At first, you have to choose three of the eight possible characters: three variants of Cotton, three variants of App, the Silk Fairy or the Magic App Hat, Needle (tribute to the witch hat that speaks in the manga / animated film of Go Nagai Dororon Enma-kun). Each character has a theme as one of three elements. You can not change them with crystals anymore. They all have shooting patterns and totally unique attacks. You are now also free to use your magic spells as often as you like, by holding down the fire button, which gives you more firepower. However, the villains also attack with more bullets, and the stages have been rearranged with different dispositions and enemy patterns