Cotton (Game Series)

The player controls a young witch named Cotton, flying on a broomstick and fighting various enemies. Most of the games in the series are a horizontal version of a scroll shooter; later games are rear-view rail shooters. Cotton always has a childish appearance and behavior shown in splash screens between levels.

Each game in the series has its own plot, freely associated with the rest of the games in the series. All the plots evolve around Cotton's addiction to a magical sweet called “willow”. Usually the plot is to travel Cotton to different places and complete different missions in the hope that she will receive a willow as a reward. Almost all the games in the series end up with the fact that Cotton never receives a reward.

Some characters constantly appear in the games of the series.

• Cotton is the main character of all the games in the series. Looks like a teenage witch with red hair. Her only motivation for any action is the desire to get a willow.
• Silk is a little fairy present in all games in the series helping Cotton. In the gameplay performs the role of "satellite", increasing firepower. The Panorama Cotton screensaver shows that she has a younger sister, Knit.
• Queen Velvet is the Queen of Filament, a kingdom of fairies, and his only resident, the size of a man. Present in many games in the series. She cares about the welfare of the world and the security that willow it.
• Wool is the main anti-heroine of the games in the series, also looking for a willow for its dark purposes.
• Appli is the Princess of the Pumpkin Kingdom, a rival to Cotton in the games Cotton 2 and Cotton Boomerang. In the story, Cotton 2 Appli is looking for a Water Willow, which she stole from her own castle, but lost in the forest.
• Needle is Appli's assistant, live hat.

• Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is the first game in the series designed for the Sega System 16B arcade platform and released in 1991. In 1993, the Sharp X68000 computer was ported to the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 game console (in Super CD-ROM format). The Super CD-ROM version includes new arrangements of music in the Audio CD format, as well as voice inserts in the Japanese version of the game. The X68000 version does not have new music arrangements, but is generally closer to the original version of the game. In 1999, Cotton Original was released for the Sony PlayStation , combining the best of all previous versions. In 2000, a version of the game for Neo Geo Pocket Color was also released, simplified according to the capabilities of this console. Versions for Turbografx-16 and Neo Geo Pocket Color are the only games in the series released in the USA .

• Marchen Adventure Cotton 100% is a remake of the original Super Famicom game, released in early 1994. It has changes in the graphics and design of the original levels, as well as new levels. The kit with the game included a mini-CD containing game music and dialogs. This version of the game was ported to the PlayStation in 2003 under the name Cotton 100% .

• Panorama Cotton is an exclusive game of the series for Sega Mega Drive , released in late 1994. It is one of the rarest games in the series and games for Mega Drive. This is the first game in the series that uses pseudo-three-dimensional graphics with a rear view instead of horizontal scrolling (similar to Sega's classic arcade hit Space Harrier ).

• Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams is the first full-fledged sequel to the original game, developed for the ST-V arcade platform and released in 1997. The characters Appli and Needle first appeared in this game. The game again used horizontal scrolling of the screen, but also received innovations in the form of platforming elements and a physical engine . A few months later, a very accurate port was released for the Sega Saturn game console, the device of which was similar to the ST-V. The Saturn version also included a mini calendar for 1997.

• Cotton Boomerang is a remake of Cotton 2 for ST-V , released in 1998 and also ported to Sega Saturn . Similar to Marchen Adventure Cotton 100%, the game uses parts of the previous game and adds some new ideas. In this game, Silk and Needle are available to the player as separate characters.

• Rainbow Cotton is the first game in the series with full three - dimensional graphics , released in 2000. It is a rail shooter with a rear view.

Other games

• Magical Pachinko Cotton is a pachinko game for the PlayStation 2 using the characters in the series.

• Rondo of Swords is a tactical role-playing game developed by Success, which also has a witch obsessed with willow.

Included with the Panorama Cotton game was a registration card. When filling and sending it up to a certain time, the owner of the game could receive one of several hundred tea mugs . They are currently one of the rarest collectibles associated with the games in the series. The mug does not have a handle, white, with the inscription "Panorama Cotton".

A similar mug was released with the game Cotton Original. It is white with the image of Cotton and Silk and the inscription "Fantastic Night Dreams Cotton Original". The origin and quantity of these circles remains unknown. Also among collectors there is a rumor about a Cotton 2 mug.

• Magical Chase is a PC Engine game developed by Palcom and released by Quest in 1991. The graphics and gameplay are similar to Cotton.
• Master Burner is an amateur game for Microsoft Windows in the rail shooter genre, released in 2005. Combines the ideas and style of the games Panorama Cotton and After Burner . ^[1] The heroine of the game is the young blond-haired witch Marisa Kirisame from the Touhou scroll-shooter, flying on a broomstick.

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