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About Team ICO

Team ICO are a Japanese video game development team led by game designer Fumito Ueda. Working under Sony Computer Entertainment Japan's Product Development Department, Team ICO have developed the games; Ico and, Shadow of the Colossus both for the PlayStation 2.

The team was assembled mostly from people outside the games industry in an attempt to diversify Sony's portfolio.
Their current project in development; The Last Guardian, is planned for release on the PS4.
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Pikols Secret

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This video by Pikol shows the mysterious geometry hidden within SotC. Using a hack this wanderer has managed to travel further than any adventurer before him. Watch the whole video to see for yourself what he found...



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The Ico Mace

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Escaping a castle isn't easy, especially if the only weapon available to you is a stick of wood. Ico does eventually find a sword which becomes essential in completing some of the tasks at hand. But hidden behind a secret door in one of the many gardens is a Mace. Obtaining the secret weapon involves Ico to shoot-some-hoops. Watch the video to learn of the Maces' location and instructions on how to retrieve the secret weapon.

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Shadow of the Colossus Unlockables

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There are no cheats in SotC but you can unlock hidden extras with persistant play. Here is a list of those unlockables and how to obtain them.

Unlock Hard Difficulty
Beat the game and save your data at the end of the credits. You can now start a new game on Hard Mode from the Main Menu.

Unlock Time Attack And Integral Game Cheats
Beat the game and save your game at the end of the credits. You can now enter Time Attack Mode by pressing the Circle Button to pray in front of a Colossus statue. By beating the Colossus under the required time limit in Time Attack mode, you can unlock new weapons and items.

Below are the rewards, in the order that you'll receive them. Collect them from the pool at the end of the hall in the temple. They are unlocked every two colossus beaten.

2. Whistling Arrow - Distracts a Colossus when you fire it.
4. Cloak of Force - Increases the amount of damage your sword will do to a Colossus.
6. Mask of Strength - Allows you to inflict deeper wounds into a Colossus.
8. Lizard Detection Stone - Allows you to find the white tailed lizards throughout the land.
10. Fruit Tree Map - Allows you to find the Fruit Trees around the map more easily.
12. Mask of Power - Allows you to inflict more grievous wounds on a Colossus.
14. Cloak of Deception - Makes you invisible to the Colossus.
16. Flash Arrow - Explodes and can damage a Colossus without hitting its vitals.

Hard Time Attack Mode unlocks more options and this version of Time Attack is unlocked after clearing the Story Mode on Hard difficulty.

2. Harpoon of Thunder - A new Colossus-whacking weapon.
4. Sword Of The Sun - Allows the light beacon to operate even in patches of shadow.
6. Fruit Tree Map - Identical to the cheat earned in Normal Time Attack.
8. Shaman Cloak - Wanders' defenses increased and he takes less damage.
10. Lizard Detection Stone - Identical to the cheat unlocked in Normal Time Attack.
12. Shaman Mask - Increases Wanders defence. This cheat's effects stacks with the Shaman's Cloak.
14. Cloth of Desperation - Hand-made parachute allows for soft landings.
16. Queen's Sword - An Ico easter egg. It has the side benefit of killing a Colossus with great ease, just a couple of strikes and a colossus falls.

Unlockable - Brown Horse
You must first get all the items in Normal Time Attack mode. Then hold down Square button at title screen.

Unlockable - White Horse
You must first get all the items in Hard Time Attack mode. Then hold down Circle button at title screen. Alternatively defeat the game four times on Hard mode after collecting all the items to unlock this cheat without using the toggle on the menu screen. You will get a white Agro icon to the left of the menu screen showing that this has been unlocked. You will also notice a white Agro during the opening cut scene and throughout. Use the toggle cheat to return to a black horse.
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Shadow of the Colossus Easter Eggs

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Easter eggs, apart from a chocolate treat at Easter, are items hidden within games. SotC contains many easter eggs all of which I have tried to list here and instructions on how you can find them.

Ico - If you’ve completed Ico and the save game file is on the same memory card as your SotC game file then Agro will display a small ‘i’ on his for-head instead of a diamond shape.

Doves - Every time a Colossus is defeated an extra white dove appears around the alter in the temple.

Petting - If you pat Agro by pressing the circle button with no weapon equipped (you can do this either standing next to her or sat astride) your stamina is replenished twice as fast.

White Agro - When SotC has been completed on the hard mode more than 4 times a white Agro will be granted to you permanently.

Climb Trees - The trees dotted around the landscape can be scaled by climbing up the green moss on the trunks.

Fruit - The trees contain fruit which can be dislodged with an arrow and eaten. This increases your health.

Crouch - Your health replenishes twice as quick when Wander crouches.

Food of the Dead - The fruit in the trees of the secret garden is poisonous and takes life instead of giving it, reducing your health.

Obscured - When your stamina reaches such a large level the gauge becomes ghosted to prevent it from obscuring the screen.

Zorro - To make Agro rear up and gallop from a stand still, pull sharply down on the left stick when tapping X.

Wild Riding - It is possible to grab the wildlife such as the doves in the temple, the eagles on the plains and the fish in the water by holding down R1.

White Tailed Lizards - White tailed lizards can be found on every save point and their tails increase your stamina when collected. You can either kill the lizard to collect the tails or for an even harder challenge, shoot the tails off the lizard with an arrow without killing the lizard.

White tailed lizards are not only found on save points. They can also be found along cliff walls hidden within crevices. They are sometimes hard to find and patience is required to locate them. Agro actually scares them away but you can make Agro run away by aiming your Bow and Arrow at her(don’t shoot her, it’s cruel).

The Secret Garden - The secret garden can only be accessed via the vines of the south eastern wall. You will need a lot of stamina to be able to get to the top beyond the gate located at the top of the spiral walkway at the end of the hall of the temple. I wouldn’t recommend attempting this until you have the cloth of desperation as a high fall will kill Wander.

Reminiscence Mode - Defeated Colossi can be re-defeated in a mode called Reminiscence Mode. Simply find the ‘corpse’ which will be located wherever the Colossus was slain and prey at the foot of the corpse. This will replay the Colossus from the moment it was found, but with all your ‘powers’ reset making the challenge harder. It also provides a nice ‘memory’ effect where everything is sketchy, like an old film.

Circus Tricks - Wander can perform great feats on Agro. Press and hold R1 and X while galloping and he will stand up on the sadle. Agro can be steered but not stopped while performing this acrobatic.

Quick Turn - Agro can perform a quick 180 degree turn. When galloping, simultaneously, and sharply, press down on the left analog stick twice and the X button twice. Agro will stop and turn around to run the other way.

Emergency Stop - Agro can also stop quickly while galloping. Simultaneously press down on the left analog stick and the X button.
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