Didn’t get to write anything about The Last Guardian’s recent unveils but needless to say it’s a truly jaw dropping trailer for me. To think that I will be able to interact with this giant eagle (as the official Japanese title “Hitokui no Oowashi Trico” infers, I thought it’s a cat) and explore the dream-like setting soon feel a little unreal for me. Although we get to see many actions from both the boy and the animal, plus plenty of gameplay mechanics being shown, the trailer is still so full of mystery for me. Luckily, Weekly Famitsu gets to interview Fumito Ueda, the game designer and director for the title, and he shared some of the thinking that went behind the animal and the game as a whole.

Note: This interview has been professionally translated at 1Up and IGN, I simply re-translate with more details. Famitsu has also published the interview online here.

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PlayStation mascot in Japan Toro is 10 this year and to help celebrate the cute little cat’s birthday, a PS3 party game called Toro to Morimori is being made for release this July in the country. You’ll basically help Toro become a real human by collecting “memories” in the Story Mode. As a result, the game is basically a collection of over 30 mini-games that appear in previous Mainichi Issho games but enhanced for PS3.

Story Mode

The story will start from the last scene in Dokodemo Issyo, when Toro set off to find something that will help him becomes a real human. However, the cat only meet Kuro at the end of its journey and a “Memory Notebook” was handed to Toro, much to his disappointment. Apparently, by filling up the notebook with “thank you” memories, Kuro can still helps Toro become a human and hence begins the new journey of Toro, who must now help his friends in troubles in order to collect as many “thank you” as possible. These “troubles” are actually the many mini-games that the game has and completing each of them earn you a “thank you” from Toro’s friend, which will adds a new photo to your notebook and opens up new story. See screens of the three mini-games revealed so far after the jump.

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