Shadow of the Colossus

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As a lone horseback traveller, your destiny is entwined with that of a lifeless young girl who lies on an altar within a vast temple. The girl is helpless, her soul has been lost and there is only one way to retrieve it...

Format: PlayStation 2

Release 17 Feb 2006

Developer: SCEJ

Publisher: SCEE

Players: 1

PEGI Rating: 12

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Shadow of the Colossus Q&A Feature

Jon Wilcox

11/11/2005

TVG talks to Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido about their forthcoming ICO follow-up...

Shadow of the Colossus is the follow-up title from SCEIâs Fumito Ueda whoâs previous title ICO is still renowned the world over. Though not a sequel to the 2001 title, Colossus does retain an awesome beauty rarely seen in a videogame with massive Colossi and grand landscapes that fill the screen. Recently we sat down with Ueda-san and Project Manager Kenji Kaido to discuss Shadow of the Colossus as well as its predecessorâ¦

You said that you wanted Shadow of the Colossus to appeal more than ICO, how do you think you've faired?

We think that we're faired the same, it hasn't changed.

Was it always the intention just to focus on the Colossi or was there more to it?

I don't play complicated games and was wondering whether there were others like that. I do like to play Burnout but that's because it's a game that we cannot make. I like to make games composed in reality.

You have both commented that everything that you wanted for ICO has been accomplished; is this the same for Shadow of the Colossus or there more of a story yet to be explored in the form of a sequel?

ICO occurs in a small environment and we felt that we had finished the product. There may have been faults in the game but we wouldn't go back since a sequel could never live up to the original. It's the same with Shadow of the Colossus.

4. Do you know want to move on from the ICO & Shadow of the Colossus universes?

There are possibilities and we have many ideas for the next game. At the moment we're concentrating on the European version of Shadow of the Colossus. New features for Europe are currently under consideration; at the moment the PAL version will be full screen and will be translated into five languages.

ICO is being re-released to coincide with Shadow of the Colossus in Europe; do you believe that the popularity of Shadow of the Colossus will help spread the popularity of ICO this time around? Was ICO ahead of its time and appreciated in 2005 than 2001?

To have re-released will be great; ICO has been released in Japan as a 'Best Edition' and went on to sell a further one hundred thousand copies. Whether it was ahead of its time in 2001?, maybe, but it represented a new strategy in gaming which takes time to spread.

Both ICO & Shadow of the Colossus are unique (especially in the Western territories); was it always the intention to do that?

Yes it was intended. The structure of telling a story in a game is normally a sequence of gameplay and cutscene. We're still looking for a way to better this.

Does music play a part in the experience of Shadow of the Colossus and was it deliberately considered

The composer of Shadow of the Colossus usually works on PopStars in Japan and has composed music for both movies and TV in Japan. We donât develop a game by bringing large documents, rather we make a pilot movie and movie soundtracks form part of this.

The word 'Colossus' is steeped in myth; where did you draw your inspiration for the Colossi?

For the Colossi we wanted to use elements not used in videogame monsters before. In Shadow of the Colossus we based their design on architecture and industrial forms.

TVG would like to thank Fumito Ueda and Kenji Kaido for answering our questions; Shadow of the Colossus is released in the first quarter of 2006 on PlayStation2. ICO will be re-released in the same period and weâll have more on the Colossi shortlyâ¦

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Anonymous

Date Added:Thu 12th Jun 2008 01:21

Shadow of the Colossus exhibits the potential for a video game to be a great work of art. All the extraneous is removed. It is very poetic. I love that it ends in tragedy. Unlike traditional Hollywood, Japan understands that a story can end in a w... [ Read full comment... ]

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Anonymous

Date Added:Tue 27th May 2008 04:19

i loved this game for the PS2.. too bad there wont be part 2 for the ps3.. i cant imagine how good it would look like with the ps3 graphics..

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Icon Of Sin

Date Added:Thu 25th Oct 2007 01:52

i think there should be more then one ending. by the way how the hell did Argo survive that fall well i was glad that Argo was still alive.p.s
if your going to make "Shadow Of The Colossus 2" you should set the game when Wanda's back to t... [ Read full comment... ]

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Anonymous

Date Added:Fri 27th Jul 2007 21:55

Why did you make him turn into a baby I loved the game but it pissed me off so much I do all that so the chick can just carry me around I wanted them to get back together for some lovin

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Anonymous

Date Added:Sun 27th May 2007 22:21

one must understand japaneese folklore to understand the game. ICO is a rich bloodline of evil doers, but as the same its being weeded out...So by the time it gets to ICO, his linage is already purified!! Again japanese folklore! As for the aka wande... [ Read full comment... ]

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Anonymous

Date Added:Fri 4th May 2007 00:57

i meant to say totally kicked ass, sorry ive been playing oblivion for about 3 weeks strait.

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Anonymous

Date Added:Fri 4th May 2007 00:55

my whole point to that was that wander is not the boy from ICO. the ICO story took place hundreds of years later therefore it is not a prequel just a related story of the origin of the ICO religon.

p.s. best series ever! and the ending made perfec... [ Read full comment... ]

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Anonymous

Date Added:Fri 4th May 2007 00:42

shadow isnt actually a prequel to ICO, it just explains the basis of how the worlds religion came to be. wander is not reborn into the boy from ICO, he is just one of his great great great great(how ever many statues there are in ICO is how many grea... [ Read full comment... ]

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Anonymous

Date Added:Sat 28th Apr 2007 15:31

if there was such a game or the ps3, id be out on it all the time,
bst game iv ever played,
ico and s.o.t.c. was fab, five stars,
the end was a little funny, but there is the secret garden to find,

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Anonymous

Date Added:Fri 27th Apr 2007 22:38

You's!!!!
Shadow of the Colossus is a prequel to Ico.
Also the ending to shadow was so sad, it wouldve been better if they'd have got the 2 lovers back together.

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