Kikizo: Are there any special gameplay features you can elaborate about? We attempted to use the same engine at first, but we decided to remake it from scratch instead. Wanda is a lot more open, and almost endless. There's a new engine - Ico was set in a rather confined environment. Kaido: It's been in development for about two years or so. Kikizo: How long has the game been in development now? Did you build a new engine? We have to be satisfied with our result, but it has to meet the users' satisfaction, as well. Kikizo: Do you think this game will end up have wider appeal than ICO? Obviously, we also wanted to make it more action-oriented. It's natural that the story is very different. Kaido: Well, we wanted something different from ICO. Kikizo: Story-wise, Ico was about a guy who was thrown into a situation he didn't want, and along the way found Yorda - but Wanda seems to be on a self-chosen mission against the Colossi, is that right? It's not something to be protected or saved like Yorda in ICO. But the players will know that they are tied together somehow. Kaido: For the relationship with the female character, as with ICO, I want to leave it to the user's imagination.

Kikizo: What is Wanda's relationship with the female - is it similar to the relationship in ICO, and what is the relationship between Wanda and the horse? In order to do that, he has to defeat the Colossi. He is trying to revive her and recover her soul.

He takes her to a temple-like area that exists at World's End. You can see that she's unconscious, and this is because she has lost her soul. Kaido: There's a young man on a horse, with a girl. Kikizo: Can you remind us of the story and setting for Shadow of the Colossus?

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