Line #30 VideoGame/Cocoron


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3	''Cocoron'' is a Platform/NintendoEntertainmentSystem game released in 1991 by Takeru Entertainment.
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5	You are brought into a world of dreams by a [[FunnyAnimal Dancing Tapir]] named [[ADogNamedDog Tapir]], who bills himself as a wizard who creates dreams for people. Creating an adventurous dream, he informs you that [[DistressedDamsel Princess Rua]] has been kidnapped by Evil Forces, and you, being the hero, are the only one who can save her, and that you can [[CharacterCustomization take any form your heart desires]] in order to do so. However, what starts as a simple SaveThePrincess Plot becomes a lot more once you realize the truth of the dream world...
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8	!!This Game Contains Examples of:
9	* AllJustADream: Well, the game DOES take place in a Dream World...
10	* AmbidextrousSprite: Not just for characters and enemies, but attacks as well.
11	* {{Backtracking}}: You have to travel between each of the different areas several times, exploring all the paths so that [[spoiler: you can check the giant egg on each one]].
12	* {{Baku}}: Tapir fits a good few of the high notes, but he's a benevolent mage who creates adventurous dreams for people. [[spoiler: Except he actually IS Baku, and he creates dreams so he may then eat them.]]
13	* BigBad: [[spoiler:Tapir]].
14	* BottomlessPits: Common in the sky areas and the endgame.
15	* CharacterCustomization: With 24 head possibilities, 16 body possibilities, and 8 weapons, there's over 3,000 possible character combinations. On top of that, all the different heads, bodies, and weapons actually effect how the game is played, affecting how fast your character is and how many HitPoints they have.
16	* CharacterSelectForcing: Certain body types have incredibly useful/important abilities.
17	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: After defeating the Ice Dragon, Santa Claus says he will make him pull his sleigh that year's Christmas instead of Rudolph.
18	* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Dying enemies explode into stars.
19	* DefeatMeansFriendship: Harvest Moon and Flint lose interest in killing you after you defeat them and become your allies. No such luck with Titania, Ice Dragon, or the Joker, and even then neither Harvest Moon nor Flint make any additional appearances in the game.
20	* DistressedDamsel: Princess Rua, and also [[spoiler:Cocorin and Cocoron, and even your own teammates at one point.]]
21	* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Everything from armadillos to penguins.
22	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Tapir is really Baku, a dream-eating demon, and he wants to eat your dream and everyone within it.]]
23	* EvolvingWeapon: Your weapon becomes stronger as you collect power-ups.
24	* FragileSpeedster: Lightweight bodies and heads move fast and jump high, but have low HP.
25	* GlassCannon: Combining a lightweight head and body combination with a powerful weapon like the Shuriken can create one of these.
26	* ImprobableWeaponUser: There are standard weapons like [[StockNinjaWeaponry the shuriken]] and [[PrecisionGuidedBoomerang the boomerang]]. Then you have these: [[ParasolOfPain the parasol]] which is generally useless and unwieldy as it arcs upwards, [[WeaponizedBall the ball]] (which is plausible as a weapon), [[ThePenIsMightier the pencil]], [[GemstoneAssault the crystal]] (which acts like a frag grenade-type weapon), [[PetalPower the flower]] (which also acts like a grenade, but with a lingering explosion), and [[MagicMusic the melody]], which is surprisingly useful.
27	* JackOfAllStats: Certain head and body combinations allow you to play as one of these, with average HP and speed.
28	* LevelAte: The Milk Sea is filled to the brim with various dairy products.
29	* TheManBehindTheCurtain: The Ice Dragon looks like a very large and intimidating dragon, but as you damage it, its icy shell starts breaking apart to reveal a far less impressive and cute little dragon creature.
30	* MightyGlacier: Heavyweight bodies and heads have more HP, but are slower and can't jump as high.
31	* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Since there are no restrictions on what heads/bodies can combine together, all types of combinations are possible.
32	* NothingButSkulls: The area near Trump Castle.
33	* PointOfNoReturn: With the game's autosaving feature, once you've rescued the Princess and go to the Endgame, there's no turning back except by starting a new game.
34	* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: One of your available weapons. Once fully upgraded, you can toss three at a time, forward, and up and down in the same diagonal direction.
35	* SantaClaus: Has been frozen in a block of ice by the evil Ice Dragon. We did mention that this is a [[{{Wackyland}} dream world]], right?
36	* SecondaryCharacterTitle: Strangely, the game is named after neither you or the princess you're trying to save. It's named after Cocoron, a fairy-like child who is ''also'' a captive. You don't even see him until the end; instead being advised by his brother Cocorin.
37	* ShoutOut:
38	** One of the Jet bodies looks just like Manga/AstroBoy.
39	** One of the heads looks like a Franchise/{{Gundam}}.
40	** The Cyborg body is from ''Manga/Cyborg009''. Hell, if you combine it with the Hero head, the result looks eerily like Joe Shimamura.
41	* TreacherousAdvisor: Tapir introduces himself as a wizard from the dream world who creates dreams for people, and sets you on your quest to save Princess Rua as such. [[spoiler:The truth of the matter, as Rua explains once rescued, is that Tapir is really a dream-devouring Baku who eats dreams rather then creating them, and after all the adventuring you've done, he's got his hungry sights set on the dream you're dreaming.]]
42	* UnmovingPlaid: The spots on Tapir's pajamas barely move when he does his little spin animation.

Context VideoGame / Cocoron