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Ico Hints

I'm in the room on the other side of the old bridge. Where next?

  • 1 of 8: You could walk through the door on the other side of the room.  (It will open as you step on the pressure switch in front of it.)
  • 2 of 8: But when you do that, you'd be facing a really large gap.
  • 3 of 8: There's no way to jump across that gap, so you're going to need to find a way around.
  • 4 of 8: Go back inside -- maybe there's some kind of hidden passage.
  • 5 of 8: Try searching very carefully.
  • 6 of 8: Notice that box in the "canal" on one side of the staircase?
  • 7 of 8: Push it from its present position.
  • 8 of 8: When you do that, you'll reveal a pressure switch.  As the weight comes off the switch, a hidden staircase will reveal itself.  Take those stairs out of this room.