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How do the blades help me?
  • 1 of 8: You'll need to jump on and off the blades at the right time.
  • 2 of 8: You want to jump onto the blades while they're fairly flat, so that the long wooden beam on the blade is perpendicular to the ground.  Then, Ico can hold onto the blade for a ride.
  • 3 of 8: Of course, you want to be high enough up that the blade can take you somewhere.
  • 4 of 8: So while the blade is spinning, move to the outside of the blade, to your right.
  • 5 of 8: You can't move all the way around to the shorter wooden beam, but you can get fairly close to it.
  • 6 of 8: Look at the windmill as you're spinning around.
  • 7 of 8: There's another platform at the very top.
  • 8 of 8: When you've gone just about as high as you can go, jump off and Ico should land on that platform.  Don't wait too long, though, or else he may slide off the beam and back to the ground, where you'll have to start all over.