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Ico Sequel Info
Ico was one of the original innovative games for the Playstation 2, and the sequel is finally nearing its release date. Games.Kikizo.com (via Blues) has an interview, screenshots, and details on the upcoming title. From the article: "There's a young man on a horse, with a girl. You can see that she's unconscious, and this is because she has lost her soul. He takes her to a temple-like area that exists at World's End. He is trying to revive her and recover her soul. In order to do that, he has to defeat the Colossi."
So I'm an asshole...
Not bad at all. But I would like to see the franchise survive and expand, and since the first one flopped so badly (to my surprise), I'm not averse to it taking a chance and changing the formula a bit to attract new fans.
The working title is Nico, apparently it's a clever play on words in japanese. Sort of like Driv3r only better. It isn't actually a sequel so that name wouldn't make sense for the finished game.
The lead character was never female. The japanese name is Wanda and the Collosus. Wanda is a female name but it's actually short for Wanderer, japanese stylee. So far the only official english title for the game is Shadow of the Colossus.
"Ni" means two in japanese. So, N(Ico).
I bought the special edition - it came with some beautiful pieces of art "inspired by the game". Of course I've not done anything with them and they currently languish inside the box, but still ... quite nice (especially since it was the same price as the normal edition)