<s>
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Game	O
Gear	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
1991	O
and	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Crystal	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Fire	B-Application
Emblem	I-Application
and	O
Shining	B-Architecture
Force	I-Architecture
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
specialized	O
units	O
belonging	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
elemental	O
group	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
strategy	B-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
element	O
of	O
a	O
given	O
unit	O
,	O
its	O
speciality	O
and	O
positioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
,	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
's	O
Damien	O
McFerran	O
gave	O
it	O
an	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
five	O
out	O
of	O
ten	O
stars	O
,	O
opining	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
a	O
great	O
many	O
RPGs	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
'	O
90s	O
remain	O
astonishingly	O
playable	O
even	O
today	O
,	O
Crystal	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
is	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
relic	O
from	O
the	O
past	O
which	O
really	O
deserves	O
to	O
stay	O
there.	O
"	O
</s>
