The pair make their way through the castle ruins, evading the ghostly soldiers, and Trico's broken horns and wings slowly regrow. The boy unchains Trico and they explore the area, discovering a mirror-like shield that summons lightning-like energy from Trico's tail. Though Trico is hostile, after the boy removes the spears from its body and feeds it, it begins to accept him. He discovers an enormous creature called a Trico, chained and wounded. The boy (voiced by Tatsuki Ishikawa) awakens in a ruined castle in a deep valley known as the Nest. The Last Guardian 's story is framed as a flashback told by an older man (voiced by Hiroshi Shirokuma) recounting his experience as a boy.

The player controls the boy, who must care for and work with the large creature, Trico, using its animal instincts to solve puzzles Multiple playthroughs unlock additional costumes based on previous Ueda games. The player is returned to the last checkpoint if the boy is captured by guards, or if he falls from too great a height. At various points, the boy wields a reflective mirror that summons lightning from Trico's tail, which can be used to break certain objects. Although players are encouraged to train Trico to move in the right direction, new areas can be discovered by letting Trico wander independently. Though the player initially has little command over Trico, the boy learns to command Trico to leap onto ledges or head in a certain direction, among other actions. The boy must locate barrels to feed Trico when it is hungry, pet Trico to calm it after a battle, and remove spears thrown at Trico by enemies. Conversely, certain obstacles, such as gates, or glass eyes that frighten Trico, prevent Trico from progressing, and must be removed by the boy. Trico's size and agility allow it to reach areas that the boy cannot reach alone, and fight off guards who attempt to capture the boy. The boy can climb on structures, carry objects such as barrels, and operate mechanisms such as levers. The name of the creature, Trico ( トリコ, Toriko), can be taken to mean 'prisoner' ( 虜, toriko), 'baby bird' ( 鳥の子, tori no ko), or a portmanteau of 'bird' ( 鳥, tori) and 'cat' ( 猫, neko). The player controls an unnamed boy who must cooperate with a half-bird-half-mammal creature to solve puzzles and explore areas. Like its predecessors Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005), The Last Guardian is a third-person game that combines action-adventure and puzzle elements. Upon release, it received praise for its art direction, story, and depiction of Trico, though some criticized the gameplay. The Last Guardian was reintroduced at E3 2015. Ueda and GenDesign remained as creative consultants, with Ueda as director and Sony's Japan Studio handling technical development. It suffered numerous delays Ueda and other Team Ico members departed Sony, forming the studio GenDesign, and hardware difficulties moved the game to the PlayStation 4 in 2012, drawing speculation that the game would not see release. Sony announced The Last Guardian at E3 2009 with a planned release in 2011 for the PlayStation 3. He employed the 'design through subtraction' approach he had used for his previous games, removing elements that did not contribute to the core theme of the connection between the boy and Trico. It was designed and directed by Fumito Ueda, and shares stylistic, thematic, and gameplay elements with his previous games, Ico (2001) and Shadow of the Colossus (2005).

Team Ico began developing The Last Guardian in 2007. Players control a boy who befriends a giant half-bird, half-mammal creature, Trico.

The Last Guardian is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Japan Studio and GenDesign and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 4.

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