
title	O
is	O
Warrior	O
Blade	O
:	O
Rastan	O
vs.	O
Barbarian	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
plays	O
much	O
like	O
Power	B-Application
Stone	I-Application
with	O
its	O
arena-style	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
GameCube	B-Application
version	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
U.S.	O
release	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
canceled	O
while	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
scaled-down	O
port	O
of	O
Barbarian	B-Device
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
"	O
on	O
all	O
platforms	O
according	O
to	O
video	O
game	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
video	O
game	O
websites	O
and	O
publications	O
gave	O
earlier	O
reviews	O
and	O
average	O
scores	O
on	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
versions	O
in	O
late	O
2002	O
,	O
months	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
dates	O
for	O
both	O
of	O
those	O
versions	O
were	O
canceled	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
due	O
to	O
mediocre	O
reception	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
