Cocoron
Is a 1991 action-platform video game developed by K2 and published by Sur Dé Wave for the Family Computer. It was the final game to be developed by Akira Kitamura, creator of the Mega Man series at Capcom, before his retirement until 2024. A version for the PC Engine was announced, but was not released.
Cocoron
- Date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Takeru
- Genre
- platformer
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Is a 1991 action-platform video game developed by K2 and published by Sur Dé Wave for the Family Computer. It was the final game to be developed by Akira Kitamura, creator of the Mega Man series at Capcom, before his retirement until 2024. A version for the PC Engine was announced, but was not released.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Cocoron • Developer — K2 • Publisher — Sur Dé Wave • Director — Akira Kitamura • Programmer — Akihito Ohta Tsukasa Chibana • Artist — Kiyoshi Utata Shinichi Yoshimoto Takehiko Tamada • Composer — Takashi Tateishi Yoshiji Yokoyama • Platforms — Family Computer • Genre — Platform • Modes — Single-player
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot Cocoron is a side-scrolling action game. It features full character customization, allowing players to build a character from a toy box filled with spare parts.
Development
Development
Cocoron was directed by Akira Kitamura, who had previously designed the character Mega Man. Kitamura had left Capcom to form the company Takeru. The score was created by Takashi Tateishi, who also did the music to Mega Man 2. According to Tateishi, Kitamura requested "more cutesy" music for the game than previous titles. The artist for the game was Takashi "Utata Kiyoshi" Kogure. Capcom wanted to release Mega Man 3 to market before Cocoron, and they refused to delay the title despite internal problems of production.
Release
Release
The game was released in Japan on May 3, 1991. A port of the game to the PC Engine, titled PC Cocoron was announced, and was previewed in various magazines, including Weekly Famitsu, and Console Plus #28. Ultimately however, it was not released, and a copy of PC Cocoron is in the possession of the Game Preservation Society.
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Cocoron is associated with Japan.
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Reception
Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu had its four reviewers score the game 7, 6, 7, and 7. Family Computer Magazine readers voted to give it a 19.7 out of 30 score.
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- 1.ココロン [ファミコン] / ファミ通.com. www.famitsu.com.
- 2.Isao, Yamazaki. Famicom Complete Guide. Shufunotomoinfosu. 175. 2016. 9784074176397.
- 3.Broke in Tokyo: Retro Game Shopping on a Weak Dollar. WIRED.
- 4.Playing With Power: Great Ideas That Have Changed Gaming Forever from 1UP.com. 17 June 2006.
- 5.【5月3日のレトロゲーム】今日はFC『ココロン』の発売28周年！. Gamedrive. 2019-05-03.
- 6."東京ゲームタクト2018"が5月4日・5日に開催決定、出演者第1弾を発表 - ファミ通.com. ファミ通.com. 15 March 2018.
- 7.Takashi Tateishi. Brave Wave Productions.
- 8.Game Area 51. Utata Kiyoshi Artdot Works. 138–141. 2011.
- 9.GameSetWatch Osman, Little Samson Feature in Utata Kiyoshi Artdot Works. www.gamesetwatch.com.
- 10.Pane, Salvatore. How Mega Man Survived Its Creator Leaving Capcom. Kotaku.com. Kotaku.
- 11.Szczepaniak, John. The Untold History of Japanese Video Game Developers. SMG Szczepaniak. August 4, 2014. 978-0992926021.
- 12.New Game Special Part I. Weekly Famitsu. 160/161. 30–31. January 10, 1992.
- 13.Le Japan en Direct. Console Plus. 28. 22. January 1994.
- 14.Famibo, Tofuya. 新作ゲームクロスレビュー. Famitsu. ASCII Corporation. 131. May 17, 1991.
- 15.Tezuka, Ichirō. TV Game Broad-Way FC: ココロン. JICC Publishing Bureau. 6. 30. June 4, 1991.
- 16.Tokuma Shoten Intermedia. 超絶 大技林 '98年春版: ファミコン - ココロン. PlayStation Magazine. 42. 50. 15 April 1998.
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