#Cotton Fantasy

[leirin]

[satoshi-mochida]

Cotton Fantasy 2 announced for console, PC, and arcade

Gematsu Source

SUCCESS Corporation has announced Cotton Fantasy 2 (title tentative) for console, PC, and arcade. A release date was not announced.

The original Cotton Fantasy is currently available for PlayStation 4, Switch, PC via Steam, and arcade.

Here is the announcement trailer video description:

The next Cotton game is set in Japan!? The latest entry in the shooting game series that depicts the adventures of the familiar, gluttonous witch Cotton has finally begun development! Furthermore, the stage of her next adventure is Japan!? Cotton soars through the skies, dressed as an oiran, in an all-new world! Development on Cotton Fantasy 2 is now underway!

Watch the announcement trailer below.

Announce Trailer

[flojocabron]

Online mega-buy! A friend gave me a link to Woot dot com's game section. I remember them selling shirts years ago. But Amazon seems to have bought them.and now they sell other things. And it's all good. I blew a decent amount of money here, but it was still less than other online places, and I doubt these will show up locally. So I got some ps4, but it's mostly switch games. Some new retro titles and others ports from older generations. I few I debated on what system to get it for, but it's sales, I chose to get them like this. It's a nice variety, I must say.

[gengamer110]

Nintendo Switch eShop Sale

There is another great Nintendo Switch eShop sale. These games are only those that I have played myself, and thing are worth the price of admission. Here are a few from my YouTube channel: Burnout Paradise Remastered – $5.99 (was $29.99) Cotton Fantasy – $9.99 (was $39.99) Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom – $9.99 (was $39.99) Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered – $7.99 (was…

[xensilverquill]

"No sorrow will live in me so long as that joy -- save one. And I thank you for that part, too."

[gemini-twinz]

I'm back from the plague!

[chelfaust]

☁ a fluffy pixel art sky ☁

print | wallpaper

[miloscat]

[Review] Cotton Fantasy (PS4)

Hit or miss.

The Cotton series by Success has a kind of cult classic status among shmups. There’s only a handful of games—this is only the fourth horizontal stg game in the series, not counting the two rail shooter instalments—but it’s a key component of the “cute ‘em up” subgenre, with its colourful looks, oddball enemies, and precocious witch protagonist. After a 20-year period of dormancy, Success has been working to revive the series recently with modern reissues, a remake of the original game, and lending out the character for appearances in Umihara Kawase Fresh and Bazooka. This collaboration with Saizensen led to the latter creating this game... and inserting their characters Luffee and Umihara Kawase as reciprocal guests, hence this being the epilogue to my series on grapple games that started with a Kawase sister game.

Now I’ve never been the biggest fan of shoot ‘em ups. They can be quite hostile to players who aren’t already diehards, or are intended to be played and replayed to memorise and master them, in order to aim for high scores and 1cc clears: not my style. This one threw me a bone by allowing you to respawn after a game over at any time with the only penalty being resetting your score (not an issue for my purposes). In fact, you come back fully powered up, which goes some way to avoiding the pitfall these games can fall into—even highly lauded classics—where any mistake is an insurmountable setback as it removes all your upgrades. With this one merciful dynamic, any novice can easily clear the game and see all the content, although they might experience frustration at constantly being knocked on their bum on the way there.

In the long tradition of scrolling shooters, this is a one-hit kill game. They’re not all like this, but... this one is, sadly for me. For fans of the series, it accrues mechanics from previous entries, and features the usual silly interstitial scenes in motion-comic style which are amusing, at least the first time (and for subsequent times you can zip through effortlessly with the handy skip button on R1). The tea-time screens are present and correct, and there’s even bonus stages which approximate the into-the-screen scrolling of my preferred entries Panorama and Rainbow.

Fantasy (known in Japan and on PC by the superior title Cotton Rock’n Roll) features the familiar “magic crystal” mechanic, similar to Twinbee’s bells where you shoot them to change their colour to stock up on particular powerups. You’re constantly shifting frantically between the three shot types, if not by grabbing another crystal then by expending a magic spell. In the rotation are also yellow crystals to increase your EXP meter and power up your shots, which charges up much too slowly for my liking and gets smacked down upon (my too-frequent) deaths. Spending any amount of mental energy on planning weapon types and gathering crystals would inevitably lead to me blundering into an enemy or bullet which come at you in a bewildering blur (depending on the stage). Some bosses also shift gears into almost bullet-hell style, made worse by the poor visibility of your small transparent heart which represents your vulnerable hit point.

A big feature of this is a selection of playable characters, which is sort of a returning feature from Boomerang (the Saturn conversion of Cotton 2, the fourth overall Cotton game... keeping up?). Some play quite similar to Cotton while adding a mechanic, like our beloved Kawase who has her grapple/bazooka. Others overhaul the whole game system in interesting ways, like Ria and Fine who are both references to separate Success shmups circa 2000. Note that Cotton’s fairy friend Silk is playable in the Japanese version but not patched into our release yet (if she ever will be?). Each of the five also unlocks a new stage from their home game when you clear story mode as them, which can then be selected during any subsequent playthrough. It’s a great way to expand the game and give some replay value as you find your favourite. For what it’s worth, the Kawase stage was enjoyable for me as a fan, set in the world of Fresh with a good variety of enemies and even a reprise of the final boss.

While I found some things to enjoy about this, I must say it didn’t convert me into a shmup fan. In fact it just reinforced that the genre still isn’t for me. I have had a decent time blasting through cute ‘em ups before, especially with the benefit of save states, and this provided a similar experience with its no-dramas respawning, but I’m not rushing out to re-evaluate Ikaruga right now or anything. However, I might just get around to some more rail shooters soon...

[daily-dragon-drawing]

Could I possibly request a candy floss/cotton candy dragon? Something sweet and light!

#132 - 棉花糖 (miánhuā táng / cotton candy) - She says you can take a little bite if you want...☁️🍭

[allura-raine]

[littleoil]

Cotton candy in the night

Sweet but not greasy

Powdered sugar from the stars

Falls in your dreams

What do dreams taste like?

I want to taste it.

[acquired-stardust]

Panorama Cotton Sega Genesis 1994

[satoshi-mochida]

Cotton Rock ‘n’ Roll releases today on Steam. It is also available digitally on the PS4 and Switch under the name Cotton Fantasy.

[flojocabron]

03/06/24 Gamestop internet orders arrived! Took a few days and multiple packages and it's this here. It's almost perfect. I'm used to their so called 'new games' I can forgive their side stickers and baggies. But not a game in a generic black case. Especially when it should've been new. I'm not keeping it. Especially a ps5 game. I'm taking that back for a refund. But the rest I can live with. I'm not a big fan of ordering from them, but when stuff is cheap, I gotta take the risk.

[hyydraworks]

All the varieties of koi cow that are going to be in tomorrow's Etsy update. I wanted some fun colors so some cotton candy friends will be among their red and orange colleagues. Also just a couple bigger mercow friends too!

[abyssalmermaiden]

"And if tomorrow it's all over At least we had it for a moment Oh, darling, things seem so unstable But for a moment we were able to be still"

with Yloise of @yloiseconeillants