![]() ![]() Like Yorda, the boy in Guardian finds the griffin that will accompany him throughout the game, but like Aggro, the griffin has a mind of its own and will not always respond exactly to your commands. Sound familiar? It might if you’ve seen any of the footage coming out of E3 regarding The Last Guardian. Both main characters also have a companion who accompanies them on their journey (Yorda in the first game, Aggro in the second). Both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus involve characters who are alone in the world, either overtly designated as outcasts, or more subtly implied to be such. Well, there seems to be some pretty key themes present in most Team Ico games: loneliness, companionship, sacrifice, discovery. What we can say for sure, though, is that if they aren’t connected narratively, they’ll at least be connected thematically. One way or another, I think it’s pretty safe to assume that there will be some kind of oblique reference to the previous two games at some point in The Last Guardian, though whether it will place this game thousands of years before those two, or after them, or somewhere in between, we can’t say for sure. I’m not sure what the tangible connections might be, but is it possible that the elders who cast out boys with horns in Ico do so because they fear the resemblance it bears to creatures like the Griffin? And perhaps the Griffin himself bears some familial relationship with the Colossi, after all, we do see the young man climbing him much like the protagonist of Colossus climbs the titular creatures. Additionally, much like Ico, this game features a young man, and he also seems to be wearing apparel that seems similar to the clothing that the boy in Ico wears (at least, underneath his tunic). Now, this may be a bit of a stretch, but if you look at the design for the Griffin in The Last Guardian, you’ll notice that he appears to have some kind of nubs at the top of his head, almost as if he has some underdeveloped horns. ![]() ![]() (Spoiler alert for a game that came out 10 years ago) At the end of the latter game, the princess you’ve been trying to resuscitate is seen giving birth to a boy who has horns on his head very similar to the ones that the boy in Ico has. Yup! It’s long been known that Ico and Shadow of the Colossus take place in the same world, albeit, thousands of years apart. So how are the three games connected? Wait, these three games are connected? Initially announced way back in 2009, the game is the development company’s latest project after Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. This year’s E3 finally saw the long-anticipated re-emergence of the Team Ico game The Last Guardian. ![]()
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