Cotton Reboot!

Cotton released in 1991 and it's back 30 years later in a newly arranged Reboot so scarf down some candies and get ready to shoot.

The Cotton franchise is a series of shoot ’em ups (often called cute ’em ups due to their kawaii presentation) developed by Success, with a history spanning over thirty years and a crap ton of console and computer releases, more often than not limited to Japan, even though it has always been quite famous on the import scene. I never understood the reasoning behind almost all of its games being limited to the East: we love shoot ’em ups, especially the more accessible ones like these, an...

If you're a fan of scrolling shooters, don't overlook this remake of Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams as I originally did. Cotton Reboot! is a game worthy of its titular exclamation mark.Read More

If you’re an ardent shoot ’em up fan, there’s no doubt that Cotton Reboot! is an attractive proposition. And if you’re the type that will replay it countless times in order to master its stages and claim a spot at the top of the online leaderboards, the price probably shouldn’t put you off. The fact remains that there are plenty of shoot ’em ups available that are just as good if not better, however, and many of them are cheaper. So, unless you’re chomping at the bit to play it, you might want to wait for it to go on sale.

Cotton Reboot! updates and aims to improve upon 1991’s Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams. It does so most apparently by updating the visuals throughout, with new

Cotton Reboot revives a weird 90s shoot 'em up that's quite fun to revisit. However, it doesn't go far enough to justify the price. The remaster is decent, if not as good looking as it could be, and the game can be finished in an hour. There were sequels to Cotton that could've been remastered and included to justify the £35 price tag, but as it is, this is just the first game.