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Why Sony Should Bring the Ico Collection to PS3

AC: Sony angered many perspective buyers when they decided to remove backwards compatibility of Playstation 2 games from the newer
Playstation 3 models. However, the recently announced God of War Collection, which composes of enhance Playstation 2 ports for the Playstation 3, brings new hope. One of the most requested games hoping to receive the same treatment as the God of War Collection is Ico and Shadow of the Colossus.

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sakura2009 - 63 days 13 hours ago

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because ico is the best game ever made. im 13 and i was lucky enough to experience ico because my dad is a gamer and he own both ico and shadow of the collosus. never gotten into shadow of the collosus. i didnt like it, because their was no relationship between the main character and his horse. in ico, theres a relationship between yorda and ico. you can see the relationship. ico and yorda holding hands while running away from monsters, ico and pulling yorda from that dark portal, ico protected yorday from those monsters and when you save the game. ico and yorday sit on a couch.. XD awww. how can anyone not like that part of ico.

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DasBunker - 63 days 13 hours ago

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with all the pressure people and ueda himself are putting on this, plus the good feedback about the GOW collection..

im almost 100% sure this will happen

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George Sears - 63 days 13 hours ago

1.2 - Spoilers

I might had played another SotC but I am pretty sure the horse and the main character had a close relationship. Obviously not a bestiality type of thing going on but damn, Agro helped him with a couple of Colossi. Not to mention that he also was the main way of transportation to take him towards the colossi. And at the ending, when he fell off the bridge.... tell me he wasn't saddened when he fell.

At least Agro was more useful than just being a key to open doors. (Yorda)

Anyways, SotC was all about the main character and his quest to revive Mono. It was about the boy and the girl, not the boy and the horse.

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meepmoopmeep - 63 days 12 hours ago

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i have both the US and UK version of ICO
and SotC.

i'd love the remastered one to be the UK version though with the extra stuff

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cmrbe - 63 days 12 hours ago

1.4 - Its hard to disagree with you because you were young when you played SOTC

However, i was 25 when i played SOTC and i tell you there is an emotional realationship. The key is in the animation of argo. This is why i respect Ueda so much. He is able to convey emotion in such a subltle way compare to his peers.

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jjohan35 - 63 days 12 hours ago

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As much as I like those games, I don't think it's as necessary as remastering/rereleasing God of War I and II. The games mentioned in the article are not part of any trilogy. The upcoming Last Guardian doesn't require any familiarity with the background story, while God of War III can be much more appreciated with the background knowledge of God of War I and II.

But I'll be there to buy those games if they do decide to rerelease them in high definition. =D

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mugoldeneagle03 - 63 days 12 hours ago

1.6 - If not to BluRay to PSN please...

I only ever played 30 minutes in SOTC before my PS2 broke, and I just never got the chance to replay it. Never played ICO either.

They dont even have to be remastered, I just want to play them!

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presto717 - 63 days 11 hours ago

1.7 - I never played Ico or Shadow of the colossus even though I had a ps2

So this would be a good time for me to jump in. It would be nice to play these in hd and get some trophies while I'm at it. I never played Kingdom hearts either. Damn. What was I doing? Oh yeah... Tekken.

Its so funny how much the ps3 has gotten better over the past couple of years. I initially hated this generation of gaming because things were not going too well, but I think I'm starting to warm up to it. Good to be a gamer.

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Orange - 63 days 11 hours ago

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I liked SoTC when you came upon the colossi, but getting around the environment with that chuggy frame rate wore me down. I'd love for that to be fixed.

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zlatko - 63 days 11 hours ago

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Last Guardian will by itself garner a lot of people who want to play it. It's a good method to capitalize on interest in Last Guardian by releasing the previous works to those curious. Free money is always good.

I for one will gladly buy an enhanced version of those two games for 40 dollars and I hope it too will have a demo like the God of War collection is. :)

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cmrbe - 63 days 11 hours ago

1.10 - @jjohan35

There is a connection between ICO and SOTC. There will be a connection to TLG as well.

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pippoppow - 63 days 10 hours ago

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I wonder what the connection TLG will have to previous games. I'm sure the ending will be interesting.

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Armyless - 63 days 8 hours ago

1.12 - I've always worked under the assumption that

SotC was the prequel to ICO? Right?

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Fishy Fingers - 63 days 13 hours ago

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Well it seems there is a good possibility it will happen. Speaking to Kotaku:

"I do have an interest in that," Ueda said during our Friday chat. "Next week, I'll have a meeting [about the possibility] ... But it might not be so easy, because, with both titles we really stretched the limits of the PS2. It's complex. So it's not such an easy transfer to the PS3. But I want to discuss it."

http://kotaku.com/5368694/s...

