COTTOn Rock'n'Roll -SUPERLATIVE NIGHT DREAMS-

Cotton Rock 'n' Roll: Superlative Night Dreams is a scrolling shooter video game originally released in Japanese arcades in 2021 and in global arcades in February 2022. It was ported to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 under the title "Cotton Fantasy" in the west. A PC version was later released, reverting to the original Rock 'n' Roll title. The sixth installment in the Cotton franchise, it is a follow-up to Rainbow Cotton and the first main entry of the series in over 20 years. In the game, players assume the role of young witch Cotton or any of the six additional characters, each one having their own gameplay style, on a quest to defeat enemies and bosses to retrieve "Willow" candy for Fairyland from Tacoot, Game's Antagonist. The arcade release used the ALL.Net P-ras MULTI Ver.3 hardware in Japan and exA-Arcadia outside of Japan. Cotton Rock 'n' Roll was co-developed by Success and Studio Saizensen, known for their work on the Umihara Kawase series, being directed by Toshinobu Kondo and produced by Shinya Nagatomo. Nagatomo felt it was important to revive the Cotton franchise, as no one at Success were making games with the IP, and submitted a proposal for its revival during a call for projects within the company. The team sought to appeal to both casual and hardcore players and maintain the series' essence. Nagatomo wanted to include gameplay systems from past shoot 'em ups by Success via guest characters, while characters from past Studio Saizensen releases were also included, to portray it as an all-star festival. It garnered generally favorable reception from critics. A sequel was announced by Success during the 2023 Tokyo Game Show. Titled Cotton Rock with You: Oriental Night Dreams, the game is scheduled to be released in Japan on August 6, 2026.