<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Allumer	O
's	O
Gladiator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Strata	O
's	O
Time	B-Application
Killers	I-Application
,	O
Blandia	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
weapon-based	O
fighting	O
games	O
modeled	O
on	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
a	O
subgenre	O
later	O
typified	O
by	O
SNK	O
's	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Last	I-Application
Blade	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plot	O
of	O
Blandia	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
five	O
years	O
after	O
Gladiator	B-Application
,	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Great	O
Continent	O
of	O
Eurasia	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blandia	B-Application
drops	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
feature	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
but	O
retains	O
its	O
versus	O
segments	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
elements	O
of	O
other	O
2D	O
versus	O
fighting	O
games	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
similar	O
fighting	O
games	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Blandia	B-Application
combines	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
with	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
weapons	O
in	O
every	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
feature	O
is	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
cause	O
visible	O
damage	O
to	O
the	O
armor	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
originally	O
used	O
in	O
Gladiator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
unlike	O
Gladiator	B-Application
,	O
Blandia	B-Application
requires	O
players	O
to	O
attack	O
the	O
uncovered	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
body	O
multiple	O
times	O
to	O
defeat	O
them	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
one	O
hit	O
like	O
in	O
Gladiator	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
originally	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
in	O
Gladiator	B-Application
,	O
when	O
his	O
name	O
was	O
Guaranos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Gurianos	O
,	O
Irriana	O
is	O
a	O
returning	O
character	O
from	O
Gladiator	B-Application
,	O
previously	O
spelled	O
Irene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blandia	B-Application
was	O
later	O
ported	O
by	O
Ving	O
to	O
two	O
home	O
computers	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
:	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
on	O
September	O
30	O
,	O
1994	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
NEC	O
PC-9821	B-Operating_System
on	O
June	O
22	O
,	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
(	O
titled	O
Blandia	B-Application
Plus	O
)	O
features	O
an	O
extended	O
,	O
less-repetitive	O
soundtrack	O
plus	O
some	O
exclusive	O
tracks	O
that	O
include	O
a	O
vocal	O
one	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
smaller	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-9821	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
titled	O
Blandia	B-Application
98	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
wider	O
screen	O
than	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
