Little Big Planet 2 already in the works at Media Molecule
A LittleBigPlanet 2 sequel is already in the works! No surprise there. With the already guaranteed critical and sales success of Sony’s new flagship PlayStation 3 platformer, LittleBigPlanet, it would be completely crazy of developer Media Molecule to not already be thinking about what they are going to do for the next game in the inevitable franchise.
According to the BBC UK in an interview with Alex Evans and the rest of the team at Media Molecule, “Even before the game has hit the shops, the team are already at work on a sequel.” It goes on to say, “LittleBigPlanet has big potential. Right now it is just a game but the firm, with Sony, are in talks to turn it into a franchise that could mean spin offs including comics, cartoons, and action figures as well as a publishing platform itself for other brands’ content.”
Which jives well with some previous Media Molecule interviews in which talks of the future, and an inevitable sequel, have come up.
Update July 2009: Media Molecule boss Alex Evans had something new to say about Little Big Planet 2. To quote: “I’d love there to be a sequel, put it that way. But that’s not an announcement - although I will say that the entire team is working on LBP.”
But it only makes complete sense if you ask me. And not just the part about a video game follow-up and Downloadable Content (which is a no-brainer), but also the part about additional brands in other industries, like comic books, cartoons, action figures and . . . what I want to see most, plushies! The LittleBigPlanet characters really beg for this stuff due to their uber-cuteness and mass-market family-friendly appeal. Heck, I’d buy one with no questions asked.
My only worry will be if they saturate the market with LittleBigPlanet-related things and it loses it’s appeal. But hey, Viva Pinata did it, even the cartoon part, and yet I don’t see it hurting that brand. And lets not even get into Pokemon . . . So I definitely see Sony going this route, especially since Sony now has a big kid-friendly brand, something they lacked previously, to compete with the likes of Viva Pinata from Microsoft and Pokemon from Nintendo. Let the cute wars roll on!
Media Molecule co-founders Kareem Ettouney and Mark Healy were asked about Little Big Planet 2 on disc:
I would love for Little Big Planet 2 to be in 3D as supposed to being 2D with 3 layers.
I did play it with the level editor and you can do some crazy stuff with it.
by JDonahue79 on Nov 2, 2008 at 8:22 pm
please include a double jump of glider would be cool too. and 3d would be awsome. another thing is that by changing the faces (mad , angry ,scared, etc.) would set his overall agression. that would be awsme.
by jaik on Dec 16, 2008 at 11:43 am
Double jump would be great fun. I can’t see a LBP game being bad, cause if the levels are bad, you create different ones.
But 3D? Propperly 3D would make it suck, its one of the core things that makes the game unique, having just 3 layers.
by Sam on Dec 20, 2008 at 11:04 am
Are you blind? It is 3D.
by Kisu on Dec 22, 2008 at 2:20 pm
whens it coming out?
by jennifer on Dec 27, 2008 at 3:37 pm
I would buy a plushies too!
by Owen on Dec 30, 2008 at 5:38 pm
its 3-d with 2-d environment your both right!
i would like to see more of everything… a bulkier sackboy!
by imxlnt2 on Dec 31, 2008 at 1:16 pm
i really have no idea what they plan to include in a sequel. the add on-ability and create-ability make it amost infinite. so the way i see it the change would have to be major. something to do with the overall structure. its already in 3-D but i would like to be able to sculpt objects on every axis. and maybe more layers.
by jon on Jan 2, 2009 at 1:31 am
I would totally buy a Sackboy plushie, i mean, who wouldn’t?
by Dael on Jan 7, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Wow that’s so stupid, my friend has ps3 and he makes fun of me for playing mario and viva pinata and he has LBP which is “the best game of 09″ don’t get me wrong its an ok party game but why make a sequel its juss party games?…..
by xbox gamer on Jan 9, 2009 at 7:19 am
littlebigplanet is the best game of the decade a second adition woulde be awsome
by xbox suckes on Jan 9, 2009 at 1:12 pm
YAY! LBP RULES!!!!!! i cant wait for LBP2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by khkhfc on Jan 23, 2009 at 4:58 pm
LBP is sooooooo fun!!! A sequel should have things like water you can swim in, and lava.
by Joseph326 on Jan 24, 2009 at 11:28 pm
LBP is pretty awesome but pokemon takes the cake. Thier cute and they attack.Sackboy, well you can dress him up. Thats about it. Its like a dress up doll, that clings to things.
