Cocoron

Short description: 1991 video game

Cocoron

Famicom box artwork

Developer(s)| K2
Publisher(s)| Sur Dé Wave
Director(s)| Akira Kitamura
Programmer(s)| Akihito Ohta
Tsukasa Chibana
Artist(s)| Kiyoshi Utata
Shinichi Yoshimoto
Takehiko Tamada
Composer(s)| Takashi Tateishi
Yoshiji Yokoyama
Platform(s)| Family Computer
Release|

* JP: May 3, 1991

Genre(s)| Platform
Mode(s)| Single-player

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. is a 1991 action-platform video game developed by K2 and published by Sur Dé Wave for the Family Computer.[1][2] 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.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Development
* 3 Release
* 4 Reception
* 5 Notes
* 6 References
* 7 External links

## Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

Cocoron is a side-scrolling action game.[2][3] It features full character customization, allowing players to build a character from a toy box filled with spare parts.[4]

## Development

Cocoron was directed by Akira Kitamura, who had previously designed the character Mega Man.[5] 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.[6] According to Tateishi, Kitamura requested "more cutesy" music for the game than previous titles.[7] The artist for the game was Takashi "Utata Kiyoshi" Kogure.[8][9]

## Release

The game was released in Japan on May 3, 1991.[10][2]

A port of the game to the PC Engine, titled PC Cocoron was announced,[11] and was previewed in various magazines, including Weekly Famitsu,[12] and Console Plus #28.[13] Ultimately however, it was not released, and a copy of PC Cocoron is in the possession of the Game Preservation Society.[11]

## Reception

Reception

| Review scores

Publication| Score
Famitsu| 7/10, 6/10, 7/10, 6/10[10]
Hippon Super!| 8/10[14]

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu had its four reviewers score the game 7, 6, 7, and 7.[10]

Family Computer Magazine readers voted to give it a 19.7 out of 30 score.[15]

## Notes

## References

1. ↑ "ココロン [ファミコン / ファミ通.com"]. https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?a=page_h_title&title_id=19640.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Isao, Yamazaki (2016). Famicom Complete Guide. Tōkyō: Shufunotomoinfosu. pp. 175. ISBN 9784074176397. OCLC 967284999.
3. ↑ "Broke in Tokyo: Retro Game Shopping on a Weak Dollar" (in en-US). WIRED. https://www.wired.com/2011/10/broke-in-tokyo-2011/. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
4. ↑ "Playing With Power: Great Ideas That Have Changed Gaming Forever from 1UP.com". 17 June 2006. http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=1&cId=3151392.
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. https://gamedrive.jp/news/1556873402.
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" (in ja). 15 March 2018. https://www.famitsu.com/news/201803/15153686.html.
7. ↑ "Takashi Tateishi" (in en-US). http://www.bravewave.net/interviews/takashi-tateishi.
8. ↑ (in ja) Utata Kiyoshi Artdot Works. Japan: Game Area 51. 2011. pp. 138–141.
9. ↑ "GameSetWatch Osman, Little Samson Feature in Utata Kiyoshi Artdot Works". http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/06/osman_little_samson_feature_in.php.
10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Famibo, Tofuya; Mizuno, Tenchou; Morishita, Moriko; TACO•X (May 17, 1991). "新作ゲームクロスレビュー". Famitsu (ASCII Corporation) (131).
11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Szczepaniak, John (August 4, 2014). The Untold History of Japanese Video Game Developers. SMG Szczepaniak. ISBN 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. ↑ Tezuka, Ichirō (June 4, 1991). "TV Game Broad-Way FC: ココロン" (in ja). Hippon Super! (ja) (JICC Publishing Bureau) 6 (6): 30. https://archive.org/details/hippon-super-june-1991-06-600dpi-ozidual/Hippon Super 1991 06 (J OCR)/page/n31/mode/1up.
15. ↑ (in ja) 超絶 大技林 '98年春版: ファミコン - ココロン (Special). 42. Tokuma Shoten Intermedia. 15 April 1998. p. 50. ASIN B00J16900U.

## External links

* Cocoron at GameFAQs
* Cocoron at Giant Bomb
* Cocoron at MobyGames

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