Cotton (series)
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Score |
| Famitsu | PCE: 29/40 PS: 21/40 |
| Dengeki PC Engine | 73.75/100 (PCE) |
| PC Engine FAN | 22.82 / 30 (PCE) |
| Award | |
|---|---|
| Publication | Award |
| Gamest | Fifth best game of the year (1991) |
The Cotton (Japanese: コットン Hepburn: Kotton?) series is a line of shoot 'em up video game software developed by Success with a long history of releases both in arcades and on home video game consoles. With the series debuting in 1991, the Cotton games have helped to establish the visual style of shoot 'em ups sometimes called cute 'em up. Instead of warships and battlefields typical of most shoot 'em ups, Cotton games put players in control of a witch riding on a broom and tasks them with fighting through magical haunted kingdoms. Cotton games have appeared on a variety of consoles including the PC Engine, the Super Famicom, the Mega Drive, the Sega Saturn, the PlayStation, the Neo Geo Pocket Color, and the Dreamcast. There is also a pachinko game featuring Cotton available for the PlayStation 2. Cotton appears as a hidden character in the Nintendo DS game Rondo of Swords.
Each Cotton game features a unique story that is loosely connected to the other games in the series. All of these stories revolve around the obsession of a young witch named Cotton with a magical type of candy called "Willow". In a typical Cotton game, Cotton will embark on her journey through the game's stages with the hope that she will be rewarded with a Willow at the end. However, when the game is over, she almost always winds up empty handed.
The character Cotton is always childish. The amusing cut-scenes she stars in have endeared her to fans of Japanese anime.
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