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| − | | Light Teacups || || 100 points/cup <br><small>(at end of level)<small> || These fall at the end of a level. | + | | Collecting Light Teacups || || 100 points/cup <br><small>(at end of level)<small> || These fall at the end of a level. |
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| − | | Dark Teacup || || 500 points/cup <br>(immediate)<small> || These fall with at the end of a level. | + | | Collecting Dark Teacup || || 500 points/cup <br>(immediate)<small> || These fall with at the end of a level. |
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| − | | No Tea Cup Bonus || Example || 20,000 points || If you avoid | + | | No Tea Cup Bonus || Example || 20,000 points || If you avoid the whole curtain-fire of teacups that occurs at the end of the level, you will be awarded this bonus. |
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Revision as of 19:47, 2 February 2021
Title screen
| Developer: | Success |
|---|---|
| Music: | Person A |
| Program: | Person B |
| Art: | Person C |
| Release date: | March 1991 |
| Next game: | Next game in a series |
Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams (also referred to as Fantastic Night Dreams: Cotton), the first game in the Cotton series and the fist game developed by Success, was released for the arcade in March 1991.
Contents
Gameplay Overview
Coming soon...
Controls
Cotton has two button controls with multiple actions per button.
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- A (Press): Fire Shot
- B (Press): Drop Bomb
- A (Hold, Release): Use Magic
- B (Hold, Release): Launch Fairy
- A+B (Hold, Release): Combination Magic
Ships
You play the witch called Cotton, 'who doesn't care such a thing and just loves "Willows"!'.
Hitbox
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TBC?
Weapons
Cotton utilises a forward facing shot and downward angled bombs. She starts the game with one fairy and four magic (two fire, two lightning).
Main Shot and Bullet Level
The main shot increases in power by filling the EXP bar. The EXP bar is increased by shooting enemies and collecting yellow and orange crystals.
The maximum shot level is 13.
The icons next to the EXP bar indicate your current level: each icon can be small, medium or large, and when all icons are large and a new level is reached, a new small icon is added. The final power level, after four large icons, is indicated by one extra-large icon.?
Bombs and Bomb Power Level
Bombs are dropped down and foward to hit enemies below (or very close to) Cotton.
Bomb Power-Up icons add new properties to your bomb.
Fairies
Magic
There are two types of magic: fire (red) and lightning (blue), gained by collecting the corresponding colour of crystal.
Four magic items can be held in stock, after which if another is collected one in the stock is removed (starting with the earliest collected).? 1,000 points are awarded when this happens.
By expending her magic, Cotton can cast four spells.
Spells
| Spell | Image | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flame Dragon | Example | Example |
| Lightning | Example | Example |
| Flaming Faires | Example | Example |
| Shield | Example | Example |
Effect of Death on Weapons
- Bullet level is halved
- Bomb power is returned to weakest level
- A fairy is expended in a screen clearing explosion (unless you have only 1 fairy)
Items
Crystals
A crystal may be dropped (seemingly at random?) when an enemy is destroyed.
When a crystal is shot, it may change colour. They can also be destroyed if they take a lot of damage.
| Colour | Small | Large | Effect (Small/Large) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow |  |
Small EXP | |
| Orange |  |
Large EXP | |
| Red |  |
Fire Spell / Fire Spell x2 | |
| Blue |  |
Lightning Spell / Lightning Spell x2 |
Other Items
| Header text | Header text | Header text |
|---|---|---|
| Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example |
Rank
TB?
Loops
After completing stage 7, the player proceeds to a second loop. Should they complete this, they are awarded with a different ending.?
Scoring
| Action | Image | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killing Enemies | Example | Example | Example |
| Crystals | Example | Example | Example |
| Magic | Example | Example | Example |
| Collecting Light Teacups | 100 points/cup (at end of level) |
These fall at the end of a level. | |
| Collecting Dark Teacup | 500 points/cup (immediate) |
These fall with at the end of a level. | |
| No Tea Cup Bonus | Example | 20,000 points | If you avoid the whole curtain-fire of teacups that occurs at the end of the level, you will be awarded this bonus. |
| Example | Example | Example | Example |
| Example | Example | Example | Example |
Strategy
See (Template Page)/Strategy for stage maps, enemy and boss descriptions, walkthroughs, and advanced play strategies.
Story
Coming soon...
Development History
If available, you can include information here about the hardware, the development of the game, and its general reception. Try to have as much information in this section cited as possible.
Version Differences
Cotton has had multiple ports, some notable for various reasons.
- The PC Engine port, released on February 12, 1993[1], has been praised for its remixed, CD-quality soundtrack.
- The Sharp X68000 port, released on September 24, 1993 [2], featured redrawn, high-resolution graphics and fine-tuned gameplay, and is sometimes considered the definitive version.
Trivia
- Cool facts and random tidbits go here!
Gallery
See (Template Page)/Gallery for our collection of images and scans for the game.
Video References
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References & Contributors
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