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PlayStation 2 Hint Line Within the U.S.: Within Canada: CONTENTS Getting Started ....................................................2 Memory Cards .............................................2 Starting Up ...........................................................3 Controlling Ico .....................................................4 Ico's Odyssey.......................................................5 The Main Menu ...................................................8 Loading Game Data .....................................8 The Pause Screen.................................................9 Options...........................................................9 Playing Ico ............................................................10 The Queen and the Princess ......................11 Puzzling Out An Escape..............................11 Protecting the Princess................................12 Couches and Saving Game Progress .........13 Jumping, Climbing and Hanging ........................14 Ladders...........................................................14 Chains .............................................................14 Leaping...........................................................15 Moving While Hanging................................15 Switches and Levers ...........................................16 Moving Objects ...................................................17 Pushing and Pulling Objects........................17 Picking Up Objects.......................................17 Doors.....................................................................18 Idol Doors......................................................18 Pressure Switch Doors ................................18 Lever Gates ..................................................19 The Spirits ............................................................20 Fighting.................................................................22 Losing....................................................................24 Continue Play................................................24 Stages ....................................................................25 Credits ...................................................................28 Warranty...............................................................29 ICOTM Tips and Hints Hints for all games produced by SCEA are available: 1-900-933-SONY (1-900-933-7669) $0.95/min. auto hints, $6.95-$16.95 for tips by mail (subject to availability), $5.00-$20.00 for card recharge 1-900-451-5757 $1.50/min. auto hints For U.S. callers, game counselors are available 8AM-5PM PST, Monday-Friday. 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Visit our website and find out what's happening ­ new titles, new products and the latest information about the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system. 1 GETTING STARTED MEMORY CARD slot 1 MEMORY CARD slot 2 disc tray RESET button (OPEN) button USB connector S400 i.LINK connector controller port 1 controller port 2 directional button L2 button L1 button STARTING UP DUALSHOCKTM2 Analog controller configuration R2 button R1 button Set up your PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system according to the instructions in its Instruction Manual. Make sure the MAIN POWER switch (located on the back of the console) is turned ON. Press the RESET button. When the power indicator lights up, press the open button and the disc tray will open. Place the ICOTM disc on the disc tray with the label side facing up. Press the open button again and the disc tray will close. Attach game controllers and other peripherals, as appropriate. Follow on-screen instructions and refer to this manual for information on using the software. left analog stick (L3 button when pushed down) SELECT button ANALOG mode button ANALOG mode light START button right analog stick (R3 button when pushed down) button button button button Basic Controls Start/Pause game...............................START button Select menu item ...............................Directional button UP/DOWN Confirm selection............................... button Memory Cards To save game settings and progress, insert a memory card (for PlayStation 2) into MEMORY CARD slot 1 or slot 2 of your PlayStation 2. You can load saved game data from the same card, or any Memory Card (8MB) (for PlayStation 2) containing previously saved ICO games. For information, see "Couches and Saving Game Progress" on page 13. 2 3 CONTROLLING ICO Run/Swim ..................................left analog stick(analog sensitive). Can also be done with the directional pad. Walk ............................................To walk, you can either use the sensitivity of the analog stick or hold the button down and move with the directional pad or analog stick. Jump up ......................................ç button Lunge/Strike with weapon...... button Release........................................ button Pull up and stand.......................left analog stick + ç button Climb chains/pipes ....................left analog stick UP Slide down chains/pipes ...........left analog stick DOWN Leap.............................................left analog stick + ç button Move while hanging.................left analog stick Hold Yorda's hand/Call her/ Pull her up .................................R1 button Activate switch/Throw lever.. button Pick up objects or weapons..... button Throw objects............................ button View surroundings....................right analog stick Zoom camera ............................R2 button ICO'S ODYSSEY Ico's nightmare started the day he drew his first breath. In his village, the birth of a normal child is a source of happiness and relief. Proud fathers show off their new offspring, reassuring themselves and others that this time, the curse has not left its mark. But some births bring suspicion and fear. Once in every generation, the curse arrives with the birth of a special child born with tiny horns jutting from his head. With word of a cursed birth, fear leaps from person to person like a plague. The whole village settles into a state of quiet, suspicious panic. Any misfortune that befalls the village is blamed on the child with horns. If a crop fails or an illness strikes, he is blamed. Everyone wishes for the day of the sacrifice and the return to good fortune. For Ico that day was his 12th birthday. When his horns grew large, the villagers knew that it was time. The elders would sacrifice him to keep the spirits from harming the village. In the morning, faceless horsemen arrived and took Ico away, riding deep into the forest and beyond. The journey ended at an ancient fortress ruin that stood crumbling against the harsh grey seas. 4 5 Inside the fortress, stone crypts stood stacked in the massive fortress hall. A horseman placed Ico into one of the crypts and sealed the terrified boy inside. An eternity of torment would surely follow. But a twist of destiny granted a short reprieve. A dream within a nightmare showed Ico a vision of ghostly beauty that drives him to escape. Ico realized that he is not alone and he must free both himself and this lonely prisoner. Indeed his only way out is with the beautiful girl. An ancient Queen rules the castle and her body is beginning to fail. To survive, the Queen must find a younger body. Soon the Queen's soul will invade the body of the captured girl, a princess named Yorda. Ico must take Yorda out of the castle before the Queen seals the girl's fate. He will learn quickly that the shortest distance between two places is a perilous detour. Centuries of disrepair have turned the castle into a death trap and many escape routes are hidden magical portals that must be opened by complex actions. Ico will literally crawl the walls in search of a way out. Throughout the castle, spirits erupt from the floors to capture the princess and Ico must fight them off. Every twisted towering staircase and stone block of this castle tomb is the piece of a puzzle. Each torch and shaft of light illuminates another mystery. Every open window, dangling chain and razor thin escape is the invitation to one more riddle. Solve the puzzles or join the tormented spirits forever. 6 7 THE MAIN MENU Press the START button to display the Main Menu. Press the Directional button UP/DOWN to make a selection and press the button. THE PAUSE SCREEN Press the START button to pause the game and display the Pause Screen. Press the Directional button UP/DOWN to select an option and press the button. New Game Begin a new game. Options 1. Press the Directional button UP/DOWN to highlight an option. 2. Press the button to change a setting or open the highlighted option. Sound Adjust the sound volume. Vibration Turn the vibration function ON/OFF. Key Configuration Highlight a control action and press the button you want to assign to that action. Select DEFAULT to undo any changes. Brightness Press the Directional button LEFT/RIGHT to adjust display brightness. Load To load an ICO game in progress: 1. On the Title screen, highlight LOAD and press the button. 2. On the Load game screen, press the Directional button to select the game you want to continue playing and press the button. Note: See "Couches and Saving Game Progress" on page 13 to learn about saving game progress. Exit Return to the game. 8 End Game Quit playing ICO. 9 PLAYING ICO Ico must escape the fortress with the girl and save her from the Queen's evil designs. Begin Ico's escape from his sacrificial crypt. He has to first search out the girl in the cage and attempt to free her by escaping the castle. She is weak and easily overcome by the spirits who attempt to recapture her. There is no way out of this place without her. The whole fortress is designed to confuse and mislead the rare mortal that walks freely within its walls. Finding an escape route presents one puzzling dilemma after another. Some passages are merely blocked. Others require dangerous detours. Many paths are invisible until opened by some hidden trigger. Much of the fortress has fallen into disrepair. Walkways may crumble underfoot or chains may snap. Search the corridors, halls and courtyards of the fo ...