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| Mushiking: The King of Beetles | |
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
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| Genre(s) | Hybrid collectible card and arcade video game |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players simultaneously |
| Arcade system | Sega NAOMI |
Kōchū Ōja Mushiking (甲虫王者ムシキング, Kōchū Ōja Mushikingu, lit. "Beetle Ruler Bug King"), known as Mushiking: The King of Beetles or Mushiking: Battle of the Beetles outside Japan, is a collectible card arcade game developed by Sega and released in Japan and other Asian countries such as the Philippines. The game involves battles between cards describing various species of beetles. The cards can be scanned in by a Mushiking arcade machine, which will both carry out battles and dispense new cards. It is the second trading card arcade by Sega following World Club Champion Football.[1]
As of 2008, more than 100,000 tournaments have been held, and 20 million cards have shipped. The game has made it into the Guinness World Records with the highest numbers of tournaments held for an arcade game.[2] It has inspired several children's card games in arcades released by Taito, Sega, Konami, Bandai Namco, Takara Tomy, Atlus, and Square Enix.
- ^ 「セガい共通テスト」公式対策オンライン講座「セガゼミ」 第３回 アーケード 西村先生, 13 December 2020, retrieved 2022-10-16
- ^ "Most official tournaments held on one arcade game series". Guinness World Records. 30 November 2007. Retrieved 2020-04-21.