Ueda: E.T. an inspiration for The Last Guardian

Fumito Ueda has said in an interview with Dengeki that he cites E.T. as an inspiration for The Last Guardian.

"I have many obviously. To name two, E.T. and My Neighbour Totoro. We've also looked at the charm and qualities of different animals, but not only that - we've focused on the wild behaviour of these animals as well," said the Team ICO boss.

He also mentioned that the trailer was based on Toriko specfically, and how natural his animations and expressions are.

"The natural expressions of an animal. With Shadow of the Colossus and its console, PlayStation 2, we were limited as to what we could achieve. We had to cut out an incredible volume of information. Now we don't have to do that anymore.

Everything's expressed naturally, even the movement of the eyes. If the object of attention moves, so do the eyes of the characters following it. We're also able to express for the first time, thanks to the new hardware, the ferocious behaviour of wild animals. I hope we did a good job on that."

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Thanks, Vandal.