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George Sears - 63 days 13 hours ago

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If this indeed happens then I hope some respectful team does the port because I don't want Team ICO to halt The Last Guardians production just to remake the game for the PS3.

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swiftshot93 - 63 days 12 hours ago

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agreed.

As much as I want a remastered version of their old games, Id rather have a speedier release of the Last Guardian. I already have both games so I can wait. If this game does turn out to be released in Fall 2010, it'll turn out to be the longest developed SCE game of all time since Gran Turismo.

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Lavalamp1138 - 63 days 12 hours ago

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Having both the God of War Collection and the Ico Collection available for the PS3 would be very big stepping stones in the advancement of finally emulating all of the PS2 games onto its successor. I plan on purchasing every collection that comes out. Here's hoping this particular collection is made into a reality.

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Foxgod - 63 days 12 hours ago

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I see now why sony removed Backwards compatibility.
Its a marketing strategy so Sony could justify to sell repackaged ps2 games to the ps3 fanbase.

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swiftshot93 - 63 days 12 hours ago

5.1 - again?

Just ignore him. Take away his bubbles, and move on. No need to feed the obvious troll.

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Foxgod - 63 days 12 hours ago

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Trolling?
Its a good thing for Sony that they found a way to generate more income, why act insulted?

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TheBand1t - 63 days 11 hours ago

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And so long as they improve the graphics, boost it to 720P and also give them trophies, I'm not one to complain. I've never played Ico and I only got through half of SotC, so I'd probably pick this up.

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Cenobia - 63 days 11 hours ago

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Isn't MS doing the EXACT same thing? I'm pretty sure you can download Xbox games on the 360, so I don't see how you can spin this into a "Sony is really just screwing you over" situation.

In fact, so far the only collections being discussed are of the highest quality games as combination packs with improvements to graphics and adding trophies (which would get like 3x more replay value per game, even though I've played ICO and SotC countless times already).

It sounds like a great idea to me. If this is what Sony sodomizing me feels like, I'm not sure I want them to stop.

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Double Toasted - 63 days 11 hours ago

5.5 - But it would be in...

hi-def with Trophies and presumably $40...$20 per game. Thats kind of a sweet deal dude/dudette...

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KruLLit - 63 days 3 hours ago

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Why do you guys defend yourselves and start bashing xbox? Nintendo did the same thing with Metroid trilogy. It's a good way to introduce people to a franchise.

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Panthers - 63 days 12 hours ago

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Ill tell you why. Because I have never played them and this would be SWEET. Not to mention TROPHIES!

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TheGuardianFID - 63 days 12 hours ago

7 - SOTC

is my favorite game of all time, so you can imagine how much this would mean to someone like myself and needless to say I can't wait for my namesake to come out!!! :P :D

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Armyless - 63 days 8 hours ago

7.1 - SotC is my favorite game of all time

and Infamous is (so far) my GotY nominee.

PSN - Armyless

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Panthers - 63 days 12 hours ago

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I wonder how long the GOW bluray collection took to make. Because I would want a ICO bluray ASAP. Hope it can be done quickly.

And they could market it by saying if you missed out on some of the best games the PS2 had to offer, well here is your chance to play them!

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killer_pwned89 - 63 days 12 hours ago

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I never got to play ico or shadow of the collosus so i really hope these games come to the ps3 rather get them remastered in HD with trophies then on ps2.

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AclayPS3 - 63 days 11 hours ago

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Sony should bring the collection to the PS3 simply because not enough people got to experience these games... if it wasn't for those "Jampack demo discs" and Demo Discs that came with the Official Playstation magazine, I probably wouldn't have played either Ico or SoTC last gen. either because that's how I discovered both games.

I still own and I've played both Ico and SoTC countless times over, but just Trophies and High Definition alone is more than enough justification for me to Repurchase it.

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Kushan - 63 days 11 hours ago

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I'd rather Sony just perfected PS2 emulation and allowed the PS3 to upscale everything really nicely with fancy texture filtering and such. Basically like a good PC emulator is capable of.
Then we'd be able to play all the great PS2 games that we WANT to play and gives sony a wonderful excuse to re-release them.

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Cenobia - 63 days 11 hours ago

11.1 - Meh

Ico is REALLY hard to find new/in good condition though.

Also, I'm a complete trophy whore so I love the idea of adding trophies to my favorite games. I'd definitely be getting platinum for this collection (assuming they have a platinum).

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Orange - 63 days 11 hours ago

12.1 -

Each colossus is a puzzle. You need to discover their weakspots and figure out a way to access them, often times dealing with gravity and the motion of the colossus.

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OtherWhiteMeat - 63 days 11 hours ago

12.2 - @ Snatcher

Just go to youtube.com .......there's a couple of videos to check out.

