{"id":40573,"date":"2024-11-27T18:37:29","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=40573"},"modified":"2024-11-27T18:37:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T09:37:31","slug":"classic-arcade-shooter-cotton-to-get-ps4-and-switch-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/classic-arcade-shooter-cotton-to-get-ps4-and-switch-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Classic arcade shooter Cotton to get PS4 and Switch release\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hamster Corporation have announced that they will be bringing witchy arcade classic <strong>Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams <\/strong>to Nintendo Switch and PS4. It will be released on both platforms on November 28 under the name \u201cArcade Archives FANTASTIC NIGHT DREAMS COTTOn.\u201d According to Hamster\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hamster.co.jp\/american_hamster\/arcadearchives\/cotton.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official page<\/a>, the options menu and manual are available in Japanese, English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Arcade Archives FANTASTIC NIGHT DREAMS COTTOn\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D5gd0MOIAG8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally released in arcades back in 1991 by Japanese game developer Success Corporation, Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams is the first in the long-running series of shoot-em up games in which you take control of Cotton, a cute witch riding a broomstick. Players must fly Cotton through various fantastical worlds, shooting spells at any enemies that bar her way.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"893\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241127-40573-001.jpeg\" alt=\"Cotton: Fantastic Night Dreams\" class=\"wp-image-40579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241127-40573-001.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241127-40573-001-380x283.jpeg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/20241127-40573-001-768x572.jpeg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainbow Cotton, a remake of the 2000 game in the series, came out on current gen consoles last year. 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