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2007 · CAVE · Arcade · Bullet hell

Muchi Muchi Pork!

Xbox console exclusive

Muchi Muchi Pork! is a bullet hell vertical scrolling shooter in cute-'em-up style for one or two players. The theme of the game is pork, and there are pork heads as collectible medals, the special attack is lard attack, the names of main heroines are puns on food items, and the main villain is called General Pork Fillet. The three playable heroines were transformed by the general into plump "pig" girls, and so they ride their flying bikes to avenge the general.

Released
26 April 2007
Platforms
ArcadeXbox 360
Genres
ArcadeBullet hellShooter
Developers
CAVE
Publishers
CAVE
Modes
Single-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

About

Muchi Muchi Pork! (むちむちポーク!, Muchi Muchi Pōku!) is a 2007 arcade bullet hell cute 'em up developed by CAVE, and published by AMI. It was ported to the Xbox 360 as part of the Muchi Muchi Pork!/Pink Sweets compilation disc produced by CAVE in February 2011. An enhanced compilation called Muchi Muchi Pork & PinkSweets Boosted was announced for Windows, Nintendo Switch, and PlayStation 5 in May 2026, and will be released in October 2026.

Keywords

  • shoot 'em up
  • bullet hell
  • retroachievements

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Collecting medals is the primary scoring mechanic in the game. When an enemy is destroyed using the lard attack, they will drop medals shaped like a pig's head. If enemies are destroyed with the lard attack while a bomb is being used, they will drop "p" items instead of medals. Also, single medals will periodically drop from enemies even if they are not destroyed using the lard attack.

The medal value starts at 100 points. If there are already medals on screen, the medals that enemies drop will be of an equal value to the medals on screen. If there are no medals on screen, the medal value will increase by 100 points (if the previous value was < 1000 points), or 1000 points (if the previous value was > 1000 points). The medal value will max out at 10,000 points.

Story

The story features a trio of females from Batazuka City who have been transformed into pig-girls by the main antagonist, General Porkfillet. They ride flying motor bikes called "ketta machines", which are powered by pedaling.

The story is shown in-game, a few comic-strip style images are shown at the start, and has a short ending sequence. As in Pink Sweets, many of the character names are puns on food.

Development

Muchi Muchi Pork! is notable for its unique art style. The character design was done by Kazuhiko Kawasaki who is known for illustrating "plump, cutesy women". His art style is evident in the game as it exclusively features overweight human/pig hybrid girls as playable characters.

This is a revised version of the original arcade release (version 1.00). In this version:

Reception

The arcade release of Muchi Muchi Pork! was not received well by the Japanese arcade scene, and can rarely be found in arcades today. Famitsu magazine awarded the compilation Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets a score of 24/40 based on four reviews (6/6/6/6).

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Arcade26 May 2007Worldwide
Xbox 36024 February 2011Japan

Editions and related releases

Included in
Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink SweetsMuchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted

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