<s>
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1992	O
fighting	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Atop	O
and	O
Kaneko	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Sammy	O
Corporation	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
by	O
Kaneko	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
modern-fighting	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
ancient	O
Japanese	O
mythology	O
(	O
later	O
popularized	O
by	O
SNK	O
's	O
Samurai	B-Application
Shodown	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Last	I-Application
Blade	I-Application
series	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
created	O
during	O
the	O
fighting	O
game	O
trend	O
of	O
the	O
1990s	O
that	O
began	O
with	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
1994	B-Application
sequel	O
titled	O
Blood	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
plays	O
similarly	O
to	O
some	O
other	O
2D	O
versus	O
fighting	O
games	O
during	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
fights	O
against	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
opponent	O
in	O
best	O
two-out-of-three	O
matches	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
player	O
tournament	O
mode	O
with	O
the	O
computer	O
or	O
against	O
another	O
human	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
characters	O
stabbed	O
by	O
ones	O
armed	O
with	O
katanas	B-Operating_System
or	O
other	O
sharp	O
weapons	O
can	O
cause	O
blood	O
to	O
spurt	O
out	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
popularized	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
later	O
by	O
Midway	O
's	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
unique	O
feature	O
of	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
is	O
its	O
"	O
grabbing	O
system	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
-	O
Although	O
he	O
has	O
armor	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
motif	O
proves	O
that	O
he	O
is	O
actually	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
,	O
he	O
can	O
still	O
bleed	O
when	O
attacked	O
by	O
blades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Shogun	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
on	O
their	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
1992	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
fifteenth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
