New friends join the family in Sony’s newest project Little Big Planet 3 set to release in November of this year. One of the many things revealed by E3 this year was not only that Sackboy will return to his place of glory, but that he’d be joined by new characters.
XDev’s Pete Smith talked to Playstation.com saying, “We’ve spent a long time working on the characters. Not just making sure that they look distinctive but also that they each offer unique gameplay. That, for me, is the big thing. We want people to go ‘Wow, they really change up the game, and I can create totally new experiences with them’. We were also keen to make sure that they were very iconic from a silhouette point of view, so that when you look at them together you can instantly tell them apart. Yet we still wanted them to feel like they were part of the Sackboy family, rather than just a watered down version of the same character.”
Let’s meet these new, unique characters!
Swoop can fly!
Here we meet Swoop, SackBoy’s flying companion.
“Swoop was the first one we came up with. He has a specific purpose – Swoop can fly, and he can access hard to reach places. One of the most useful things with Swoop is that he can pick things up – objects, but also the other characters, with the exception of ‘big’ Toggle.” – Pete Smith
Number 2 on our list is Toggle.
This fellow can shrink himself down when needed
Toggle can be big, or he can be small. Toggle started off as just one character – big Toggle – but it didn’t quite give you enough combinations, and that’s what Little Big Planet really needs. He also brings with him a hell of a lot of gameplay possibilities, especially when you start using some of the customization features.” – Pete Smith
Last but not least is this cute little creature named Oddsock
He’s not quite a dog but he’s just as cute!
“Once you play the Oddsock levels and start nailing your jumps, it’s really fluid and much quicker than the familiar LBP gameplay. It’s a very different experience – we didn’t just want him to be Sackboy on four legs, we wanted him to be his own unique character.”
And there we have it! Be sure to pick up your copy of Little Big Planet when it hits stores in November 2014.