<s>
Digimon	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Spirit	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Dimps	O
for	O
the	O
Japanese-only	O
WonderSwan	B-Operating_System
Color	I-Operating_System
handheld	B-Application
system	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
for	O
international	O
releases	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
structured	O
very	O
similarly	O
to	O
a	O
conventional	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
Digimon	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Spirit	I-Application
is	O
much	O
more	O
like	O
a	O
barebones	O
representation	O
of	O
the	O
genre	O
,	O
mostly	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
handhelds	B-Application
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digimon	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Spirit	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
selected	O
Digimon	B-Application
Battle	I-Application
Spirit	I-Application
as	O
the	O
runner-up	O
for	O
the	O
January	O
2003	O
"	O
GBA	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
"	O
award	O
,	O
behind	O
Crash	B-Application
Bandicoot	I-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
N-Tranced	I-Application
.	O
</s>
