<s>
Shinobi	B-Application
Legions	I-Application
,	O
known	O
as	O
Shinobi	B-Application
X	I-Application
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
as	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Shinobi	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
TOSE	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shinobi	B-Application
Legions	I-Application
is	O
a	O
traditional	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
itself	O
is	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
that	O
in	O
Shinobi	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Master	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
special	O
emphasis	O
lies	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
Sho	O
's	O
katana	B-Operating_System
instead	O
of	O
his	O
shuriken	O
,	O
as	O
separate	O
buttons	O
are	O
now	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
European	O
version	O
of	O
Shinobi	B-Application
Legions	I-Application
,	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
Europe	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
Shinobi	B-Application
X	I-Application
(	O
a	O
revert	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
title	O
from	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Toy	O
Show	O
in	O
June	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
was	O
delayed	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
delayed	O
because	O
Sega	O
Europe	O
's	O
producer	O
David	O
Nulty	O
disliked	O
the	O
original	O
music	O
score	O
and	O
wanted	O
to	O
change	O
it	O
for	O
the	O
European	O
release	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
similar	O
way	O
that	O
Sega	O
of	O
America	O
did	O
years	O
before	O
with	O
the	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
of	O
Sonic	B-Application
CD	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
rave	O
review	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
've	O
been	O
sitting	O
on	O
the	O
fence	O
regarding	O
a	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
purchase	O
,	O
here	O
's	O
a	O
swift	O
shuriken	O
in	O
the	O
butt	O
to	O
get	O
you	O
moving.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
digitized	O
sprite-based	O
graphics	O
were	O
a	O
refreshing	O
change	O
from	O
the	O
polygon-based	O
graphics	O
used	O
in	O
most	O
Saturn	B-Device
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
plays	O
well	O
but	O
fails	O
to	O
make	O
any	O
real	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
another	O
Shinobi	O
game	O
that	O
somehow	O
managed	O
to	O
find	O
its	O
way	O
on	O
to	O
CD	O
instead	O
of	O
cartridge.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
suggested	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
tacky	O
"	O
FMV	O
scenes	O
were	O
added	O
simply	O
as	O
an	O
excuse	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
instead	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
