<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ibara	B-Application
is	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
8ing/Raizing	O
'	O
s	O
Battle	B-Application
Garegga	I-Application
and	O
Battle	B-Application
Bakraid	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
much	O
so	O
that	O
Ibara	B-Application
could	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
pseudo-sequel	O
or	O
,	O
at	O
least	O
,	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
notable	O
feature	O
of	O
Ibara	B-Application
is	O
the	O
inclusion	O
of	O
a	O
variable	O
,	O
real-time	O
difficulty	O
system	O
by	O
way	O
of	O
the	O
Rank	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
known	O
way	O
of	O
decreasing	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
Rank	O
in	O
Ibara	B-Application
is	O
to	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
later	O
version	O
,	O
Ibara	B-Application
Kuro	O
:	O
Black	O
Label	O
,	O
Rank	O
can	O
be	O
decreased	O
by	O
cancelling	O
bullets	O
with	O
a	O
bomb	O
,	O
however	O
Rank	O
also	O
increases	O
much	O
faster	O
in	O
this	O
version	O
,	O
potentially	O
increasing	O
from	O
minimum	O
to	O
maximum	O
in	O
a	O
matter	O
of	O
seconds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmer	O
Shinobu	O
Yagawa	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
games	O
Recca	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Battle	B-Application
Garegga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
on	O
July	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
on	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
remedy	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
concerns	O
fans	O
had	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Cave	O
released	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
in	O
limited	O
distribution	O
called	O
Ibara	B-Application
Kuro	O
:	O
Black	O
Label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
update	O
contains	O
many	O
additions	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
appeared	O
earlier	O
in	O
the	O
released	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
port	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
Arrange	O
Mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Pink	B-Application
Sweets	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ibara	I-Application
Sorekara	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
arcades	O
on	O
April	O
21	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weekly	O
Famitsu	O
magazine	O
awarded	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Ibara	B-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
26/40	O
based	O
on	O
four	O
reviews	O
(	O
7/7/6/6	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
