Just finished Shadow of the Colossus!

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Christhor said:

PullusPardus said:

Christhor said:

Alright so I gave it a quick search on google and I was wrong. Ueda's interpretation wasn't that ICO *ICO spoilers lalz* dies it was that ICO is still in the boat dreaming. Yorda couldn't possibly leave the castle so odds are that she's dead. Why I find it sad, or rather moving? It's because ICO leaves without Yorda and you can see the whole castle falling apart, and to top it of is the song that is played during the ending/credits. I found it sad even before the credits was over.

 

SotC however, while a very sad ending. With him trying to reach the girl (forgot her name) while in his demon form. But Argro came back, the girl came back to life and Wander was reborn. So yaay, happy ending

still not the ending =s . the ending i had was pretty sweet.

it was not sad at all, search for ICO melon ending on youtube

There are various interpretations on the ending, I just posted Ueda's so that should be the most official ending.

and yeah I got that ending on my second play through

Udea has only ever, so far as I know, indicated that is one interpretation.  I'm not saying my one is better or official, but clearly Ico, like certain other stories, keeps certain elements open to interpretation - you apply your own reading to the clues.

The watermelons I believe were just added for fun, because they'd already created the animiations, etc. and they figured it would be nice to use them.

I guess there are three fairly obvious interpretations (I'm sure there are more):

1) Ico is slumped in boat and 'imagines' or 'dreams' of what he'd want more than the world, which we experience interactively when he gets to the beach

2) Ico really does wash up and he really does have the encounter he does

3) your interpretation of the afterlife