At this point everyone in the LBP community is familiar with this Sony Japan teaser countdown site. Even before it was clear that the seated gentleman was crocheting a Sackboy,many of us pulled this out of the Flash file:
So the countdown is clearly LBP2-related. If the images weren’t enough,I also find the URL http://www.jp.playstation.com/scej/title/lbp2/ in there,which will (I assume) stop giving me a 404 error in (at time of writing) a little over two days.
So the question is:what is the reveal? The most reasonable answer is a Japanese release date and/or Collectors’Edition details (an “offer you can’t refuse”?),but that’s no fun. Let’s assume it’s something bigger. PAX starts in a little over three days,with a US PlayStation Blog meetup before that. Could it be that something that wasn’t shown at GamesCom that will be shown at PAX?
If we look at the LBP2 “Your Own Story Trailer” released at GamesCom,there’s an implication that this is one of six trailers to be released:
Given the 90 days (or so) between the release of that trailer and the intended release date for the game,that means a trailer (at least) every 18 days,right? Which put the next one (music?) smack in the middle of PAX! They’d have to accelerate the release of the third one (controls?) to have it coincide with Tokyo Game Show,but I’d think they’d be willing to do that. After all,I doubt they’ll actually wait until release day for the Rules trailer.
So,clearly Sony Japan wants to reveal the great gloriousness of LBP2 music to the Japanese audience prior to its debut at PAX. That is my conclusion,and makes perfect sense. Or maybe I’ve just been staring at this image for too long:
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