<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Sky	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
company	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
Yamaha	O
YM2151	O
FM	B-Application
sound	O
chip	O
for	O
its	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
the	O
Japan-only	O
Namco	O
Collection	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
received	O
its	O
first	O
ever	O
worldwide	O
port	O
to	O
a	O
console	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Namco	O
Museum	O
Virtual	O
Arcade	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
second	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
Blue	O
Max	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Announced	O
on	O
February	O
16	O
,	O
2023	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
2	O
,	O
2023	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Sky	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
DX	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
by	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
(	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
purchased	O
a	O
catalog	O
of	O
games	O
by	O
Nihon	O
Bussan	O
,	O
UPL	O
,	O
NMK	O
,	O
Video	O
System	O
,	O
and	O
Allumer	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mentioned	O
above	O
,	O
Sky	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
used	O
the	O
enhanced	O
System	O
86	O
hardware	O
(	O
the	O
original	O
ran	O
on	O
the	O
older	O
Namco	O
Pac-Land	O
hardware	O
)	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
greater	O
variety	O
in	O
simultaneous	O
colors	O
(	O
its	O
palette	O
is	O
twice	O
the	O
size	O
as	O
that	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
;	O
512	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
256	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snow	O
falls	O
from	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
(	O
only	O
in	O
missions	O
X1	O
and	O
X3	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
scrolls	O
with	O
the	O
two	O
Sky	B-Application
Kids	I-Application
as	O
they	O
are	O
flying	O
to	O
the	O
left	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Sky	B-Application
Kid	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
on	O
their	O
May	O
1	O
,	O
1986	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
twenty-third	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
