<s>
Blood	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1993	B-Application
fighting	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Atop	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kaneko	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
1992	O
fighting	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
also	O
developed	O
by	O
Atop	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Kaneko	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
Blood	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
uses	O
digitized	O
images	O
of	O
real	O
actors	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
instead	O
of	O
traditionally	O
drawn	O
sprites	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
addition	O
of	O
blood	O
and	O
gore	O
draws	O
similarities	O
to	O
Midway	O
's	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Based	O
on	O
Samurai	B-Application
from	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Based	O
on	O
Ninja	B-Application
from	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
A	O
kunoichi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Shigerutsuki	O
-	O
Resembles	O
Shogun	B-Language
from	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
but	O
his	O
actual	O
occupation	O
is	O
a	O
samurai	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Based	O
on	O
Kabuki	O
from	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Based	O
on	O
Saitō	O
Musashibō	O
Benkei	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
a	O
different	O
look	O
compared	O
to	O
himself	O
in	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Blood	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
on	O
their	O
September	O
1	O
,	O
1994	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
seventeenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
