Senran Kagura: Skirting Shadows (閃乱カグラ -少女達の真影-) is a side scrolling game and the first game in the Senran Kagura series that was released in Japan for the Nintendo 3DS on September 22, 2011. It was one of the titles credited with improving the financial prospects of Marvelous Entertainment. The sequel, Senran Kagura Burst (閃乱カグラ Burst), was released in Japan for Nintendo 3DS on August 30, 2012 and was later released digitally on the Nintendo eShop on January 10, 2013. The game was released as a digital release in North America on November 14, 2013 and was released physically and digitally in Europe on February 28, 2014, with an eShop-only release in Australia the same day.