Mushihimesama

Mushihimesama
Mushihimesama
Developer	Cave
Publishers	AMI JP: AMI (arcade); JP: Taito (PlayStation 2); WW: Cave (iOS); JP: Cave (Xbox 360); WW: Degica (PC); ;
Director	Tsuneki Ikeda
Producer	Kenichi Takano
Designer	Akira Wakabayashi Hiroyuki Tanaka; Hideki Nomura; Tomoyuki Kotani; Takeharu Isogai;
Programmers	Tsuneki Ikeda; Takashi Ichimura
Artist	Tomoyuki Kotani
Composers	Manabu Namiki; Masaharu Iwata;
Series	Mushihimesama
Platform	Arcade PlayStation 2; iOS; Xbox 360; Microsoft Windows; Nintendo Switch;
Release	October 12, 2004 Arcade; Version 1.0 JP: October 12, 2004; Blue Label JP: December 28, 2006; Version 1.5 JP: May 27, 2011; PlayStation 2 JP: July 21, 2005; JP: August 3, 2006 (limited edition); iOS WW: December 15, 2011; Xbox 360 JP: May 24, 2012; Microsoft Windows WW: November 5, 2015; Nintendo Switch WW: June 15, 2021; ;
Genres	Vertically scrolling shooter, bullet hell
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system	CAVE CV1000-B

Mushihimesama is a manic shooter developed by Cave, originally distributed by AMI in 2004 and later redistributed to arcades in 2011 as the significantly changed "version 1.5". It was ported to the PlayStation 2 in 2005 and iOS in 2011. An Xbox 360 port was released in May 2012 (with ver1.5 as first print DLC). A version for Microsoft Windows was also published by Degica in 2015. In 2021, the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch.

The game has an insect theme as all of the enemies resemble various insects such as beetles, like the Japanese rhinoceros beetle and butterflies. The game is set in various forest environments. It received a sequel in 2006, known as Mushihimesama Futari, and a spin-off iOS and Android game entitled Mushihimesama Bug Panic.