Games PS2 ICO User Manual 2

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ICO™ Tips and Hints

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

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GETTING STARTED

MEMORY CARD slot 2

MEMORY CARD slot 1

USB connector
S400 i.LINK connector
controller port 1
controller port 2

disc tray

RESET
button

(OPEN)
button

button
button
button
button

directional
button

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)

L2 button
L1 button

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 ICO™ 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.

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.

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For information, see “Couches and Saving Game
Progress” on page 13.

STARTING UP

DUALSHOCK™2 Analog controller configuration

Basic Controls

Start/Pause game...............................START button

Select menu item ...............................Directional button UP/DOWN

Confirm selection...............................

≈ button

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CONTROLLING ICO

ICO’S ODYSSEY

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
down and move with the

directional pad or analog stick.

Jump up ......................................

Lunge/Strike with weapon......

Release........................................

Pull up and stand.......................left analog stick +

Climb chains/pipes ....................left analog stick UP

Slide down chains/pipes ...........left analog stick DOWN

Leap.............................................left analog stick +

Move while hanging.................left analog stick

Hold Yorda’s hand/Call her/

Pull her up .................................R1 button

Activate switch/Throw lever..

Pick up objects or weapons.....

Throw objects............................

View surroundings....................right analog stick

Zoom camera ............................R2 button

ç button

√ button

≈ button

Ω button

Ω button

Ω button

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Ω button

ç button

ç button

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.

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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.

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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

New Game

Begin a new game.

≈ 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

Options

1. Press the Directional button
UP/DOWN to highlight an option.

≈ button.

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.

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2. Press the
setting or open the highlighted option.

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Adjust the sound volume.

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Turn the vibration function ON/OFF.

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Highlight a control action and press the button you want to
assign to that action. Select DEFAULT to undo any changes.

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Press the Directional button LEFT/RIGHT to adjust
display brightness.

≈ button to change a

Exit

Return to the game.

End Game

Quit playing ICO.

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