{"rewrite":{"id":"r_78f327d1acd444ff62d22155","clusterId":"c_5ed588612c217d9b12253c77","slug":"city-connection-releases-muchi-muchi-pork-pink-sweets-boosted","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"City Connection Releases Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted","summary":"City Connection released Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted on October 1, 2026 for PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The collection bundles two Cave vertical-scrolling bullet-hell shooters: Muchi Muchi Pork!, which arrived in arcades in 2007, and Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara, which arrived in 2006. Both were bundled for the Xbox 360 in 2011, and this release is a port based on that version. It adds arranged BGM across all tracks, with Daisuke Matsumoto handling Muchi Muchi Pork! and Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, and Sean Bialo handling Pink Sweets. Players can switch between original and arranged tracks per stage. The package includes a total of 11 modes, covering arcade reproductions, Arrange Modes, and high-difficulty courses such as MANPUKU and HARDER. Online rankings and replay saving are supported. The packaged version costs 6,490 yen and the download version 5,390 yen, both tax included. On Steam it is 10 percent off until October 16.","whyItMatters":"The port closes out the Xbox 360 Cave shooter library on current hardware, and the added Arrange Modes give veterans a scoring system the original arcade releases never had.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eBoth games come from the Ibara lineage, the branch of Cave\u0026#39;s output made by programmer Shinobu Yagawa, who had worked on Battle Garegga. That line sits apart from the Tsuneki Ikeda (IKD) shooters most players picture, and the 4Gamer play report frames the two titles as Cave\u0026#39;s most unusual shooters.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ports ship as version 1.01 of each game, balance-adjusted from the arcade Ver. 1.00. Options let players run Ver. 1.00 instead. Beyond the MANPUKU and HARDER courses, the 11 modes include HARAHARA (start at second-loop difficulty), EXTENDED, and S-ATTACK, a Stage 6 score attack.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArrange Mode changes both games more than the mode count suggests. Muchi Muchi Pork! adds a Fever Counter that readies Fever at 10,000; bombs trigger it, bullets intensify, and Lard Attacks convert enemy bullets into Kinton. Pink Sweets rebuilds the controls so shooting and shield/Rose Cracker run on separate buttons, and adds the Hadou Gun. Its score multiplier reaches 64x but returns to 1 if the player stops attacking.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe packaged first-print bonus carries the MUCHI*PIN soundtrack CD and a guidebook with story and character explanations. The Clarice Shop adds a cassette tape of the arranged BGM. Yosuke Yasui\u0026#39;s Stage 1 arrangement for Pink Sweets draws particular praise.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted ports the 2011 Xbox 360 bundle, and the arranged tracks are split across four composers with Daisuke Matsumoto on the first and Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, and Sean Bialo on the second.","twitterPost":"Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted splits its arranged BGM across four composers, with per-stage toggling back to the originals.","threadsPost":"Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted is a port of the 2011 Xbox 360 bundle, not the arcade boards. The arranged BGM is split by title: Daisuke Matsumoto on Muchi Muchi Pork!, and Yosuke Yasui, Hagane, and Sean Bialo on Pink Sweets.","newsletterBlurb":"City Connection has released Muchi Muchi Pork! \u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted, a two-game Cave shooter collection for PS5, Switch, and Steam. It carries 11 modes, arranged BGM by four composers, and online rankings. The packaged version includes a soundtrack CD and guidebook.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/011/G101100/20260911039/\",\"title\":\"[Play Report] \\\"Muchi Muchi Pork! \\u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted\\\" is a set of two unusual STG titles from Cave. The arranged BGM is a must-hear!\"},{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/02/173044.html\",\"title\":\"『Muchimuchi Pork! \\u0026 Pink Sweets Boosted』Released. 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