History VideoGame / KouchuuOujaMushiking

It was a fairly big hit in Japan, enough to see a LCD VirtualPet spinoff named ''Sodatete! Mushiking'', designed by Creator/MasahiroSakurai of ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' and ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' fame.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A total of 72 beetles (excluding the special characters) is present in the game.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Popo's hair is salmon pink.

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Mushiking: The King of Beetles (甲虫王者ムシキング Kōchū Ōja Mushiking) is a CCG developed by Sega and released in Japan and other Asian countries such as the Philippines. The game involves battles between cards describing various beetle species, where the cards can be scanned in by an arcade machine, which will both carry out battles and dispense new cards.

** Perhaps to improve their aura of menace, every single beetle has their unique battle cry. However in real-life, apart from the sound of the beetles' horns clashing, the battle between beetles is rather quiet compared to it's CCG counterpart.

* BattleIntro: After being summon to the field, the beetle will do a AssKickingPose based on its type of finshing attack.
* BigBad: Adder

* CombinationAttack: In 2v2 mode, after both players input their attack, a recycle sign will appear in the middle of both sides of buttons, if the player press any button again, the attack(provide the player wins) will become a combination attack. This also switches the beetle that is on the field.

* JapaneseBeetleBrothers: Mostly Coincidental, but you can force the "Allies" relationship to happen by using a beetle and a stag beetle in 2v2 mode.

* PaletteSwap: For a strict example of palette swap, there is the Hercules Beetle(dynastes hercules) and the Blue Hercules Beetle(dynastes hercules lichyi).

* SpinOff: This game has a more well-known(at least in the west) spin-off called ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing''. The game is an effort to pander the western audience as the bug collecting/battling hobby is much more perennially popular in Japan than in the US. Instead, everyone there loves dinosaurs.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Besides having a sizeable following in Japan, the game has a cult following in Malaysia, due to it being part of many 2000s kids' childhoods.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Besides having a sizeable following in Japan, the game has a cult following in Malaysia, due to it being part of many 2000's kids childhoods.

* {{Parody}}: Parodied in ''[[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Yakuza Kiwami]]'' as ''[=MesuKing=]'', where all the insects are actually women in CosPlay of varying scantiness. The name "[=MesuKing=]" is a pun, with the Japanese word for "female" (''mesu'') switched for the one meaning "insect" (''mushi'').

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Popo's hair is salmon pink.

* EvilWearsBlack: Being the big the BigBad, adder wears a black robe.

* WipeTheFloorWithYou: The super finishing attack for Speciosus Stag-beetle and Saw Tooth Stag-beetle.

* FakingTheDead:The super finishing attack for Feisthameli Stag-beetle. Yes, it's as cheap as it sounds.

* {{Tykebomb}}: Some of adder's minions.

* PrettyButterflies: There are two kinds of butterflies that you can summon, one decreases the opponent's timer, another one heals you.

* Tykebomb: Some of adder's minions.

** Perhaps to improve the beetles' aura of menace, every single beetle has their own unique battle cry. However in real-life, apart from the sound of the beetles' horns clashing, the battle between beetles is rather quiet compared to it's CCG counterpart.

* PowerOfLove: The move card "Power of Venus" summons a female beetle on to the field, temporarily boosting the beetle's power. The effect's duration depends on the amount of technique points the beetle you control has.

* SlayingMantis: The move card "Special Skills Stopper" summons a mantis on to the field. If a mantis is on the field, it negates the opponent from summoning anything for once.

* TagTeam: The game's 2v2 mode.

** Perhaps to improve the beetles' aura of menace, every single beetle has their own unique battle cry. However in real-life, apart from the sound of the beetles' horns clashing, the battle between battles is rather quiet compared to it's CCG counterpart.

* SpinningPiledriver: The super finishing attack for Hercules beetle.
* SpinOff: This game has a more well-known(at least in the west) spin-off called ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing''. The game is an effort to pander the western audience as the bug collecting/battling hobby is much more perennially popular in Japan than in the US. Instead, everyone there loves dinosaurs.

** Perhaps to improve the beetles' aura of menace, every single beetle has their own type of battle cry. However in real-life, apart from the sound of the beetles' horns clashing, the battle between battles is rather quiet compared to it's CCG counterpart.
** In the game, the Beetles often use their wings to perform certain moves. Beetles in real life rarely use their wings when battling however.
* BattleCry: After being summoned to the field, the beetle will