Super Thunder Blade (????????????) is a shooter for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis console, published by Sega. It was one of the two launch titles for the console in Japan (the other one being Space Harrier II), as well as being one of the six launch titles for the console for its U.S. launch. It is a follow-up to the 1987 arcade game Thunder Blade. It was released for the Virtual Console on September 17, 2007. It was also included in the Sega Genesis Collection for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable in 2007 and in Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.