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flyover · Sep 20, 2011

OgTheClever said:
You control the character who controls the horse, rather than controlling the horse directly maybe?

That's exactly it. You are, at all times, controlling Wander. It takes some getting used to, but that's one of the things I like about it.

hey_it's_that_dog · Sep 20, 2011

mattp said:
am i the only one who wishes they didn't write ico in all caps?
makes people think it's an acronym or for some reason seems to be part of the reason so many people pronounce it "eye co" instead of "eeco"

it's especially bad because usually you see ICO and SOTC, so of course ico looks like an acronym

yeah, i dont really know where i'm going with this, i guess i'm ocd about weird shit

I'm sure there are other OCDers who care about the capitalization of game titles.

People pronounce it "eye-co" because it's similar to the word "Icon." I can't immediately think of a word in English starting with "I" that makes an "ee" sound, though there may indeed be some. "Irresponsible" and "irrelevant" are close, I guess. Anyway, "ee-co" is a Japanese pronunciation and there's no reason to assume most English speakers will intuitively read it that way.

SentientStone · Sep 20, 2011

SykoTech said:
They kind of make it seem like there won't be too much brand new footage of TLG to go around. :/

Is the footage exclusive to the North American release (I think Euroland is getting it as free DLC)? I hope the Japanese CE gets the footage too.

Erigu · Sep 20, 2011

hey_it's_that_dog said:
People pronounce it "eye-co" because it's similar to the word "Icon."

That's the origin of the title, too.

SykoTech · Sep 20, 2011

Leshita said:
Is the footage exclusive to the North American release (I think Euroland is getting it as free DLC)? I hope the Japanese CE gets the footage too.

I wouldn't know. I don't think I've heard anything about it being NA exclusive though.

renitou · Sep 20, 2011

Erigu said:
That's the origin of the title, too.

Title is a nod to Giorgio de Chirico, no?

StuBurns · Sep 20, 2011

It is free DLC in Europe, bizarre.

shawnlreed · Sep 20, 2011

Looks like Enterbrain in Japan is releasing a new guide book for Ico this week as well.
I'll post up some scans & impressions when it comes in.

Neuromancer · Sep 20, 2011

Has anyone hear read the Ico novelization?

AgentChris · Sep 20, 2011

Neuromancer said:
Has anyone hear read the Ico novelization?

I just bought it the other day. The guys at 8-4 Play talked about it. You can listen to it here - 8-4 PLAY Blog

Neuromancer · Sep 20, 2011

AgentChris said:
I just bought it the other day. The guys at 8-4 Play talked about it. You can listen to it here - 8-4 PLAY Blog

Yeah I listened to that one too, but I felt it was somewhat of a mixed review and I wanted to see what others here thought.

Erigu · Sep 20, 2011

renitou said:
Title is a nod to Giorgio de Chirico, no?

I guess it could be both, but that's not the explanation Ueda gave in the (soon to be "old") Japanese official guide.

Man · Sep 20, 2011

Someone needs to gif the couple of seconds in the Making-of teaser showing the catbird trampling the bridge and the boy falling.

ScOULaris · Sep 21, 2011

Only six more days, people. Get hype!

KennyLinder · Sep 21, 2011

NCSX.COM have their stock in tomorrow, new orders welcome at $129.99 + shipping.

Dolla Dolla · Sep 21, 2011

KennyLinder said:
NCSX.COM have their stock in tomorrow, new orders welcome at $129.99 + shipping.

Is it possible to get Japan GAF to pick up a copy and ship it to US?

130 sounds steep ...

mattp · Sep 21, 2011

dammit that's really tempting. i can't really justify 130 bucks though

BuddyC · Sep 21, 2011

KennyLinder said:
NCSX.COM have their stock in tomorrow, new orders welcome at $129.99 + shipping.

Thanks for the heads up. It's so very tempting...

EDIT: And ordered.

KennyLinder · Sep 21, 2011

I broke when the Yesasia option came up. That was $130 too.

I figured that that's about £80, and I paid that much for both of them originally anyway, and this is a limited box, with a 100 page art book, and its the HD remasters. Also, I took this into account; They are two of my favourite games of all time, ever. That made it worth it

Someone at my work just paid £100 for the Gears 3 Epic edition which came with a bunch of stuff and a game that nobody will care about in two years when '4 is out. Ico/SotC will be played for years and years to come...

sixteen-bit · Sep 21, 2011

KennyLinder said:
NCSX.COM have their stock in tomorrow, new orders welcome at $129.99 + shipping.

AmiAmi was selling it for 5700 yen. I know the conversion rate isn't that bad.

NCSX stuffing their pockets on Johnny-come-latelies.

Kaiken · Sep 21, 2011

Ico vs SOTC poll?

Ico > SOTC

I will not hold the poll.

Loved and greatly appreciated both!

Neuromancer · Sep 21, 2011

Kaiken said:
Ico vs SOTC poll?

Ico > SOTC

I will not hold the poll.

Loved and greatly appreciated both!

Pretty sure it'll be overwhelmingly Ico, but SotC is no slouch either.

Too bad polls aren't allowed here (on second thought, that's probably a good thing.)

