Catalogue No. - T-9906G

Cotton Boomerang is more of an update of Cotton 2 than a new game but what an update it is ! The game now features a lovely high resolution introduction as well as loads of high resolution pictures between levels. There's even a high resolution gallery mode ! Presentation is much nicer in this title, not that the original was bad just that this one is so much better. Success have also given the controls a work over resulting in a much easier to use control system. Out of the 3 options available I prefer the X,Y,Z buttons as rapid fire buttons while A, B, C are standard. This basically allows your character to shoot like crazy while you can still pick up and throw items or enemies around the screen. There is no limit to the specials either ! All attacks are the same as Cotton 2, but now to let out a special attack you just hold down the normal fire button for a few seconds to charge the attack then let go. You can do this as much as you like. Where the bomb (Special attack) button was on Cotton 2 is now a character select button. Yes, that's right, in Cotton Boomerang you can select up to 3 players to choose from. These can be powered up individually throughout the game but be careful how many times you select between the 3 players because you are limited. If all 3 players die (no energy bar in this game unlike Cotton 2) then it's game over. Think of them as lives. A nice little bonus is that every time you do change your player a smart bomb like effect is released. Selectable characters are 3 versions of Cotton, 3 versions of Appli, Needle (Appli's hat) and Silk the fairy that follows Cotton about.

The playability in Cotton Boomerang is far more fast paced than Cotton 2 making it a more enjoyable game plus it looks better !! Yeah, the levels are all based around Cotton 2's levels but now they've been given a face lift even though they didn't really need one but they got one anyway. Actually this is a bonus because now there are even more sprite rotation tricks and multi layer transparencies ! Defiantly a feast for the eyes and one to show just what a powerful 2D beast the Saturn is.

Cotton Boomerang is the ultimate cute style shooter for the Saturn which really shows what the system can do. Plus it's the best Cotton shooter to date and yes, that does include the very poor Dreamcast version.