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The publisher SNK entered the dispute, saying they did not want Yumekobo's new shooter to be associated to Pulstar in the west because it received poor reception there due to its high difficulty.
The director of Pulstar thought the original game was too difficult and wanted the new shooter to have a charge shot for an easier challenge.
As with all games released under the ACA Neo Geo brand, the game includes Hamster's additional scoring modes, screen filter options, and difficulty settings.
Critics continued to praise the boss battles and graphics, but criticized the uneven stage design.
They praised the colorful backgrounds and 3D special effects.
It was announced under the title Pulstar 2 (provisional), but was renamed Pulstar Blast during development.
Blazing Star was the first game developed by Yumekobo, a company formerly known as Aicom but rebranded to mark their new direction of working closely with SNK.
JB was modeled after the actor Jean Reno, and Asayuki was based on a character for a previous game the character designer worked on that was never released.
Reviewing the Arcade Archives release, Nintendo Life called it a "perfect port", noting that it even retained the frame rate slowdown when the screen is filled with sprites.
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