Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams
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 first game developed by Success, was released for the arcade in March 1991.
Contents
Gameplay Overview
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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 Level and EXP
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. Bigger enemies grant more EXP. The small yellow crystals give a similar amount of EXP to killing a medium-size enemy, which is equivalent to killing multiple small enemies.
The higher your shot level, the larger the EXP bar gets, and the more EXP you must collect to reach the next level. You will have to survive several stages without dying to reach the maximum shot level.
The diamonds next to the EXP bar indicate your current shot level. You start with one small diamond, which will grow to a medium size when you level up, then large size, then a new small diamond is added. The final power level, after three large diamonds, is indicated by one extra-large diamond. This makes ten total levels.
Bombs and Bomb Power-Ups
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.
- 1 Power-Up: Two bombs can be on screen at once.
- 2 Power-Ups:
- 3 Power-Ups:
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Fairies
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Faries are freed from certain urn-face monsters. Whens shot, these monsters will leave the screen return with a frozen fariy for you to shoot at and release.
Fairies will follow Cotton in a trailing line (similar to Gradius options) and fire fowards at enemies. When they touch to a non-boss enemy they will latch onto it and deal damage until the enemy is dead.
All fairies can be bunched together and thrown by holding and releaseing B. Faries that hit an enemy in this way will latch onto it as above.
The number of fairies you have also affects some of your spells.
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
| Item | Image | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| Bomb Power-Ups |  |
Add new properties to your bomb. |
| Teacups |   |
Award points. |
| Acorn | Dropped when a fairy is freed. Awards 3000 points. |
Rank
TB?
Stages and Loops
There are 6 full-length stages and a final stage comprising only of a boss fight.
Not including cutscenes, the playtime of the first loop of stages is approximately 29 minutes.
After completing stage 7, the player is asked if they want to "Go Extra" and can proceed to a second loop.
If the 2nd loop is completed, a different ending is played.?
Extra Lives
Scoring extends are awarded at 100,000 points, 200,000 points and...?
Scoring
| Action | Image | Points | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dealing Damage | 10 points/damage? | Awarded for damaging enemies or crystals. | |
| Destroying Enemies | Varies | Enemy point values start at 100. The first boss and midboss are worth 3000. The final boss is worth 25,000. | |
| Collect Acorn | 3,000/acorn | When a fairy is freed from an urn, it drops an acrorn straight down. | |
| Excess Magic | 500/crystal | If the player already has the maximum stock of 6 magic, 500 points are awarded when a blue or red crystal is collected. | |
| Collect Dark Teacup | |
500 points/cup (immediate) |
These items fall at the end of a level. |
| End of Stage Bonuses | |||
| Retain Magic (Magic Bonus) |
1,000 points/magic stock | This is awarded if the player has magic in stock at the end of the level. It is counted on the end-of-stage bonus screen as "Magic Bonus". | |
| Collect Light Teacup (Attack Bonus) |
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100 points/cup (at end of level) |
These items fall at the end of a stage. The score is counted on the end-of-stage bonus screen as "Attack Bonus" |
| Avoid Teacups (Special Bonus) |
20,000 points | If the player avoids the whole end-of-stage teacup attack instead of collecting any (of either colour), they will be awarded this bonus. It is counted on the end-of-stage bonus screen as "Special Bonus", which replaces "Attack Bonus". | |
| End of Loop Bonuses | |||
| Retain Lives (Cotton Bonus) |
10,000 points/life | Lives left at the end of stage 7 (including the current life) are cashed in for points. As there are not teacups on stage 7, this replaces the Attack/Special bonus on the final bonus screen, and is listed as "Cotton Bonus". | |
| Retain Magic (Magic Bonus) |
3,000 points/magic stock | As with the equivalent end-of-stage bonus, this is awarded for magic left in stock, but for a greater number of points per magic. It is counted on the final bonus screen as "Magic Bonus". | |
Strategy
See (Template Page)/Strategy for stage maps, enemy and boss descriptions, walkthroughs, and advanced play strategies.
Story
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Development History
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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
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Gallery
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Video References
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