<s>
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Tengai	B-Application
outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
arcade	O
machines	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Psikyo	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
their	O
1993	O
shooter	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
home	O
console	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
years	O
later	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
and	O
again	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
and	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
is	O
horizontal-scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
provides	O
an	O
option	O
to	O
choose	O
a	O
difficulty	O
level	O
between	O
1	O
and	O
7	O
,	O
configure	O
controls	O
,	O
and	O
set	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
lives	O
between	O
1	O
and	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
militaristic	O
cult	O
Shinrano	O
,	O
scheming	O
the	O
resurrection	O
of	O
their	O
dark	O
god	O
,	O
has	O
kidnapped	O
the	O
Shogun	B-Application
's	O
daughter	O
Princess	O
Futsu	O
(	O
Futsuhime	O
)	O
for	O
a	O
sacrifice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tengai	B-Application
(	O
Tengai	B-Application
Kano	O
)	O
( ターボ坊主	O
天外	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
Buddhist	O
warrior-monk	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
become	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Junis	O
Hayate	O
( ユーニス	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
spunky	O
12-year-old	O
ninja	B-Application
girl	I-Application
with	O
a	O
pet	O
lemur-like	O
animal	O
named	O
Socrates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
the	O
younger	O
sister	O
of	O
Jane	O
from	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
(	O
who	O
had	O
disappeared	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
Junis	O
believes	O
that	O
she	O
is	O
alive	O
and	O
imprisoned	O
at	O
the	O
Evil	O
Castle	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sho	O
/	O
Shoma	O
(	O
Shoumaru	O
)	O
( 翔丸	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
young	O
swordsman	O
ninja	B-Application
who	O
is	O
in	O
love	O
with	O
the	O
kidnapped	O
Princess	O
Futsu	O
and	O
feels	O
some	O
crush	O
with	O
Koyori	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Katana	O
/	O
Hagane	O
( ハガネ	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
samurai	B-Application
robot	O
attempting	O
recover	O
its	O
human	O
body	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flush	O
(	O
Flash	O
)	O
/	O
Ayin	O
(	O
Shine-Ain	O
)	O
/	O
Kain	O
/	O
Aine	O
( 閃光のアイン	O
)	O
-	O
A	O
one-eyed	O
archer	O
samurai	B-Application
from	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
now	O
as	O
a	O
secret	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
arcades	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
was	O
first	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
on	O
November	O
22	O
of	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
two-disc	O
double	O
set	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
bonus	O
omake	O
CD-ROM	O
which	O
featured	O
hundreds	O
of	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
series	O
artworks	O
(	O
including	O
the	O
official	O
art	O
,	O
guest	O
art	O
,	O
and	O
fan	O
art	O
from	O
a	O
contest	O
by	O
Psikyo	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
now	O
is	O
rare	O
and	O
expensive	O
to	O
obtain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exclusive	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
conversion	O
was	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
voices	O
during	O
the	O
brief	O
cut	O
scenes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
Marion	O
from	O
the	O
Gunbird	B-Application
series	O
as	O
a	O
bonus	O
hidden	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Psikyo	O
Shooting	O
Collection	O
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2	O
:	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
&	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
by	O
Taito	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
re-released	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
as	O
a	O
budget-range	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Japanese	O
release	O
contains	O
both	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
and	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
,	O
but	O
in	O
Europe	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
were	O
sold	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
internationally	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
mobile	I-Application
devices	O
in	O
Japanese	O
,	O
English	O
and	O
Korean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
PVC	O
figures	O
were	O
also	O
released	O
for	O
Koyori	O
and	O
Junis	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
the	O
demon-ninja	O
villainess	O
Kaen	O
( 火燕	O
)	O
who	O
has	O
become	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
most	O
popular	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1996	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
thirteenth	O
most-successful	O
arcade	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
gamesTM	O
retrospective	O
,	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
was	O
found	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
simple	O
but	O
enjoyable	O
shooter	O
and	O
given	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
praised	O
the	O
unique	O
graphical	O
style	O
and	O
detail	O
and	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
favorably	O
to	O
Psikyo	O
's	O
earlier	O
shooter	O
Gunbird	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
Japanese	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
ranked	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
Koyori	O
as	O
the	O
47th	O
best	O
female	O
character	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
collector	O
's	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Sengoku	O
Cannon	O
:	O
Sengoku	B-Application
Ace	I-Application
Episode	O
III	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