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Armyless - 63 days 8 hours ago

12.3 - If you like exploring

I can't think of a game that rewards innocent exploration with more beauty than SotC. So many memories of small and massive treasures just... hidden away... waiting to be found.

Edit: Come to think of it... I NEVER actually climbed the tower all the way (trophy anyone?)

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Double Toasted - 63 days 11 hours ago

13 - This would be a rather ingenious...

move by Sony...

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MeatAbstract - 63 days 11 hours ago

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Can barely remember ICO, I played it so long ago and I never played SoTC, so this would be a definate buy for me.

Sony should definately take advantage of their back catalogue on the PS2, some incredible games on there that so many gamers would happily play again in 720p + trophies. PS2 is the greatest console of all time a reason, you know :P

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mt - 63 days 10 hours ago

15 - i wish they could do it blue-ray ..

i haven't got the chance to play ICO i would like to give it a chance .

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gamingisnotacrime - 63 days 9 hours ago

16 - Is not a matter of why but when

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jleack - 63 days 9 hours ago

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Why shouldn't they? They are very well-accepted titles that could make some extra profit through re-release, as well as up the hype for The Last Guardian.

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DigitalAnalog - 63 days 8 hours ago

18 - Those who missed the game has a chance to experience it again!

As a gamer you can't go around this world without experiencing these games. They're THAT AWESOME!

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Gish - 63 days 8 hours ago

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I must have been going through my PC phase of gaming through ICO and shadow of col. I still dont totally know what ICO is... Love some epic games though.

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Armyless - 63 days 8 hours ago

19.1 - Some people are going to be let down by all the hype surrounding these classics....

I don't feel sorry for those people, these games aren't for everyone.

I feel sorry for the ones who are going to finally play them, fall completely in love, and feel like they've wasted all this time!

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erasekid - 63 days 7 hours ago

20 - This Might be a Spoiler to Last Guardian

Another reason they should rerelease ICO and SOTC is because the Last Guardian is part of the trilogy. At least that's my thought. Here's my reasoning:

http://cindev.wordpress.com...

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XsteveJ - 63 days 7 hours ago

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This would be a fantastic move by Sony.

I'm one of the many who didn't get a chance to experience Ico and SotC, who would gladly pay $40 first day to get a chance to play them in HD with trophies.

Keep the collections coming Sony, cause I know I'm not the only one who will buy these. It's one thing to re-release them, but with what they're doing for God of War, and possibly Ico, they're going above and beyond a re-release. Brilliant.

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Arnon - 63 days 7 hours ago

22 - Bundles that need to be made:

Team ICO Bundle:
-ICO
-Shadow of The Colossus

Final Fantasy Bundle:
-Final Fantasy X
-Final Fantasy X-2
-Final Fantasy XII

Katamari Bundle:
-Katamari Damacy
-We Love Katamari

Kingdom Hearts Bundle:
-Kingdom Hearts 1
-Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories
-Kingdom Hearts 2

Metal Gear Solid Bundle:
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Subsistence
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
-Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence

.Hack Bundle:
-.Hack//Infection
-.Hack//Mutation
-.Hack//Outbreak
-.Hack//G.U. - Rebirth
-.Hack//G.U. - Reminisce
-.Hack//G.U. - Redemption

Xenosaga Bundle:
-Xenosaga Episode I
-Xenosaga Episode II
-Xenosaga Episode III

Shin Megami Tensei Bundle:
-Nocturne
-Persona 3
-Persona 3 FES
-Persona 4
-Digital Devil Saga 1
-Digital Devil Saga 2

Twisted Metal Bundle:
-Twisted Metal Black
-Twisted Metal: Head On

Gran Turismo Bundle:
-Gran Turismo 3
-Gran Turismo 4

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Roper316 - 62 days 22 hours ago

23 - If GOW sells well

Then this will happen along with some other classic PS2 games. I have done my part and have the GOW collection on preorder.

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liquidgfx - 63 days 13 hours ago

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I still play Shadow on my PS3 now! One of the few PS2 games that hooked me enough to make me finish it!

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DonCorneo - 63 days 12 hours ago

2 - SotC in HD at 60FPS, no slowdown

would be the best this ever

never really cared for ico.. but i would take it as part of the bundle

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NecrumSlavery - 63 days 11 hours ago

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Only played demos of both these games, so I will buy it if it comes out. They say this like they are already working on the HD ports. ICO + SotC + $40 + Trophies = Mega Sales!!!

Next GTA, KH, MGS

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chisox100 - 63 days 9 hours ago

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SotC was awesome but at least on my TV it was very blurry a PS3 version at 720p would be awesome. It would show off those colossi pretty well.

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Soda Popinsky - 63 days 5 hours ago

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Because "we don't need backwards compability" ;)

You stupid droids would rather pay for the same game twice.

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