10 years in the past it was typical knowledge that hottest Japanese video games would by no means come to PC. Quick ahead to now, and never solely is it uncommon for a Japanese recreation to skip PC, however we’re getting deep cuts from the again catalogue too. Living proof: Rainbow Cotton was a Sega Dreamcast unique when it was launched in 2000, and never solely that, it was by no means launched exterior of Japan. Oh, and it reviewed fairly poorly too. Hardly a recreation you’d anticipate to get the remaster remedy in 2023, however by no means thoughts: now it is hitting Steam.
Rainbow Cotton is a 3D rail shooter belonging to the Cotton sequence, which has been quietly reanimated of late: 1991’s Cotton: Improbable Night time Desires—a sidescrolling shooter—was reissued on Steam in 2021, and a model new recreation within the sequence, borrowing from the sidescrolling format, launched earlier this 12 months. So do not go saying the Cotton sequence has been unduly uncared for! Rainbow Cotton was the final Cotton recreation, except you depend Magical Pachinko Cotton, which was a Pachinko which additionally got here to PlayStation 2.
So Cotton fanatics are consuming effectively of late. The remaster is dealt with by Inin video games, which was additionally answerable for bringing the opposite most up-to-date Cotton video games to Steam, along with, for instance, Darius HD. Rainbow Cotton was the primary and solely absolutely 3D Cotton recreation, and performs like Panzer Dragoon, mainly. A fast perusal of its Wikipedia entry means that it wasn’t precisely a crucial hit: consensus suggests the controls have been unhealthy, however the general presentation was good.
It is an HD remaster, so anticipate sharper graphics, new results, and a pleasant fashionable facet ratio. There’s additionally a “Devoted Retro Mode”, which tries to simulate the ye olde Dreamcast situations, and people management woes of yore have been “enhanced” away.
The kicker is that Rainbow Cotton will not hit Steam till “spring 2024”, so you may have to attend patiently on this barren videogame panorama to defeat demons and eat sweet.
