Last month, we reported on the rather sad news that Mushihimesama, the wonderful bullet-hell shmup from developer Cave, would soon be delisted from the Switch eShop.
Well folks, there isn't much time left. Mushihimesama will disappear from the digital storefront later this week on 10th August 2024. If you're on the fence about whether to pick it up before it vanishes into the ether, then perhaps a cool 50% discount will push you over the edge.
Yes, from now until its eventual demise, Mushihimesama is a mere £7.64 / $9.99, so if you want to get in on the action, now is the best time to do so. Publisher Live Wire announced that its delisting is due to the expiration of the licensing agreement on Switch, so we're not confident it'll reappear again anytime soon.
The good news, however, is that it will be getting a physical release courtesy of Clear River Games alongside three other excellent shmups: DoDonPachi Resurrection, Espgaluda II, and Radiant Silvergun. Further details on these releases will be announced in the future.
Are you likely to pick up Mushihimesama before it's delisted from the eShop later this week? Let us know with a comment.
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Thanks for the PSA, getting it digitally myself then considering it doesn't have a big download size and the low price and only later I'll consider potentially getting it physically, too!
Why not to make it 1,99$ if they gonna delist it, anyway?
Sales must be so low if they're not prepared to renew the licence (unless something new is planned)
It's a shame that after the Switch getting one of the best Shmups of all time, we are now loosing it.
For anyone who hasn't got it yet, it's a fantastic game. It's actually much more accessible for beginners than most other Cave Shmups due to the less dense bullet patterns.
@Vyacheslav333 Because people like money? What a weird comment
@yohn777 Even Jump Force had a big discount before delisting, lol.
@Vyacheslav333 Who cares? Why would you need to question why a company wants more money lol, seems really obvious.
I have the physical, but I'm tempted at that price.
Also NL Codes from Famehype has been down for about a week, when is it going back up? I've been keen to get some eShop credit so I can get some new games whilst also supporting Nintendo Life.
@yohn777
I don’t think anybody (including @Vyacheslav333) is questioning if a company wants to make money. I’m also wondering why Live Wire aren’t going with a steeper discount. So many games are on sale for 60% off or more that 50% doesn’t wow me.
I’ve been interested in this game, but I’m not a shmup fan. Even at $10, the game is not cheap enough for me to make an impulse purchase. So the question is now whether the company could have sold more than double the number of copies at 75% off that they’re going to sell at 50% off
@Vyacheslav333 When I first heard about the delisting I thought they'd do a sale around $1 a few days before. I think I'll pass at this price.
@yohn777 It has been on sale with 50% off already a good few times. A 90% discount for the last couple of days would likely have led to far more downloads over these next 2 days than they'll get at 50%. And possibly more profits. Especially it led to folk purchasing some of the other Live Wire shmups.
Pass at that price. Really should've been cheaper prior to delisting.
I'm not fully into danmaku games myself, but I bought this one anyway since I hate games being delisted (with a few exceptions for me like Pac-Man 99).
I bought this at release, actually... it seems awfully soon to delist it but Im glad to have it. Its fun and pretty alright
@StephenYap3 Original plays a lot like an old school shmup, fast bullets, not very dense patterns. Maniac mode is actually about the same difficulty but slower, denser bullet patterns.
Anyone with the slightest interest in shmups or arcade games in general should give this a go, high quality port of one of the best shmups ever.
I already have it along with a fair few of it's genre and this is one of my favourite ones. Worth owning even if you have a passing interest in the genre.
(That's actually me. But the Switch hybrid & NL have admitted "made me" download more than I would ordinarily think to purchase. I have largely enjoyed them!)
And here comes the de-listings, the reason I collect physicals
@yohn777 Higher cost doesn't always equal more money. If you sell more copies at the lower cost, then that equals more money. It's a common strategy. Especially if the game is going to be delisted in two days. There's no long term strategy left for them with a higher price tag.
@yohn777 This is a digital product that is infinitely reproducible.
Let's say they price it at $9.99 and sell 5 copies. Now imagine they price it at $1.99 and sell 100 copies. In which scenario will they make more money?
Bought it 2 days ago for full price because I wasn't expecting a last minute sale. Oh well.
Bought it day 1 at full price, and with all the extra modes in this version it’s worth every penny. Shmups are high on replay value and I’ve said ages ago this one grows with you as you get better in the game, and also in the genre. Which is probably good advice for anyone, go revisit shmups you’ve played before as it’s the one genre you’re rarely ever “done” with.
If you have Steam, it actually sees a deeper discount and it’s still up for the foreseeable future (different publisher, different agreement, I guess).
Went ahead and picked it up with gold points. I don't buy much software on the Switch anymore since I got my Steam Deck, but being able to prop up the Switch and play games vertically on such a nice oled screen makes it worth it to me.
@Vyacheslav333 they seem to have their whole lineup discounted (the rest with obviously later deadlines since they aren't leaving), so it was probably done on relative autopilot. My customer bias would certainly prefer to pay just two bucks as well, but it's their biz and I reckon they just didn't estimate much FOMO purchase potential with a game that's still getting a physical release.
@Ade117 I was about to do the same lol I can’t tell you how many time I bought a game and that happened. I just bought return to dreamland last night so watch that go on sale in a week or so 😂
The price isn't low enough for a purchase, especially since you will still be able to buy this on Steam.
FTR, Espgaluda 2 and Dodonpachi are also 50% off, and Silvergun is down even further, to a shade over £6.
@yohn777 They’d still be getting money though.
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