Minutes ago on the Tokyo Game Show show floor, the Kratos and Nariko Sackboys/girls made a couple of new friends. Welcome Sackboy Solid Snake and Sackboy Sephiroth!
I caught up to Media Molecule’s Alex Evans minutes before the announcement was made, and he talked about this dream collaboration:
It all started with the Helghast thing. It was really funny because we were aware of a lot of possibilities of who we could work with. I remember the first time that Final Fantasy was mentioned, and there was a bet over whether it would be happened since it’s such a precious franchise.
And with Metal Gear, I bought my PS1 for Metal Gear Solid, and I didn’t have a memory card – so I left the game on when I went to work and came home and played some more.
To be involved with MGS is… slightly bizarre. When we were looking at what options as a studio we’d have to work with, they were under the “yeah, right!” category of games.
LittleBigPlanet and Sackboy have a strong identity and flavor. So then you try to find the translation to Metal Gear and Sephiroth, and the guys that made the characters really brought the flavors of LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear together and kept the flavor of both of them[On Final Fantasy collaboration:] It’s a whole universe, and they’ve built up this ethos. And we’re honored to be let into that universe.
We’l have more details on LittleBigPlanet’s newest residents soon. In the meantime, click here for more hi-res pics.
Oh my god!!! That is freakin’ sweet!!!
OH MY GOD THIS IS THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD EVER
no Cloud?
To see those two iconic characters reimagined for LBP is ridiculously amazing :) let’s hope they’re available on the final version!
and, just as a joke, is this image of Sephiroth be the closest thing we’ll get to a Final Fantasy VII for the PS3?! Say it isn’t so! ^_^
OLD SACK IS AWESOME.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!Solid Snake + Sephiroth=freakin awesome!!!!!Im buying this when ever it comes out.
So that’s Killzone, God of War, Metal Gear, and Final Fantasy.
Keep going! :D
Sack?!? SACK?!? SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!!
Lol, the Solid Snake Sackboy makes this article 5/5.
Sweet. This is only getting better :)
OMG! Yes… PLZ bring more characters. Bring the whole FF7 gang. I would 100% buy a pack that included the final fantasy characters.
OMG, I am having a heart attack here. Where their is Sephiroth, Cloud is soon to follow. Need a Cloud Sackboy also
Nice!! You should only allow PSN users level 5 or higher to download these guys. That’ll shut the trophy haters up. Oct. 21 is going to really kill my wallet with 5 must have PS3 titles coming out. Good Job!
Awesome.
Whoa, can’t believe this actually made me feel a bit better! Go sackboys and sackgirls!
But I’m still bitter about the report of Tekken 6 going multiplatform — er.. don’t mind me.
Go sackpeoples!!
awwwwsoome…. need more chars lile cloud… redxiii would be funny… gogo to them to get more…. also can you find out if these guys are free or are they DLC?
thanks for such awesome info
Oh my goodness, sephiroth is smiling!
Thanks for the info.
The game has been alot of fun
whoa! how awesome is this?!?! :D
yet another reason to pick up this game as soon as it comes out!
i can’t wait!!!
Thanks Media Molecule! and Jeff for posting this and making me even more excited!
what a great thing to see before going to calling it a night!
OMFG ORGASMIC
Pretty darn cool! I love the beta! Can’t wait for the full thing to come out. How do we get our hands on these beautiful creations?
This is awesome. What location will I have to pre-order LBP from to get these? :D
Im sorry I’m more calm now, what I meant to say is this is a-freaking-mazing. Good work Mm and good work SONY.
Sooooooooo Awesome….And Adorable!!
OH SNAP! Awesome. But hey, give Sackiroth his sword, would ya?
AWESOME now do Ico and Wander. I know you want to Sony!
Awesome, very cool. I can’t wait for this game. I’m lovin the beta!
Estuans interius
ira vehementi
Estuans interius
ira vehementi
SACKIROTH!
doo doo, doo doo,
SACKIROTH!
What about the awesomeness of the music that is…
… NOBY NOBY NOBY NOBY NOBY NOBY NOBY NOBY!!! O_O
With the two exclusives already leaked and now this, Sony has already won TGS. Now for those 9 other PS3 exclusives…
Please excuse me while I pick my jaw up off of the floor. I must have those!
I don’t… understand… Did I miss it or was it just not said: are these just more pre-order bonuses or are the DLC or are we getting them with the game…? Please, please, PLEASE say it’s the last one. :D
Either way, that’s frickin’ cool. Annoying about Tekken 6, but hardly an issue considering that pretty much EVERYONE saw it coming, but NO ONE saw this coming. I’m going to be the fricking flame-walker of LittleBigPlanet. Bring on the burning village! :D
So amazing.
One question…How do we get these? Do we download them…are the just for fun and not for public? I want!!!!
So awesome. :)
That is pretty darn sweet! Most excited to see Sephiroth, although, to see Cloud would be even more amazing!! :D
Maybe even an FFVII level set!
OMG! So how do we get them?
Woah! this game will be awesome. I wish to MM and Sony the best for this
What about a young Snake and Big Boss? Hell, the whole MGS line up would be nice. :-p
FREAKIN’ SWEET!
That’s some badass news.
Dreams… really can come true.
They look great! This game just gets better and better.
amazing best characters ever, all left is to include ocelot :D,
dont make us wait months for this characters :(
Unlike a dumb theme, I will definitely pay for these
I still want Nariko sackgirl and MEDIA MOLECULE still hasn’t announced it for Canada.
THe latest I heard is that they’re all done in Canada without ever being announced :(
Nariko SackGirl is at FutureShop in Canada