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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It looks like they just moved Wander's arms down from a T-pose for the #ShadowoftheColossus remake platinum trophy icon. The bones on his waist can also be seen clipping into his tunic.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

For me, the most horrific sketch pertaining to Ueda's games is the storyboard of the Pilot Movie, showing one of the horned characters being crushed under the foot of a colossus.

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Max58 @max58.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Agro and Wander #ShadowOfTheColossus

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Fumito Ueda has done the dog with The Last Guardian, and now he's doing the robot with Gen ATLAS. The following is a transcript of a bonus content video included with the ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection on PS3.

A screenshot of a transcript. It reads:

Ueda: During the production of ICO, when we were thinking of the level design, I thought that it would be much easier if the AI character was a robot or a dog instead of a girl. There were things we couldn't make, because the character was a girl. This time, we can do more.

Hosono: Without making it seem like a prop.

Kaido: The animations, too.

Ueda: For The Last Guardian, of course at minimum, I don't want the AI companion to seem like just a tool for the player to use. In ICO, when you need to escort the girl to safety, you couldn't have it be too rough. So that was challenging, portraying that on screen. And we were hesitant to do that, too.

Hosono: Like jerking her arm.

Ueda: Or like pushing her. She's a girl, so we couldn't do those kind of interactions. But if she was a robot or a dog, we could show that and it would be pretty cool. We had those kinds of discussions back then. Now this time around, I think we can finally include some of those things.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

In a recent interview with Game Informer, Fumito Ueda said "[they] were actually prototyping a few different ideas or concepts" in the time between The Last Guardian's release and the start of gen ATLAS' development in 2020.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

There actually appears to be two "projects" here. One being what would evolve into gen ATLAS and another known by fans as "Beauty and the Beast". Images that seem to show this other project can be seen in the gallery on the following website: news.denfaminicogamer.jp/shadowofthec...

news.denfaminicogamer.jp

ワンダと巨像 20周年特設サイト - 電ファミニコゲーマー

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

For the longest time this was all we knew of Fumito Ueda's next game, now known as "gen ATLAS". The attached screenshot shows the "And more" section of GenDesign's website as it appeared in June 2015. I have included an edit of the screenshot for easier viewing.

A screenshot of the "And more" section of genDESIGN's website as it appeared in June 2015. There are sketches of a giant humanoid robot and a large, humanoid pig-like creature.

The same as the previous image but edited for easier viewing.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Comparing the character design of "gen ATLAS" from 2021 to now

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Didn't know that about the medal. Thanks for sharing!

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Very cool seeing that earlier draft. Thanks for sharing!

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

There's both an "athletic" and "athletic2" in the ICO stage list. Who knows whether they were anything like SOTC's athletic stage.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

On the album this track is called 記憶 or "Memories", although in the game files it is known as "save_point_05". This track would've been the "Heal" (ICO save theme) of #ShadowoftheColossus.

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

You should play The Last Guardian whenever you have the opportunity to!

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jaikhay.bsky.social @jaikhay.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

You know what they say, maybe the real 20th anniversary celebration was the friends we made along the way?

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Mystic_Ode @icoshrine.neocities.org · 19/10/2025

Using this, @jaikhay.bsky.social found another iteration of The Queen's design in that early demo (disc version dated June 6th, 2001). The headdress here is far more elaborate than even the feathered one seen in Game Informer's screenshots. And this is our best look at her tattered cloak of shadow.

The Queen stands below the Main Gate stage, suspended in air. Her headdress is like a blackened halo formed of thick lines running in an elaborate pattern. The edges fray like ink on a page and the extremities form a shape akin to a spider.

Her slender body is sheer black shadow, with only a very frayed and hole-riddled cloak over top of it. Her stark white face is the only part of her skin that can be seen.

A close up of The Queen's face. This earlier model resembles Yorda's face even more than the final build's.

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