<s>
Iron	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Invasion	O
of	O
Normandy	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1988	B-Application
top-view	O
action	B-Application
shooting	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
SNK	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
video	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
SNKs	O
1985	B-Application
arcade	O
game	O
TNK	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
TANK	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
during	O
the	O
invasion	O
of	O
Normandy	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
commando	O
named	O
Paul	O
and	O
codenamed	O
SNAKE	O
(	O
Colonel	O
Ralf	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
appeared	O
in	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
)	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
mans	O
the	O
titular	O
Iron	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
to	O
infiltrate	O
the	O
Nazi	O
German	O
stronghold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iron	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
is	O
considered	O
by	O
some	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
SNK	O
's	O
earlier	O
game	O
Guerilla	B-Application
War	I-Application
due	O
to	O
many	O
similarities	O
in	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
overall	O
layout	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Great	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
,	O
the	O
original	O
Japanese	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
features	O
historically	O
accurate	O
Nazi	O
imagery	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
villains	O
,	O
including	O
depictions	O
of	O
the	O
Swastika	O
on	O
the	O
German	O
flags	O
shown	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
scenery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Iron	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
,	O
all	O
Nazi	O
symbolism	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Swastika	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
flags	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
color	O
of	O
the	O
flags	O
themselves	O
are	O
changed	O
from	O
red	O
(	O
the	O
Nazi	O
flag	O
)	O
to	O
green	O
or	O
blue	O
(	O
depending	O
on	O
which	O
level	O
you	O
are	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
for	O
this	O
is	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
policies	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
of	O
America	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
which	O
forbade	O
any	O
use	O
of	O
Nazi	O
symbols	O
,	O
even	O
for	O
the	O
Nazi	O
villains	O
in	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
game	O
and	O
games	O
that	O
already	O
had	O
the	O
symbolism	O
needed	O
to	O
have	O
it	O
removed	O
for	O
Nintendo	O
to	O
approve	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
(	O
The	O
SNES	B-Application
port	O
of	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
was	O
an	O
infamous	O
example	O
of	O
that	O
policy	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kaneda	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
pseudonym	O
"	O
KNT	O
"	O
wrote	O
a	O
message	O
in	O
Japanese	O
where	O
he	O
used	O
profanity	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
NES	O
action	B-Application
shooters	O
,	O
Iron	B-Application
Tank	I-Application
is	O
divided	O
into	O
multiple	O
levels	O
,	O
with	O
bosses	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
unique	O
aspect	O
that	O
separates	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
action	B-Application
shooters	O
is	O
the	O
ability	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
choose	O
different	O
paths	O
to	O
the	O
final	O
level	O
by	O
driving	O
down	O
the	O
path	O
of	O
his	O
choice	O
.	O
</s>
