It’s hard to believe Mushihimesama is eleven years old. It first hit Japanese arcades in 2004, got a mangled PS2 port a year later, then a well-received HD remaster 7 years after that for the Xbox 360 that was, unfortunately, region-locked to Japan. Now Mushihimesama has a port that everyone with the hardware to run it can enjoy without jumping through hoops and it’s a thing of beauty. The PC version is a direct port of the Xbox 360’s Mushihimesama HD, and it’s as smooth and approachable an intro to the joys of bullet hell as one could wish for.
A bullet hell from the past that may not have caught up to the present.
Rocket Chainsaw: The overall package for Mushihimesama on Switch is excellent. Four modes, each with tonnes of replayability for anyone looking for a bullet hell fix.
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