Arena

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Arena
A giant canopy soars to the heavens...
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Inhabitant	Knight
Quadrant	E2
Stage Number	06
Designer	New: Koji Hasegawa (hw) Old: Nanako Ohmura (oh)
Theme

Arena is the developer name given to the arena of the 3rd colossus.

Description

This circular canopy floats on the shore of a lake. The only peculiar thing at the top of the canopy is a circular plate at the center, where the colossus must swing down its sword, breaking its armor. The surrounding border is lower than where the 3rd colossus can walk on, so if you move to this location, it will not see you. Even if you fall into the lake by mistake, the game will not be over, so you can move around in peace.

Location

The arena is located near the north of the Forbidden Lands, next to Stone Arch Gorge and the Ravine Entrance, at quadrant E2.

Trivia

• The theme Lakeside plays when first finding the arena.
• In the Preview version of the game, the circular place at the center of the Arena has a mirror-like property.
• Around the time of the E3 Demo build and earlier, the end of the bridge leading up to the Arena was not broken, and used to connect to the top without the need for jumping.
• An early version of the Arena by the time Wander's hair was redder featured massive towers that, like Dormin states in the colossus' intro dialogue, soared to the heavens. A line of code found in the sheet data named ">ST06A_TOWER_DAMAGE<" might imply that these towers were destroyable.
  • This may not relate to the towers seen in old images at all, but instead two objects called "Tower_A" and "Tower_B". Both use "sz_moyou" textures which are used primarily on the colossus' model suggesting they were related. Both towers are also split into many parts meaning they were likely very large and could be destroyed, possibly by Gaius. It is unknown how the towers were used in the fight.
• An even earlier version of the Arena by the time Wander's vest was blue used to be more expansive and desert-like. it also featured multiple plates all around it.

Gallery

• Original
• Remake
• Earlier versions

Original

Wide view of the canopy. Picture by Jaikhay.

Wander approaching the Arena.

Broken part at the border of the Arena, with climbable grass.

Stairs to the top of the Arena.

The circular plate at the center of the Arena.

Underside of the Arena with strange tower-like structures.

The land at the top of the mountains next to the Arena.

Remake

The Arena in the remake.

Concept art of the Arena from the remake.

Concept art of the 3rd colossus walking on the Arena, from the remake.

Earlier versions

The top of the Arena in an earlier build. Note the beam of light that used to point to the colossus' location before the sword.

The circular bridge in the same early build.

E3 Demo version of the Arena. Note how the circular bridge connects to the top.

Close-up of the bridge in the E3 Demo.

Comparison between the available ambient textures of E2.

Sketch of the arena. Year of creation: 2003.