Cocoron

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]

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]

Capcom wanted to release Mega Man 3 to market before Cocoron, and they refused to delay the title despite internal problems of production.^{[citation needed]}

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]

Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu had its four reviewers gave it a score of 2give it a 7, 6, 7, and 7 out of ten each.^[10]

Family Computer Magazine readers voted to give it a 19.7 out of 30 score.^[14]