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Famitsu interview: Fumito Ueda talks about The Last Guardian

Posted Jun 3, 2009 at 4:42AM EST by Karl B.

Listed in: PS3 Tags: Famitsu, Fumito Ueda, Griffin, playstation 3 updates, PlayStation Network, Sony, Team Ico

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Now that Team Ico's latest project -- the PS3 exclusive The Last Guardian -- has been revealed, it's now time to delve a little more into what the new game offers. Thankfully, Japanese gaming mag Famitsu scored an interview with Team Ico's Fumito Ueda, who gave out more details.

The game's official Japanese title is "Hito Kui no Oowashi Toriko", which translates to "The Giant Man-Eating Eagle Toriko". The "Oowashi" or "Giant Eagle" part is what Team Ico uses to refer to the giant bird-griffin-ferret thing that the boy befriends in the trailer.

When I first saw the official trailer, I was surprised by how out of place the eagle was compared to the other beings in its surroundings. According to Ueda, this was intentional. He himself thinks it looks odd, but that's the team's objective. It was important to make the boy's companion look unnatural.

As the boy, players will have to take care of their giant eagle friend. Their relationship is one of the central points in the game, so this involves way more than just throwing healing items at it. Players can feed it and remove spears and arrows that are stuck in its body. Players can also touch the eagle whenever they like, and it will react differently depending on where it's touched.

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The Last Guardian's gameplay will involve puzzles and platforming elements. While the boy can climb, grab things, and crawl, some areas will involve getting the eagle to things either by ordering it around or by having it cooperate with you. The eagle's intelligence, which according to Ueda isn't really all that high, also comes into play. It may not move according to what you want exactly.

For this project, Ueda and his team are harnessing more powerful versions of Ico's AI and Shadow of the Colossus' collision schemes. They're also using real physics in this game. Another interesting graphical tidbit is that each of the eagle's feathers are processed individually, so the staff is paying great attention to how the wind in the game's environment affects each feather.

There's more great stuff on The Last Guardian in the source link. For those who didn't catch the trailer during Sony's E3 press conference -- and for those who just want to see it again -- here it is:

E3 2009: Sony Press Conference Post-Game Report

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It does seem a lot better now after that last trailer. I also thought that the monster looked out of place, especially considering the Colossi, but if it is supposed to then I guess this element has worked well. Mixing both Ico and Shadow systems together is a clever idea but I still think the final project will change quite a bit from what we have been shown. I mean look at the difference between the leaked trailer and this one. The last two games were complete master pieces of both art and gaming so no doubt this will be too :)

# (O_o)-b — sentence 2009-06-03 11:04

as a big fan of Ico & Shadow otC

I cant wait for this game ^^

# ... — Digitus 2009-06-03 13:13

Yea a lot of people were pissed when they saw the last trailer. The second I saw it I knew it was the real deal because the creature was too bizarre to be fake. Now its nice and fixed up and still weird looking. I'm a huge fan of the last two games and can't wait for this one. The creature is so strange and bizarre which is really interesting.

I think too many people are hung up on Shadow of the Colossus's giant bosses to understand that they probably enjoyed the atmosphere and storyline/feel of the game more than anything. Which is what this game is obviously going to be heavy on. Don't be let down if there're no colossal bosses since this game is something new.

# this trailer — sickofitall 2009-06-04 05:34

looks a lot better than the leaked one.

# I loved it too! — hush404 2009-06-04 15:57

I instantly loved the feel I got from the trailer, it just harks back to the feelings I had of the two other games. The creature is adorable too!

I can predict tho... that people will be looking for SotC2 and possibly scoff at this one if it turns out a lot less action based... which is what I'm expecting from the ideas it presents.

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