Cotton 2: Magical Night Dreams - Revision history

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add categories

Dreamroad: /* Elemental Crystals */

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Elemental Crystals

Dreamroad: /* Magic Spells */

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Magic Spells

Dreamroad: /* Items */

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Items

Dreamroad: /* Scoring */

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Scoring

Dreamroad: /* Gameplay Overview */

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Gameplay Overview

Dreamroad: /* Scoring */

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Scoring

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Scoring

Dreamroad: /* Magic Attacks */

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Magic Attacks

Dreamroad: /* Special Moves */

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Special Moves

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 '''Yellow:''' Increases EXP.
-'''Red:''' Fire element. Decent strength, Fire seals are easy enough to manipulate for chaining and Pursuit. A solid shot type for beginners.
+'''Red:''' Fire element. Decent strength, Fire seals are easy enough to manipulate for chaining and Pursuit. A solid shot type for beginners. Magic Spell = '''Fire Dragon''' (sends a dragon out directly in front of you. Good damage, but narrow attack range.)
-'''Green:''' Wind element. Slightly weaker than the other shot types, but the shots pass through terrain, and have homing capabilities to boot. Wind seals float slowly upward through the air, plus the seal retreats towards you when you shoot it, making it ideal for Pursuit. On the downside, Wind seals expire almost immediately upon touching terrain, so chaining can be tricky during certain sections.
+'''Green:''' Wind element. A bit weaker than the other shot types, but the shots pass through terrain, and have homing capabilities to boot. Wind seals float slowly upward through the air, plus the seal retreats towards you when you shoot it, making it ideal for Pursuit. On the downside, Wind seals expire almost immediately upon touching terrain, so chaining can be tricky during certain sections. Magic Spell = '''Tornado''' (sends a tornado out directly in front of you. Decent damage, excellent range.)
-'''Blue:''' Ice element. Shots reflect off of walls, Ice seals are arguably the best for chaining, pretty good for Pursuit, an excellent shot type all around. Only negative is that the Ice seal plummets quickly when it's not in the process of being chained/Pursued, which can be particularly dangerous when above open terrain.
+'''Blue:''' Ice element. Shots reflect off of walls, Ice seals are arguably the best for chaining, very good for Pursuit, an excellent shot type all around. Only negative is that the Ice seal plummets quickly when it's not in the process of being chained/Pursued, which can be particularly dangerous when above open terrain. Magic Spell = '''Ice Storm''' (sends huge pillars of ice out at multiple angles. Good damage, excellent range.)
-'''White:''' Light element. Strongest shot in the game, but the properties of Light seals don't lend themselves to chaining or Pursuit very well. Note that White Crystals are unavailable until Stage 6, or until you use a continue.
+'''White:''' Light element. Strongest shot in the game, but the properties of Light seals don't lend themselves to chaining or Pursuit very well. Note that White Crystals are unavailable until Stage 6, or until you use a continue. Magic Spell: '''Flash''' (small beams of light shine all around in front of you, before coalescing into one ultra-damaging beam. Excellent damage, excellent range.)
 === Items ===

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	'''↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ↖ ↑ ↓ ＋ ABC:''' Final Comet Attack. Suicide command. Amusing, but no real utility.		'''↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ↖ ↑ ↓ ＋ ABC:''' Final Comet Attack. Suicide command. Amusing, but no real utility.
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−	~~=== Magic Spells ===~~
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−	~~'''Fire Dragon:''' Fire element's magic spell. Sends a dragon out directly in front of you. Good damage, but narrow attack range.~~
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−	~~'''Tornado:''' Wind element's magic spell. Sends a tornado out directly in front of you. Good damage, excellent range.~~
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−	~~'''Ice Storm:''' Ice element's magic spell. Sends icicles out at multiple angles. Good damage, excellent range.~~
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−	~~'''Flash:''' Light element's magic spell. Also known as The Laser Light Show of Doom™. Strongest spell in the game, excellent range.~~

