It’s Swine Time! Blasts from the Past Demands You Move Fast,Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted Arrives in The West Courtesy of Clear River Games!
- May 29
- 4 min read
Two Incredible CAVE Shooters, One Price, Endless Bullets - Pre-Orders Open Today!
Karlstad, Sweden – May 29, 2026 – Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in partnership with developers City Connection, today announced a double bill of bullets, as Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted arrive in the West, coming on October 1, 2026 to PlayStation®5 and Nintendo® Switch™.
Available via Digital Download on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, with physical versions confirmed for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, both games arrive in one great value bundle, guaranteeing non-stop action, eye-popping graphics, Japanese humour and finely tuned bullet-hell gameplay, courtesy of master of the art, CAVE.
A punishing yet extremely rewarding vertical shooter, Muchi Muchi Pork! will test the limits of even the fastest of fingers. When the evil General Pork Fillet arrives from his home planet of Iberiko, mayhem ensues, as he transforms a trio of unsuspecting heroes (Momo, Ikuo and Rafute) from Butaduka City into pig-girls! Their only hope is to take to their flying bikes (known as ‘Ketta Machines’), as they take on the nefarious General across five gruelling stages of bullet-hell in the hope of seeing off the evil armada of colourful characters.
In Muchi Muchi Pork!, scoring is based around a unique Medal Chaining System, with enemies dropping pig-head medals which quickly soar in value providing gamers consistently collect them, without dropping any in a chain. Drop a medal and watch your multiplier drop like yesterday’s bacon! The innovative Lard Attack System sees players collecting parachuting pigs which fill your lard meter progressively. More lard means more power, allowing gamers to activate a powerful yet movement-slowing attack!
Bombs mean bacon in Muchi Muchi Pork!, with bombs converting bullets into collectible pigs, ideal for building up your lard supply. Ham it up, defeat the General and restore order to your world in this hilarious, challenging and gorgeously unique CAVE classic!
A favourite in 2006 Japanese arcades, PinkSweets is yet another hit from CAVE. The celebrated sequel to Ibara, PinkSweets is again a vertical shooter, leaning into a system-driven design inspired by the grand masters of classic arcade blasters.
Choose from a total of four unique ships, each armed with two alternative shot types, as you launch into seven blistering stages of bullet-hell action. Notoriously challenging, PinkSweets will test the nerves of shooting fans everywhere, as the game dynamically adjusts to skilful play, ramping up the difficulty and attempting to stop players in their tracks, never letting up for a second and resulting into a breathtaking, adrenaline packed spectacle.
In PinkSweets, each ship comes equipped with the Rose Cracker Shield, protecting players from certain enemy attacks, charged by not firing your main weapon. Further aiding in your fight back, Rosehips surround players’ ships, protecting them from attacks, and which can be repositioned on the fly to block the incoming carnage.
In PinkSweets, gamers must swap bullets for brains, with success coming from the fiendish game mechanic, understanding when to back off, when to hold fire, and when to let the deep scoring mechanic rack up. Not for the faint hearted, Pink Sweets is a standout jewel from the CAVE catalogue of shooters.
Pre-orders for Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted open today! Head to this link for further details!
Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted will be available via Digital Download from October 1, 2026 on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch for an MSRP of $39.99 / €34.99.
Muchi Muchi Pork! & PinkSweets Boosted will be available physically for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch from October 29, 2026 with an MSRP of $54.99 / €49.99.
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About City Connection
City Connection was founded in 2005 and owns the IP of long-established game maker ‘Jaleco’. The name ‘City Connection’ is reference to a previously released game by Jaleco, much loved by the City Connection president. City Connection is a game developer and publisher, as well as a soundtrack business (Clarice Disc), licensing business, publishing/editing/writing business, and engages in all manner of activities relating to video games. City Connection specializes in increasing the value of much-loved IP, utilizing some of the industry’s most experienced talent and reinventing games for a modern audience. City Connection strive to deliver quality games which delight gamers and respect original IP.
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About Clear River Games
Clear River Games is a publisher with love for classic retro games. We are a small team in Karlstad, Sweden, founded by the Freemode Group (part of Embracer Group). Our vision is to bring the joy of experiencing vintage retro games and revived classic game franchises to players all over the world. We focus on publishing high-quality classic game franchises, modern retro and pixel art games and indie games that inspire gamers and bring back great memories of the past or discover new great games. With physical editions distributed online and in retail stores, we want to make great and unique games accessible to retro game fans around the world.
About Embracer Freemode
Embracer Freemode (“Freemode”) is Embracer Group`s 11th Operating Group. Freemode is a global ecosystem of independently run companies led by passionate creators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders with decades of combined experience in gaming and entertainment. Freemode supports its businesses with strategic, operational, and financial support, helping its businesses accelerate growth with a long-term mindset.
Freemode is part of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, which is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker EMBRAC B. (EMBRAC B).
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