<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
(	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
)	O
on	O
November	O
28	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
a	O
multi-directional	O
scrolling	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
which	O
contains	O
some	O
elements	O
of	O
a	O
top-down	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
known	O
outside	O
Japan	O
as	O
Boomerang	B-Application
and	O
Farmers	B-Application
Rebellion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
character	O
,	O
Gonbe	O
,	O
makes	O
a	O
cameo	O
appearance	O
in	O
Atlantis	B-Application
no	I-Application
Nazo	I-Application
,	O
another	O
Sunsoft	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
Ikki	B-Application
Unite	I-Application
is	O
scheduled	O
to	O
release	O
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eating	O
a	O
daikon	B-Application
(	O
Japanese	O
radish	O
)	O
increase	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
speed	O
,	O
and	O
obtaining	O
an	O
emakimono	O
(	O
Japanese	O
scroll	O
)	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
an	O
additional	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
advance	O
to	O
the	O
bonus	O
level	O
if	O
they	O
obtain	O
an	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bonus	O
level	O
is	O
played	O
by	O
catching	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
thrown	O
in	O
random	O
trajectories	O
by	O
a	O
sennin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
gains	O
bonus	O
points	O
for	O
every	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
that	O
they	O
manage	O
to	O
catch	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
extra	O
life	O
is	O
awarded	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
successfully	O
catches	O
all	O
10	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
slow	O
movement	O
makes	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
catch	O
all	O
10	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
unless	O
the	O
players	O
cooperate	O
in	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
mobile	O
phone	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
narrower	O
width	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
screen	O
makes	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
catch	O
all	O
10	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
the	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
are	O
thrown	O
at	O
a	O
noticeably	O
faster	O
speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
bonus	O
game	O
became	O
a	O
fixture	O
for	O
SunSoft	O
products	O
,	O
and	O
appears	O
in	O
other	O
games	O
like	O
Dead	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
(	O
1986	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Tenka	O
no	O
Goikenban	O
:	O
Mito	O
Kōmon	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Japanese	O
essayist	O
Jun	O
Miura	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
after	O
playing	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
of	O
Ikki	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Ikki	B-Application
on	O
their	O
August	O
15	O
,	O
1985	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
tenth	O
most-popular	O
arcade	O
game	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Ultra2000	O
Sunsoft	O
Classic	O
games	O
compilation	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
coupled	O
with	O
Tōkaidō	B-Application
Gojūsan-tsugi	I-Application
and	O
Yūyū	O
Sunsoft	O
kessaku-sen	O
2	O
(	O
released	O
July	O
2	O
,	O
2004	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
coupled	O
with	O
Super	B-Application
Arabian	I-Application
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
compilation	O
Memorial	O
Series	O
Sunsoft	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
compilation	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
download	O
service	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
supporting	O
up	O
to	O
12	O
players	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
on	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	O
version	O
of	O
Ikki	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
became	O
available	O
on	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
on	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
on	O
February	O
13	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
on	O
May	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
U	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
May	O
24	O
,	O
2018	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
Ikki	B-Application
,	O
titled	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
SunSoft	O
in	O
July	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
SoftBank	O
Mobile	O
and	O
EZweb	O
mobile	O
phone	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
identical	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
,	O
Ikki	B-Application
Mobile	O
contains	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
minigames	O
and	O
a	O
moe	O
drawing	O
trading	O
card	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
purchased	O
using	O
the	O
coins	O
collected	O
in	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ghost	O
enemy	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
invincible	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ninja	O
and	O
handmaiden	O
change	O
to	O
kunoichi	B-Application
and	O
princesses	O
,	O
respectively	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
progresses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
last	O
minigame	O
is	O
the	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
catching	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
the	O
bonus	O
level	O
in	O
the	O
Famicom	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
mostly	O
the	O
same	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
impossible	O
to	O
catch	O
all	O
10	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
,	O
as	O
some	O
are	O
thrown	O
off	O
the	O
borders	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Small	O
and	O
large	O
gold	O
coins	O
are	O
thrown	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
5	O
onigiri	B-Protocol
count	O
for	O
1	O
gold	O
coin	O
while	O
5	O
small	O
gold	O
coins	O
count	O
for	O
1	O
large	O
gold	O
coin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Sunsoft-developed	O
revival	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
Ikki	B-Application
Unite	I-Application
is	O
scheduled	O
to	O
release	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ikki	B-Application
,	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
was	O
adapted	O
by	O
Manga	O
titled	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
Gamest	O
Comics	O
collection	O
from	O
April	O
1999	O
,	O
drawn	O
by	O
Kouta	O
Hirano	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
setting	O
and	O
characters	O
of	O
Ikki	B-Application
are	O
featured	O
in	O
Blaster	B-Application
Master	I-Application
Zero	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
an	O
entry	O
in	O
Sunsoft	O
's	O
Blaster	O
Master	O
series	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Inti	O
Creates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gonbei	O
and	O
Tae	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
depictions	O
from	O
the	O
2013	O
novelization	O
)	O
are	O
featured	O
as	O
Metal	O
Attacker	O
pilots	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
Montoj	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
ally	O
with	O
protagonists	O
Jason	O
Frudnick	O
and	O
Eve	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
Mutant	O
Overlord	O
"	O
Zavira	O
"	O
(	O
from	O
Atlantis	B-Application
no	I-Application
Nazo	I-Application
)	O
that	O
had	O
taken	O
over	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
