Wow, late 1992 was not a very good time for Kemco. In a single advertisement, they announced 4 games, only one of which would ever get released (First Samurai on the SNES). The others are on this page and on the SFC page (Video Kid). Not only that, all of these games were western-developed (or at least had western origins.) I wonder if Kemco got turned off importing after this debacle?

Anyway, Switchblade II, or just Switchblade (I guess Kemco or the magazines couldn't read that Roman numeral.) This was a European-developed game that originated on computer systems and found its way only to the Atari Lynx, as far as U.S. systems go. It's a pretty shameless copy of Strider and Japanese platformers/art in general. Even the western box covers made an attempt at an "anime" style, with an Asian-looking protagonist making a pose. So it's curious, then, that the Japanese advertisement changes this to a blond dude in jeans (maybe they took inspiration from the Genesis Strider cover?)

It's not a big loss that this went unreleased. If you want to try out Switchblade II, download the Amiga version.