Way to control Yorda in your first playthrough

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My girlfriend and I just really enjoyed playing through Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons together and I figured she'd probably enjoy ICO too.

We have the PS3 HD remake of the original but I haven't started it yet, I was wondering if there is anyway that she can control Yorda (maybe a cheat code… or something similar) that won't require a solo playthrough? I've noticed you can download saves from certain sites, but they seem to be profile restricted.

I managed to download a save and get it onto the PS3. It gave me a warning that any trophies wouldn't apply, which was promising, but when starting a new game, and releasing Yorda, I didn't get the option to switch to two players.

Best Answer

Assuming you save file in the game has a funny hieroglyphic symbol next to its logged time (you can view this in the continue game load-up screen), you must go into the games settings and enable 2 players once Yorda is freed from her cage.

Related Solutions

How many versions of “Ico” are there

With respect to gameplay, there were two versions released for the PS2 (an original version and a U.S. version), and one remake for the PS3:

U.S. and original version box art

          U.S. Version               Original Version

PS3 version box art

          PS3 Remake

With respect to language and region code, there were eight releases, including one reprint in Europe coinciding with the release of Shadow of the Colossus:

PlayStation 2

NA September 24, 2001
JP December 6, 2001
EU March 22, 2002

Re-Release

EU February 17, 2006

PlayStation 3

JP September 22, 2011
NA September 27, 2011
AUS September 29, 2011
EU September 28, 2011

Nything I might miss starting out playing Ico

No, there's very little that's missable in Ico. There's one secret area that I'm aware of where you find the best weapon in the game, but there's only 3 weapons total, and the combat is not particularly challenging even without it.

The game is primarily focused on solving environmental puzzles and protecting the princess. There is very little dialog, and in most releases what dialog there is isn't in English, at least on the first playthrough. There's also very little story progression through most of it.