History VideoGame / TheLastGuardian

''The Last Guardian'' is the third work by [[TeamIcoSeries Team ICO]]. The game, which takes place in the same world as ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''{{ICO}}'', tells the story of a young boy who is trying to escape from deep within what appear to be the ruins of a massive castle.

Unfortunately, it is currently stuck in DevelopmentHell. This has not been helped by the news that several key members of TeamICO's staff have quit. Further more, on 2/16/15, Sony [[http://www.gamezone.com/news/sony-says-goodbye-to-the-last-guardian-3413301 officially dropped the name as a trademark.]] While there's still hope that it may be simply because they wish to rename it, the future is definitely not looking bright for the last in the Team Ico trilogy...

Unfortunately, it is currently stuck in DevelopmentHell. This has not been helped by the news that several key members of TeamICO's staff have quit.

* MixAndMatchCritters: Trico has features of a bird, rat, dog and/or cat, and even what look like giraffe horns. Depending on the translation, he's also a case of...

** CallAPegasusAHippogriff: In English, he's frequently referred to as a griffon, though really the only things explicitly griffon-like about him are his feathers (his feet and beak are somewhat birdlike, but they're quite oddly-shaped, and the latter may or may not actually be a beak-shaped muzzle, it's hard to tell).

** CallAPegasusAHippogriff: In English, he's frequently referred to as a griffon, though really the only things explicitly griffon-like about him are his feathers (his feet and beak are quite oddly-shaped, and the latter may or may not actually be a beak-shaped muzzle, it's hard to tell).

** CallAPegasusAHippogriff: In English, he's frequently referred to as a griffon, though really the only things explicitly griffon-like about him are his feathers (his feet and beak are quite oddly-shaped and the latter may or may not be just a beak-shaped muzzle, it's hard to tell).

** CallAPegasusAHippogriff: In English, he's frequently referred to as a griffon, though really the only things explicitly griffon-like about him are his beak and feathers (and even the beak is shaped oddly and may or may not be just a beak-shaped muzzle, it's hard to tell).

** CallASmerpARabbit: In the Japanese materials, he is referred to as an erne - another word for a sea eagle.

* FacelessMooks: The guards.
* InterspeciesFriendship

Unfortunately, it is currently stuck in DevelopmentHell. This has not been helped by the news that several key members of TeamICO's staff have been leaving.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: Like ''ShadowOfTheColossus'', it features massive amounts of them.

* DevelopmentHell: Good lord. Progress on the game has been incredibly slow, featuring several false starts, Ueda announcing that he's leaving Team Ico (though committed to finishing it via contract), and false news of cancellation due to a lack of information. It's gotten to the point that Sony started using outside help just to finish the game.
** Specifically, Sony Santa Monica(the team that created ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' and helped various other Sony projects, such as the 2007 ''{{Warhawk}}'') were the ones hired to finish the job, and it is a HUGE example of the problems the game has of escaping Production Hades. The Japanese are legendarily xenophobic and insular, so a Japanese console maker actually taking one of their most awaited in-development games away from a Japanese development team and giving it over to an American one is a very big sign that things were not going the way Sony hoped.

* FridgeBrilliance: The griffin is named '''Trico''' because it's in the third game of the ICO series, completing the '''trio''' of '''ICOs.'''

** Specifically, Sony Santa Monica(the team that created ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' and helped various other Sony projects, such as the 2007 ''{{Warhawk}}'') were the ones hired to finish the job, and it is a HUGE example of the problems the game has of escaping Production Hades. The Japanese game industry is legendarily xenophobic and insular, so a Japanese console maker actually taking one of their most awaited in-development games away from a Japanese development team and giving it over to an American one is a very big sign that things were not going the way Sony hoped.

Unfortunately, it is currently stuck in DevelopmentHell.

** Specifically, Sony Santa Monica(the team that created ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'', ''TwistedMetal'' and ''{{Warhawk}}''/''{{Starhawk}}'') were the ones hired to finish the job, and it is a HUGE example of the problems the game has of escaping Production Hades. The Japanese game industry is legendarily xenophobic and insular, so a Japanese console maker actually taking one of their most awaited in-development games away from a Japanese development team and giving it over to an American one is a very big sign that things were not going the way Sony hoped.

Hindering the boy's escape are mysterious armor-clad soldiers who attempt to capture him; luckily though, the boy earns the friendship of a giant, horned baby griffin named Trico, who is able to make short work of them. Together, they must find a way out of the castle.

** Specifically, Sony Santa Monica(the team that created ''GodOfWar'', ''TwistedMetal'' and ''{{Warhawk}}''/''{{Starhawk}}'') were the ones hired to finish the job, and it is a HUGE example of the problems the game has of escaping Production Hades. The Japanese game industry is legendarily xenophobic and insular, so a Japanese console maker actually taking one of their most awaited in-development games away from a Japanese development team and giving it over to an American one is a very big sign that things were not going the way Sony hoped.

[[caption-width-right:346:It just wouldn't be one of Team ICO's works without the ([[SceneryPorn beautiful]]) [[RuinsForRuinsSake massive ruins]].]]]]

[[caption-width-right:346:It just wouldn't be one of Team Ico's works without the [[SceneryPorn massive ruins.]]]]

''The Last Guardian'' is the third work by [[TeamIcoSeries Team Ico]]. The game, which takes place in the same world as ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''{{ICO}}'', tells the story of a young boy who is trying to escape from deep within what appear to be the ruins of a massive castle.

* DevelopmentHell: Good lord. Progress on the game has been incredibly slow, featuring several false starts, Ueda announcing that he's leaving Team Ico(though committed to finishing it via contract), and false news of cancellation due to a lack of information. It's gotten to the point that Sony started using outside help just to finish the game.

* ABoyAndHisX: A boy and his giant horned baby griffin.

* RuinsForRuinsSake: Like ShadowOfTheColossus, it features massive amounts of them.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To both Shadow of the Colossus and Ico, as it takes place in the same world and features similar architecture.

''The Last Guardian'' is the third work by [[TeamIcoSeries Team Ico]]. The game, which takes place in the same world as ''ShadowOfTheColossus'' and ''{{Ico}}'', tells the story of a young boy who is trying to escape from deep within what appear to be the ruins of a massive castle.

Hindering the boy's escape are mysterious armor-clad soldiers who attempt to capture him; luckily though, the boy has companionship of a giant horned baby griffin named Trico who is able to make short work of them. Together, they must find a way out of the castle.

* AnnoyingArrows: Although the griffin has a bunch of them sticking out of its back, it doesn't seem to be hindered by them at all.