Strange...when I saw the "walking castle", I wasn't thinking "Colossus". I was thinking "Alexander". Yeah, the classic Summon.

...am I old?

...any artwork that combines stonework and fur is now a Colossus ripoff??

Ask yourself this, would Square have designed that exact same monster all by themselves if SoTC had never existed? 
I say there's no way the SE Staffers would have come up with that style of monster image without SoTC firmly establishing that visual theme/motif first.

Your mind may vary, but the very first thought that flashed in my head when I viewed that artwork was "oh it's a colossus", so when my brain makes an immediate visual association, that's strong enough grounds to personally claim that for me it's a YES.  Your brain may vary.

For Alexander, he looked more like a Holy Cathedral with flying buttresses.

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My bet would be either Iwasaki or Shimomura.. in any case this track rocks!
Later,

Alcahest

Anyone visited the launched site?

Today is the last day of your obssessions with ascribing whatever you think is generic orchestral music to Sakimoto anyways. The SotC rip off arguments is even more productive, and indeed, valid.

Yeah, some parts will remind us all of SoTC, but oh well.  I'm interested in seeing SQEX's take on that game. 

The 2D sprites remind me alot of SaGa Frontier and it looks like the battles are in real time.  I'm way excited for this one!

After watching the video I'd have to retract my statement and say that the music probably isn't Sakimoto - at least the trailer music isn't. The video definitely reminds me of SotC, though. I mean, the dude even walks onto the Colos... uh, Bahamut?

Yeah, okay, so the trailer makes it look a lot more like a Wanda ripoff.  Still no idea on the composer, though.

so now I'm right all a sudden?  everyone dropped their pitchforks just as fast as they had grabbed them...

It's not just you, Carl. My first response to seeing the art was: "Why does that remind me of a colossus from SotC?" Several other people on GameFAQs also had the same initial reaction. Of course, seeing how that arm fell off really gave me SotC vibes - mmm...Colossus #2, perhaps? Dude lost his arm, too.

The color palette and textures are definitely not coincidental. Not when SotC came out years before this one and hit it big, too.

I think you mean #3, #2 had four legs.
And even so, #3 didn't actually lose his arm...

Ah, thanks. I knew I was thinking of the Knight one, but it's been a long time since I've played it. Now that I think about it...he lost his arm cuff, right? Still, that trailer screamed 'SotC in miniature' to me.

How strange that I actually started playing Shadow of the Colossus for the first time like ... 3 days ago, and then I see this trailer.

Carl's right. there's a lot of SotC imitation here.

But it will play like an entirely different game than SotC so I'm fine with that.

As for the music? ...maaaaybe Hidenori Iwasaki. That's my best guess.

Yep, that's the one that had to have the cuff broken off. Ironically enough it's even the same arm as the dude in the trailer that gets his arm cut off.

Speculation over. A bit of a surprise, but it kinda fits given the ostinato-based approach and the similar palette to his recent action themes!

Didn't suprise me, I got huge FF XI-vibes from that countdown-music. Good to see that I was for once correct and we get some new non-FF-Mizuta.

Didn't expect that one! Either way, that's exciting - I've always dug Mizuta. I guess this means no more FFXI expansions, heh.

Apparently there will be at least two more but I guess the next one won't be until at least late 2009 / early 2010.

Watch the trailer.  Total SotC rip-off!  Looks fun though.  ;D

Good call the_miker!

Cheers to those who guessed Mizuta. (the_miker ftw!!)

Which makes me wonder, is Hiromichi Tanaka (producer for FFXI) working on Blood of Bahamut as well?

I hope to meet Mizuta at the FFXI Fan Fest this year, but I'm not sure if he'll be there. If he is, I will try to interview him about BoB among other things.

LOL, Blood of Bahamut = BoB. I like that abbreviation.

Ramza

i am sorry square trademarked the smiley face you have used long ago ... along with the air ...

It appears they won't release an expansion disc anymore and only offer some downloadable quests on the old areas instead, and maybe that's why Mizuta finally leaves FFXI.