by P-diddy on Jan 31, 2009 at 1:17 pm
LBP ROOLS. They should extend the creation tools though, so there would be pulleys and stuff like that
by R2D2C3PO on Feb 4, 2009 at 1:35 pm
i really hope the sequel doesnt have any punching or kicking combos buttons because that will ruin the game.i like the style they have like super mario, if they add kicking and punching then thats just something else…
by kol on Feb 9, 2009 at 11:42 pm
LBP was the best game i have ever played LBP2 OMG! i cannot wait its gonna be supercalafradgelistickexpialladoeshus
by LBPfan on Feb 14, 2009 at 12:26 pm
I’ll buy LBP2, as long as it’s out no earlier than October 2010. I want to get a full year out of the $80+ I’ve spent on the game, addons, etc…
I don’t know why thy aren’t providing loads of dlc, like more theme packs. User generated content is nice, but something like the official MGS pack would be great.
by ramone on Feb 22, 2009 at 7:19 am
what? pooha dooha
by Stinker on Feb 27, 2009 at 10:38 am
Yeah i’d love a LBP game like mario kart, but with your own charictors, and you make the tracks up just like we make levels up in the current game, that would be brilliant
by M7RJN on Mar 10, 2009 at 9:48 am
If Rockband 2 was awsome than LBP 2 would be Da Bomb!!! Hopefully it would not do what Pokemon did.
by Rmr1293 on Mar 21, 2009 at 4:50 pm
i’m sure i’m gonna buy that game
got lbp 1 too so..
by Y jens on Apr 20, 2009 at 11:52 am
LBP is awsome!!! my name is yodajens on the playstation add me if you got lbp
by Y jens on Apr 20, 2009 at 11:53 am
Great! mcjakeqcool
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by me on May 26, 2009 at 4:12 pm
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by Jake on Jun 7, 2009 at 11:36 am
i can get quick fire where u have to shoot 40 paintballs in 5 seconds its hard
by el_cholo75@hotmail.com on Jun 22, 2009 at 9:48 pm
dude! lbp 2! i loed the first 1 but……awsome! can’t w8!
by leon on Jun 23, 2009 at 3:01 pm
Kid game?
Lol if you like trawling through H4H levels, as that’s what kids make…
It’s just in a childish style, which fits it as it’s a very laid back game, with amazingly fun multiplayer.
by Chiffmonkey on Jul 2, 2009 at 6:03 pm
I have both a ps3 and an xbox and i want this game to come to both consoles so everyone can enjoy it
by Simon on Jul 4, 2009 at 6:26 pm
just keep LBP to ps3 im playing now the xbox would give LBP red ring syndrome and would make the game pointless uz ps3erz should only have ps3z nd if u also have a red ring box U R A TRATOR stick 2 the ps3 we need more games to rub in the red ring boxerz faces!!!!!.
by liver_failure on Jul 7, 2009 at 3:25 pm
lets just pray that it doesn’t come to wii
by Connor on Jul 8, 2009 at 3:20 am
BAD IDEA I DONT WANT A SECOND UNLESS YOU DOWNLOAD IT ONTO THE FIRST! I SPENT OVER $300 ON STUFF FROM LBP STORE AND I DONT WANT THAT TO GO TO WASTE! AND IF YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUSLY GOING TO DO THIS THEN ILL TELL EVERYONE I KNOW THAT LBP SUCKS! BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE WASTED ALL OF MY MONEY ON NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by alex on Jul 30, 2009 at 10:10 am
@ alex
your money wouldnt go to waste if they were to join the two games together say as in……putting the LBP 1 levels on one planet, and the LBP 2 levels on another
by PicklesBob on Aug 10, 2009 at 1:46 am
liquid would be awsome acid lava and water like you could swim in water
change the color of it and pour it in bucket and there could be anti gravity and magnets
by schmammal on Aug 11, 2009 at 5:54 pm
little big planet 2 is gonna be awesome and i want there to be water and the stuff schammal said and u could make waves on it even wiv the lava that would be awesome. more costumes to get and better lvls and easier to make lvls!!!!!!!!
by toby on Aug 21, 2009 at 11:40 am
i think the little big planet creators should have more levels and also, i think you should be able to make a house, live in it, go to work and buy pets!! that would be cool!
by toby!! on Oct 14, 2009 at 10:01 am
forget xbox….they always get exclusive map pack and stuff like for grand theft auto and the upcoming game Modern Warfare2! its not fair and why should ps3 share with xbox…you know xbox wouldnt share with ps3… PS3 FOREVER!!!!
by jesus christ on Oct 24, 2009 at 9:32 pm