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Box artwork for The Last Guardian.
Box artwork for The Last Guardian.
The Last Guardian
Developer(s)genDESIGN, Japan Studio
Publisher(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment
Year released2016
System(s)PlayStation 4
Designer(s)Fumito Ueda
Genre(s)Action-Adventure
ModesSingle player
Rating(s)ESRB Teen
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The Last Guardian (人喰いの大鷲トリコ Hitokui no Ōwashi Toriko?, lit. "Trico, the man-eating eagle"), previously referred to by the working title "Project Trico", was developed by genDESIGN and SIE Japan Studio and published exclusively for the PS4 by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The title is designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, and shares stylistic, thematic, and gameplay elements with his previous titles, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. The Last Guardian was originally given a late 2011 release date, but suffered numerous delays until it's release in 2016.

Story[edit]

The Last Guardian's story follows that of an unnamed boy who is trying to escape from a setting resembling the ruins of a large expansive castle. The game will revolve around the developing friendship between the boy and a giant, feathered creature resembling a griffin named Trico (トリコ Toriko?). The name of the creature can be taken to mean "prisoner" ( toriko?), "baby bird" (鳥の子 tori no ko?), or a portmanteau of "bird" ( tori?) and "cat" ( neko?). Trico has spears and arrows stuck in its back, and is initially bound to a chain. Later, it is freed and is shown attacking an armored soldier. Screenshots, along with the E3 trailer, show the boy attempting to sneak past and attack other soldiers. Trico will at first be hostile toward the boy, but during the course of the game, the two will develop an emotional attachment to each other.

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