	=== Characters ===		=== Characters ===

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 * '''Bubble Willow:''' Grants points and EXP. Obtained by throwing a sealed enemy into another enemy. The larger the chain, the larger the bubble.
 * '''Recovery Willow:''' Restores health. Obtained by shooting a sealed enemy (i.e., a ''Pursuit''). The more consecutive shots/Pursuits on a single seal, the larger the Willow - and thus more health restored. Each time you collect health, the amount of shots needed to spawn the next Recovery Willow increases by 4.
-* '''Tea (white):''' Restores health and grants small EXP. Available at the end-of-stage bonus.
+* '''Tea (white):''' Restores health and grants small EXP. Available during the Tea Time bonus stages.
-* '''Tea (red):''' Restores more health and EXP than the white Teacups. Available at the end-of-stage bonus.
+* '''Tea (red):''' Restores more health and EXP than the white Teacups. Available during the Tea Time bonus stages.
-Shooting teacups will yield points and EXP, but not health. Teacups will bounce off of Cotton/Appli's Bombs, a fact that can be exploited for the secret end-of-stage bonuses.
+Shooting teacups will yield points and EXP, but not health. Teacups will bounce off of Cotton/Appli's Bombs, a fact that can be exploited to easily attain the Secret Bonus.
 === Rank ===

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 '''''End-of-stage Bonuses'''''
-'''Magic Bonus:''' # of Elemental Crystals in stock x 5000
+'''Magic Bonus:''' # of Magic Crystals in stock x 5000
-'''Attack Bonus:''' # of teacups collected during Tea Time x 500
+'''Attack Bonus:''' # of Teacups collected x 500
 '''Technical Bonus:''' (# of enemies sealed during the stage x 2) x 500
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 '''Secret Bonus*:''' (Stage # x 10000) + 40000
-''* Attained by dodging every tea cup during the Tea Time bonus round''
+''* Attained by dodging every Teacup during the Tea Time bonus round''
 == Strategy ==

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 '''Cotton 2''' is a horizontal scrolling game that utlizes three buttons. Combinations of directional inputs and button presses perform special moves that are crucial to play the game. In the '''Sega Saturn''' port, you can assign these attacks to single button presses and bypass the command-inputs entirely.
-These special attacks allow you to magically 'seal' enemies, encasing them in a bubble that can be then thrown into more enemies, which in turn seals them (and starting a ''Chain''). Magic spells tend to do more damage than your regular shot and are crucial to the games' scoring system.
+These special attacks allow you to magically 'seal' enemies, encasing them in a bubble that can be then thrown into more enemies, which in turn seals them (and starting a ''Chain''). Command shots tend to do more damage than your regular shot and are crucial to the games' scoring system.
-Like its predecessor, Cotton 2 utilizes an experience point system to power up your main shot, with a maximum level of 5. You gain experience by collecting either bubbles from sealed enemies, yellow crystals from enemy formations, or from tea cups dropped during the end-of-stage bonus rounds.
+Like its predecessor, Cotton 2 utilizes an experience point system to power up your main shot, with a maximum level of 5. You gain experience by collecting either bubbles from sealed enemies, yellow crystals from enemy formations, or from tea cups dropped during the Tea Time bonus rounds.
 Unlike its predecessor, Cotton 2 introduces a health bar and no extra lives by default (you can add them in the dip switches on the arcade or the options menu in the Saturn port). Your health can be refilled by collecting red bubbles gained by repeatedly shooting sealed enemies.
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 === Controls ===
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-* '''A:''' Fires your main shot. The type of shot you have is determined by the elemental crystal you currently have equipped. If none are in stock, you fire a neutral bullet. When combined with certain directional inputs, special attacks are triggered.
+* '''A (Press):''' Fires your main shot. The type of shot you have is determined by the elemental crystal you currently have equipped. If none are in stock, you fire a neutral bullet. When combined with certain directional inputs, special attacks are triggered.
 * '''B (Press):''' Allows you to grab magic seals and normal enemies. Once held, pressing the B button will launch the enemy forward. Smaller enemies are easier to throw than larger ones.
 * '''B (Hold):''' Holds out an enemy in front of you. If you hold out a sealed enemy and let go of the B button, you will drop the seal without throwing it.
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 === Special Moves ===
-'''→ ← ＋ A:''' Tornado Shot. A piercing straight-forward shot, does solid damage.
+'''← → ＋ A:''' Tornado Shot. A piercing straight-forward shot, does solid damage.
-'''← → ＋ A:''' Wide Shot. A three-way spread shot that fires frontwards, does solid damage.
+'''→ ← ＋ A:''' Wide Shot. A three-way spread shot that fires frontwards, does solid damage.
 '''→ ↗ ↑ ＋ A:''' Upward Side Shot. A four-way spread shot that fires upwards at a 90° angle, does excellent damage.
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 '''Blue:''' Ice element. Shots reflect off of walls, Ice seals are arguably the best for chaining, pretty good for Pursuit, an excellent shot type all around. Only negative is that the Ice seal plummets quickly when it's not in the process of being chained/Pursued, which can be particularly dangerous when above open terrain.
-'''Clear:''' Light element. Strongest shot in the game, but the properties of Light seals don't lend themselves to chaining or Pursuit very well. Note that Clear Crystals are unavailable until Stage 6, or you use a continue.
+'''White:''' Light element. Strongest shot in the game, but the properties of Light seals don't lend themselves to chaining or Pursuit very well. Note that White Crystals are unavailable until Stage 6, or until you use a continue.
 === Items ===

