<s>
ThunderCats	B-Device
is	O
an	O
platform	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Aspect	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
since	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
:	I-Device
The	I-Device
Lost	I-Device
Eye	I-Device
of	I-Device
Thundera	I-Device
appeared	O
on	O
various	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ThunderCats	B-Device
is	O
a	O
2D	O
platform	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
control	O
Lion-O	O
,	O
leader	O
of	O
the	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
,	O
who	O
uses	O
his	O
Sword	O
of	O
Omens	O
to	O
defeat	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
images	O
from	O
the	O
2011	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
animated	O
series	O
accompany	O
story	O
interludes	O
between	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
July	O
Bandai	O
Namco	O
Entertainment	O
press	O
statement	O
,	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
was	O
later	O
set	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
again	O
until	O
the	O
following	O
October	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
November	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
routinely	O
panned	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
overly-simplistic	O
gameplay	O
and	O
sub-par	O
graphics	O
,	O
with	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Power	I-Application
calling	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
incredibly	O
simple	O
side-scrolling	O
romp	O
through	O
boring	O
levels	O
populated	O
by	O
similar	O
looking	O
enemies	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
their	O
review	O
for	O
Destructoid	O
,	O
Jim	O
Sterling	O
called	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
"	O
a	O
truly	O
disgusting	O
DS	B-Device
game	O
"	O
,	O
drawing	O
attention	O
to	O
its	O
substandard	O
graphics	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
declaring	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
looks	O
like	O
a	O
slightly	O
below	O
average	O
SEGA	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
title	O
,	O
and	O
plays	O
like	O
a	O
dumbed-down	O
Golden	B-Application
Axe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
