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Ico Hints
I've left the East Arena again, but is there anywhere new I can go?
1 of 13: Did you pay attention to the cut-scene that followed when you opened the final iris in the arena?
2 of 13: Another door opened at the same time you opened the iris.
3 of 13: Take the path along the walls of the castle most of the way back to the drawbridge area, and you should see a ladder eventually.
4 of 13: Climb that ladder, and you'll find the door that just opened.
5 of 13: Walk through that door and look around -- you're overlooking the drawbridge area again.
6 of 13: And there's a switch here.
7 of 13: Pull it to lower one of the bridges.
8 of 13: You can now head back down the ladder and through the lower door into the drawbridge area. The bridge you just lowered will be right in front of you. Cross it to head back to parts of this screen that you've already visited.
9 of 13: But with your sword in hand, you can do things that weren't options earlier.
10 of 13: Things that you've done plenty of times now in the East Arena area.
11 of 13: Like cutting ropes.
12 of 13: Don't think about the one section of the drawbridge that's still raised -- that's too high.
13 of 13: But if you keep walking past that, you should find a rope that seemingly has no purpose, to the left of the door back into the chasm room. Maybe you could cut that one instead.