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 === Scoring ===
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-This section should cover a general breakdown of the scoring system of the game. Feel free to put the meat and potatoes here. A great example of a scoring section is the ''[[DoDonPachi]]'' page.
+'''''Enemy Values'''''
 == Strategy ==

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 '''↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ↖ ↑  ↓ ＋ ABC:''' Final Comet Attack. Suicide command. Amusing, but no real utility.
-=== Magic Attacks ===
+=== Magic Spells ===
-'''Fire Dragon:''' Fire element's magic attack. Sends a dragon out directly in front of you. Good damage, but narrow attack range.
+'''Fire Dragon:''' Fire element's magic spell. Sends a dragon out directly in front of you. Good damage, but narrow attack range.
-'''Tornado:''' Wind element's magic attack. Sends a tornado out directly in front of you. Good damage, excellent range.
+'''Tornado:''' Wind element's magic spell. Sends a tornado out directly in front of you. Good damage, excellent range.
-'''Ice Storm:''' Ice element's magic attack. Sends icicles out at multiple angles. Good damage, excellent range.
+'''Ice Storm:''' Ice element's magic spell. Sends icicles out at multiple angles. Good damage, excellent range.
-'''Flash:''' Light element's magic attack. Also known as The Laser Light Show of Doom™. Strongest magic attack in the game, excellent range.
+'''Flash:''' Light element's magic spell. Also known as The Laser Light Show of Doom™. Strongest spell in the game, excellent range.
 === Characters ===

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 '''← → ＋ A:''' Wide Shot. A three-way spread shot that fires frontwards, does solid damage.
-'''→ ↗ ↑ ＋ A:''' Side Shot (upward.) A four-way spread shot that fires from 3 o'clock to 12 o'clock, does excellent damage.
+'''→ ↗ ↑ ＋ A:''' Upward Side Shot. A four-way spread shot that fires upwards at a 90° angle, does excellent damage.
-'''→ ↘ ↓ ＋ A:''' Side Shot (downward.) A four-way spread shot that fires from 3 o'clock to 6 o'clock, does excellent damage.
+'''→ ↘ ↓ ＋ A:''' Downward Side Shot. A four-way spread shot that fires downwards at a 90° angle, does excellent damage.
-'''→ →/← ←/↓ ↓/↑ ↑ ＋ A:''' Bomb. The directional input dictates the arc it travels outward at. They're able to be stacked indefinitely (by repeatedly launching them into one another,) quite useful for attaining the secret bonus during Tea Time. Deceptively high damage.
+'''→ →/← ←/↓ ↓/↑ ↑ ＋ A:''' Bomb. The directional input dictates the arc it travels outward at. They're able to be inflated (by repeatedly launching them into one another,) making them quite useful for attaining the secret bonus during Tea Time. More damaging than one might expect.
 '''→ → ← ＋ B:''' Detach (or re-attach) your familiar. Makes a slight difference in speed.
-'''→ ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ＋ B:''' Rolling Catch. A grab that simultaneously seals the enemy, same as a command shot would.
+'''→ ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ＋ B:''' Rolling Catch. A grab that simultaneously seals the enemy. Not particularly useful when command shots and bombs exist.
-'''→ ← → ← ＋ C:''' Magic Discard. Disposes of your currently equipped magic attribute, without having to use a magic spell.
+'''← → ← → ＋ C:''' Magic Discard. Disposes of your currently equipped magic attribute without having to use a magic spell.
-'''→ ← ＋ A ← → ＋ A → ↗ ↑ ＋ A:''' Final Mirage Shot. A command shot combo that fires off a Tornado Shot, Wide Shot, and Side Shot all in rapid succession. Deals major damage, but the timing is quite strict.
+'''← → ＋ A ← ＋ A → ↘ ↓ ＋ A:''' Final Mirage Shot. A command shot 'combo' of sorts; it fires off a Tornado Shot, Wide Shot, and Double Side Shot all in rapid succession. Capable of taking out bosses within a matter of seconds.
 '''↑ ↗ → ↘ ↓ ↙ ← ↖ ↑  ↓ ＋ ABC:''' Final Comet Attack. Suicide command. Amusing, but no real utility.