Rainbow Cotton

Oh dear, I do believe I have the vapors. This page contains content that is not safe for work or other locations with the potential for personal embarrassment. Such as: Somewhat suggestive loading screen of a Japanese woman.

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Rainbow Cotton is the first game of the series to explore real-time 3D and fully animated cutscenes with the game now using a multiple path-based rail shooter system. In this game, Cotton goes on what can charitably be called an adventure for Willows, but realistically can be described as a killing spree.

Hidden Wallpapers#

By inserting the CD in a computer, there is an EXTRA folder where you can access several wallpapers in JPG format. Notably, all copyrights are 1999, suggesting that the 2000 date on the title screen was a late modification. This lines up with the GD-ROM header of the game, giving a master date of December 1, 1999.

0GDTEX.PVR/Unused Run Mode#

Most Dreamcast games reserve a texture for when the player doesn't start the game and instead plays the game as an audio CD. This unassuming texture wouldn't be of note, if it wasn't for the specific 3D image of Cotton used. This image of Cotton running is only used once in the actual game (it's in one of the hard-to-see loading screens, seen here).

It was initially assumed to be just a regular pose, but this is actually a leftover from when Cotton was initially going to run on foot a la Sin and Punishment. Remnants of said mode have since been discovered by Andreas Scholl, one of the developers for the 2024 remaster. According to Scholl, the run mode was first discovered by him during the development of the remaster.

Additionally, some Dreamcast games have special warnings for the player after playing the disc as an audio CD. This leads us to...

CD Warning Track#

If placed into a CD player, the disc will play the below audio skit featuring most of the game's voice actors. Unusually, it lasts three minutes.

Unused Loading Screen#

Hidden in the archive LOAD00.PVM is a photo of Japanese actress Yūka in lingerie, with the standard loading screen text. Likely a placeholder image that the devs forgot to remove.

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