<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
is	O
a	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Tamsoft	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
:	I-Application
Skirting	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
in	O
2011	O
;	O
an	O
expanded	O
"	O
director	O
's	O
cut	O
"	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
received	O
Western	O
releases	O
in	O
2013	O
–	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
,	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
Re:Newal	I-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
2018	O
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
"	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
"	O
action	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
assumes	O
control	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
female	B-Application
ninjas	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
information	O
for	O
each	O
character	O
's	O
back	O
story	O
,	O
major	O
plot	O
points	O
,	O
and	O
general	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
universe	O
of	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
is	O
displayed	O
in	O
what	O
is	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
novel	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
structured	O
similarly	O
to	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
:	I-Application
Skirting	I-Application
Shadows	I-Application
revolves	O
around	O
the	O
trainee	O
shinobi	O
of	O
Hanzō	O
Academy	O
;	O
Asuka	O
,	O
Ikaruga	O
,	O
Katsuragi	O
,	O
Yagyuu	O
and	O
Hibari	O
,	O
as	O
they	O
complete	O
missions	O
and	O
battle	O
against	O
rival	O
ninjas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
includes	O
an	O
additional	O
story	O
,	O
The	O
Crimson	O
Girls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
Kenichiro	O
Takaki	O
's	O
original	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
was	O
from	O
a	O
desire	O
to	O
create	O
something	O
that	O
was	O
very	O
easy	O
to	O
understand	O
but	O
also	O
very	O
deep	O
and	O
detailed	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
appreciate	O
beautiful	O
female	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
when	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
then	O
newly	O
announced	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
began	O
making	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
design	O
document	O
,	O
and	O
created	O
a	O
budget	O
,	O
characters	O
,	O
a	O
plot	O
and	O
decided	O
upon	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
he	O
met	O
with	O
character	O
designer	O
Nan	O
Yaegashi	O
and	O
scenario	O
writer	O
Yukinori	O
Kitajima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
22	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
as	O
Skirting	O
Shadows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
,	O
an	O
expanded	O
director	O
's	O
cut	O
version	O
containing	O
both	O
the	O
Skirting	O
Shadows	O
story	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
story	O
titled	O
The	O
Crimson	O
Girls	O
,	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
August	O
30	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
digitally	O
through	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
on	O
November	O
22	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
by	O
Xseed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ken	O
Berry	O
of	O
North	O
American	O
publisher	O
Marvelous	O
USA	O
stated	O
in	O
early	O
May	O
2013	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
considered	O
releasing	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
digitally	O
outside	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
scary	O
proposition	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
subject	O
matter	O
and	O
difference	O
in	O
attitudes	O
between	O
Japanese	O
culture	O
and	O
the	O
more	O
conservative	O
culture	O
...	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
"	O
On	O
August	O
6	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Xseed	O
Games	O
officially	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
digitally	O
via	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
in	O
Fall	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
was	O
met	O
by	O
a	O
wide	O
range	O
of	O
reviews	O
,	O
from	O
negative	O
to	O
positive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameZone	O
's	O
Mike	O
Splechta	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
7.5/10	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
if	O
one	O
liked	O
"[their]	O
anime	O
chicks	O
badass	O
with	O
a	O
healthy	O
dose	O
of	O
jiggle	O
physics	O
,	O
Senran	B-Application
Kagura	I-Application
Burst	I-Application
satisfies	O
on	O
those	O
levels	O
"	O
but	O
warned	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
"	O
painful	O
framerate	O
dips	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
remake	O
was	O
among	O
the	O
best-selling	O
new	O
releases	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
