
īesides the main stages, there are six secret stages that can be accessed depending on the player's overall performance. Tacoot (an unlockable) employs a cosmic rod that can be positioned and sent to act as an option. Luffee (a character from Doki Doki Poyacchio) shoots charged laser attacks. Umihara Kawase (main character from the Umihara Kawase series) can cast her fishrod to grab enemies and shoot them out. Fine (an anthropomorphized ship from Sanvein) introduces a timer, which must be recharged if she takes any enemy hit or before it runs out by collecting crystals. Saiba Ria (an anthropomorphized ship from Psyvariar) can power up via a "buzz" system by grazing enemies and bullets. Her rival Appli ke Pumpkin (introduced in Cotton 2/Boomerang) can catch and throw enemies. Ĭotton Fantasy offers seven playable characters, each one with their own gameplay style: Cotton plays like her previous appearances since the original Cotton. Cotton can also use bombs to obliterate on-screen enemies and nullify enemy bullets. Shooting these crystals dropped by enemies before being picked up changes their color, and each one allows Cotton to cast elemental magic spells. The game incorporates role-playing game-esque mechanics, as players blasts a variety of enemies and avoid being shot while collecting crystal pick-ups to gain experience points (EXP) and level up Cotton's maximum firepower. Gameplay screenshot of the Nintendo Switch version.Ĭotton Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter game where players assume role of young witch Nata de Cotton accompanied by the fairy Silk, traveling through eight increasingly difficult stages in a fantasy dream-like world, defeating enemies and bosses on a quest to retrieve "Willow" candy for Fairyland from the villainess Tacoot. It garnered generally favorable reception from critics. Nagatomo wanted to include gameplay systems from past shoot 'em ups by Success via guest characters, while characters from past Studio Saizensen releases were also included, to portray it as an all-star festival. The team sought to appeal both casual and core players, without losing the series' esssence while staying close to the original formula. Nagatomo felt it was important to revive the Cotton franchise, as no one at Success were making games with the IP, and submitted a proposal for its revival during a call for projects within the company. It runs on the ALL.Net P-ras MULTI Ver.3 hardware.Ĭotton Fantasy was a co-creation between Success and Studio Saizensen, known for their work on the Umihara Kawase series, being directed by Toshinobu Kondo and produced by Shinya Nagatomo. In the game, players assume the role of young witch Nata de Cotton or any of the six additional characters, each one having their own gameplay style, on a quest to defeat enemies and bosses to retrieve "Willow" candy for Fairyland from the villainess Tacoot.


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The sixth installment in the Cotton franchise, it is a follow-up to Rainbow Cotton and the first main entry of the series in over 20 years. It was ported to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Cotton Fantasy: Superlative Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter video game, co-developed by Success and Studio Saizensen, and originally released in Japanese arcades in 2021.
