<s>
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Masters	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
and	I-Application
Space	I-Application
(	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
Battle	O
of	O
Time	O
and	O
Space	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Artoon	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Blinx	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Sweeper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
previous	O
installment	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
playable	O
on	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
using	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
switches	O
between	O
playing	O
as	O
the	O
Time	O
Sweepers	O
and	O
the	O
Tom	O
Toms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
after	O
the	O
character	O
of	O
Blinx	B-Application
,	O
he	O
is	O
not	O
playable	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
being	O
only	O
present	O
during	O
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinx	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Time	I-Application
Sweeper	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
had	O
aimed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
appealed	O
to	O
Japanese	O
gamers	O
and	O
even	O
potentially	O
create	O
a	O
mascot	B-Application
for	O
Japan	O
out	O
of	O
titular	O
character	O
Blinx	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takuya	O
Matsumoto	O
was	O
brought	O
on	O
to	O
co-direct	O
with	O
Naoto	O
Ohshima	O
,	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
significant	O
contributions	O
as	O
main	O
programmer	O
of	O
Blinx	B-Application
and	O
the	O
increased	O
scale	O
of	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
increased	O
workload	O
of	O
creating	O
two	O
individual	O
stories	O
with	O
unique	O
gameplay	O
styles	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
was	O
split	O
into	O
two	O
for	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
with	O
one	O
half	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Time	O
Sweepers	O
and	O
the	O
other	O
half	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Tom	O
Toms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Directors	O
Matsumoto	O
and	O
Ohshima	O
aimed	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
many	O
new	O
features	O
setting	O
it	O
apart	O
from	O
its	O
predecessor	O
;	O
in	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Japan	O
,	O
Matsumoto	O
joked	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
skipped	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
entry	O
of	O
the	O
series	O
to	O
the	O
third	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
making	O
so	O
many	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
had	O
compiled	O
every	O
review	O
,	O
user	O
comment	O
and	O
piece	O
of	O
feedback	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
Blinx	B-Application
,	O
something	O
the	O
developers	O
constantly	O
referenced	O
while	O
developing	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
character	O
of	O
Blinx	B-Application
was	O
redesigned	O
to	O
give	O
him	O
a	O
more	O
"	O
grown-up	O
"	O
appearance	O
,	O
with	O
Blinx	B-Application
's	O
signature	O
sweeper	O
being	O
redesigned	O
to	O
look	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
guitar	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
conversation	O
about	O
guitars	O
between	O
art	O
designer	O
Masamichi	O
Harada	O
and	O
art	O
director	O
Noriko	O
Omizo	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
overall	O
art	O
style	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
accommodate	O
this	O
and	O
as	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
complaints	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
levels	O
were	O
bland	O
in	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artoon	O
found	O
difficulty	O
in	O
balancing	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
so	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
even	O
amount	O
of	O
attention	O
given	O
to	O
the	O
Tom	O
Toms	O
and	O
the	O
Time	O
Sweepers	O
,	O
and	O
moreso	O
in	O
balancing	O
the	O
two	O
so	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
an	O
even	O
playing	O
field	O
for	O
both	O
sides	O
during	O
competitive	O
multiplayer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Masters	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
and	I-Application
Space	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
for	O
IGN	O
,	O
Douglass	O
Perry	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
solid	O
,	O
if	O
slightly	O
above	O
ordinary	O
,	O
platform	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
nothing	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
a	O
"	O
must-buy	O
"	O
quality	O
to	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nick	O
Margos	O
,	O
reviewing	O
for	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
every	O
improvement	O
it	O
's	O
made	O
over	O
its	O
prequel	O
,	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
introduces	O
an	O
element	O
that	O
seems	O
designed	O
to	O
frustrate	O
and	O
impede	O
your	O
progress	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
reviewers	O
complained	O
that	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
carried	O
over	O
issues	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sydney	O
Morning	O
Herald	O
's	O
Jason	O
Hill	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
Time	O
Sweeper	O
sections	O
were	O
improved	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Blinx	B-Application
series	O
had	O
failed	O
to	O
capitalise	O
on	O
its	O
potential	O
and	O
the	O
sequel	O
was	O
"	O
another	O
disappointment	O
"	O
;	O
Eurogamer	O
's	O
Ronan	O
Jennings	O
echoed	O
a	O
similar	O
sentiment	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
sequel	O
had	O
improved	O
on	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
controls	O
,	O
the	O
overall	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
just	O
as	O
underwhelming	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
that	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
game	O
being	O
titled	O
Blinx	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Blinx	B-Application
himself	O
was	O
only	O
featured	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
art	O
and	O
in	O
a	O
few	O
cutscenes	O
;	O
custom	O
characters	O
modified	O
through	O
the	O
in-game	O
character	O
creator	O
were	O
playable	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
