Sunbeams

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Sunbeams
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Internal Name	Plaza
Stage Number	st03t st03a/st03b/st03c (PS1 ver.)
Connecting Areas	Windmill Graveyard Stone Pillar
Designer	Nanako Ohmura
Save Sofa	No

Sunbeams (木漏れ日 Komorebi, lit. "Sunlight filtering through trees") is a location from ICO.

Walkthrough

In the narrow space surrounded by walls, the only way to proceed is to climb the chain by yourself. As you climb the chain, shadows will appear, so hurry down the chain to save Yorda. The shadows appear two at a time at the bottom of the chain, so it should not take too much time to save her once you are down there. After fighting off the shadows, climb up the chain again. Yorda cannot climb the chain, so for now, go on alone.

One of the grates lined up on the ground is open, so first go down into the channel from there. After going through the narrow channel, you will find switches on the left and right sides. Step on the right switch here and call Yorda on the spot. When Yorda comes to the channel, let her step on the left switch, and only Ico should leave the channel. When you climb out of it, call Yorda from the open grate (where Ico went down) and pull her up outside. Now you can take her to the stone statues.

Shadows

• PAL
• NTSC-U

PAL

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
TUBASA SET	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Negative (High)	No
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.1 Dodge Range: 400 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Positive (High)	No
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Tubasa Set Group 2 Follows: Oni_hone Set Amount: 6 (divided into 2 groups of 3)	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 200 NG+ HP: 300 Body Scale: 1.0 Dodge Range: 350 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

NTSC-U

Spawn Set	1 (initial)	2	3	Parameters	Respawns?
TUBASA SET	Tubasa	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Negative (High)	No
ONI_HONE SET	Oni_hone	Oni_hane	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.1 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Positive (High)	No
SPIDER SET Group 1 Follows: Tubasa Set Group 2 Follows: Oni_hone Set Amount: 6 (divided into 2 groups of 3) Behavior: Pushy	Oni_hane	Tubasa	Ushi_hane	NG HP: 400 NG+ HP: 600 Body Scale: 1.0 Flyable: ✔ (Takes Yorda) Battle Type: Negative (High)	No

Trivia

• Waypoint data from this stage is inexplicably found at the bottom of the Logo stage, where the game's title screen is shown.
• It seems at some point, field designer Nanako Ohmura ported Sunbeams to Shadow of the Colossus early in development. The texture segment of the stage is mentioned in the PS3 Data Sheets.

Gallery

• Retail
• Earlier versions

The chain in the entrance of the area.

Ico climbing the chain.

Main area of the Sunbeams.

Another screenshot of the Sunbeams.

The channel.

Another screenshot of the channel.

The bottom of the entrance area in the PS1 version.

Same as the previous clip.

The entrance area in the PS1 version.

The top of the entrance area in the PS1 version.

Stairs in the PS1 version of Sunbeams.

PS1 version of the main area of Sunbeams.

PS1 version of the main area of Sunbeams, featuring a guard.

Same as the previous clip.

A guard walking throughout the channel in the PS1 version.

Concept art of st03b: the channel section.

Example of how the camera should behave in tight spaces, featuring st03b (1999/05/19).

Concept art of st03c: the back half of Sunbeams (1999/10/08).

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