Zwei · Sep 21, 2011

I am ready for this. Amazon order with RDD, locked and loaded.

Salaadin · Sep 21, 2011

I said in a another thread that ICO is the better game but SOTC has more replayability. Both are amazing in their own way.

Kaiken · Sep 21, 2011

Salaadin said:
I said in a another thread that ICO is the better game but SOTC has more replayability. Both are amazing in their own way.

+1 to that.

Not sure if this was mentioned but will Ico have the non-hieroglyphic subtitles (english) during the first playthrough?

Salaadin · Sep 21, 2011

Kaiken said:
+1 to that.

Not sure if this was mentioned but will Ico have the non-hieroglyphic subtitles (english) during the first playthrough?

I think I read that ICO HD is exactly like it was when released in Europe where everyone except Yorda is translated until you beat it.
Unlike NA where she was never translated, ever.

Kaiken · Sep 21, 2011

Salaadin said:
I think I read that ICO HD is exactly like it was when released in Europe where everyone except Yorda is translated until you beat it.
Unlike NA where she was never translated, ever.

Can't wait for the better understanding. Never went back to look it up either.

Neuromancer · Sep 21, 2011

Also in the Euro/JP version couldn't you get a mace or a lightsaber or something? Will that be in this one too?

What about the

watermelon

ending?

StuBurns · Sep 21, 2011

Neuromancer said:
Also in the Euro/JP version couldn't you get a mace or a lightsaber or something? Will that be in this one too?

What about the

watermelon

ending?

Yes, Yes.

Yes.

Neuromancer · Sep 21, 2011

StuBurns said:
Yes, Yes.

Yes.

AWESOME

yggdrasil · Sep 21, 2011

StuBurns said:
Yes, Yes.

Yes.

I'm so happy, it only took 10 years for me to get my lightsaber. Here I come, speed run!

To Far Away Times · Sep 21, 2011

Both games should be required playing, they are two of the best games ever.

StuBurns · Sep 21, 2011

One thing about the

watermelon

is the trophies suggest it's a new game + thing, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't originally.

Salaadin · Sep 21, 2011

Europe had the Yorda co-op stuff too, I think. Im not letting anyone control my Yorda though.

Erigu · Sep 21, 2011

StuBurns said:
One thing about the

watermelon

is the trophies suggest it's a new game + thing, and I'm pretty sure it wasn't originally.

It was.

BuddyC · Sep 21, 2011

The Limited Box is sold out on NCSX. Anywhere else that's still accepting orders?

One of my friends didn't order in time.

EDIT: Looks like Nin-Nin-Game has it, though I've never heard of them before.

http://www.nin-nin-game.com/lang-en...zo-shadow-of-the-colossus-limited-box-en.html

krae_man · Sep 21, 2011

Those eat all the fruit and kill every lizard trophies are going to be the death of me. Those are going to take FOREVER.

StuBurns · Sep 21, 2011

Erigu said:
It was.

Okay, my mistake.

Thrakier · Sep 21, 2011

StuBurns said:
It is free DLC in Europe, bizarre.

Wat.

Neuromancer · Sep 21, 2011

krae_man said:
Those eat all the fruit and kill every lizard trophies are going to be the death of me. Those are going to take FOREVER.

Fuck that

Philanthropist · Sep 21, 2011

krae_man said:
Those eat all the fruit and kill every lizard trophies are going to be the death of me. Those are going to take FOREVER.

I never got into the time attack modes, but I'm sure there are extra items that can help you locate them, which wouldn't make it so tedious.

f@luS · Sep 21, 2011

psn release?

panty · Sep 21, 2011

KennyLinder said:
NCSX.COM have their stock in tomorrow, new orders welcome at $129.99 + shipping.

$130 + shipping? Are you fucking kidding me

Holy shit, hopefully no one buys from them.

MoonsaultSlayer · Sep 21, 2011

Just got my game informer issue and this collection is GOTM. *Bow* indeed. Classics beating out new shit.

Danielsan · Sep 21, 2011

MoonsaultSlayer said:
Just got my game informer issue and this collection is GOTM. *Bow* indeed. Classics beating out new shit.

Like they should. I don't think anything from this gen comes close to these games.

StuBurns · Sep 21, 2011

Thrakier said:
Wat.

Yeah, voucher comes in the box and you get it from PSN, the themes too.

augmental · Sep 21, 2011

Who ordered this from newegg? Hopefully it will actually go out on the 27th. I have never ordered from them before but they had it on sale for 29.99.

Magnus · Sep 21, 2011

We need a more creative thread title than this.

hey_it's_that_dog · Sep 21, 2011

augmental said:
Who ordered this from newegg? Hopefully it will actually go out on the 27th. I have never ordered from them before but they had it on sale for 29.99.

I did. I ordered GOW Origins collection too, and it shipped the day before release day and arrived on release day (though I live pretty close to their distribution center). I'm hoping the same will happen with ICO/SOTC.

Neuromancer · Sep 21, 2011

augmental said:
Who ordered this from newegg? Hopefully it will actually go out on the 27th. I have never ordered from them before but they had it on sale for 29.99.

I did too, hoping for the best here.

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