Little Big Planet 2 already in the works at Media Molecule

27 October 2008

Posted by:Josh

Sackboy, crying out to be stuffed.
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:

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xbox suckes

littlebigplanet is the best game of the decade a second adition woulde be awsome
khkhfc

YAY! LBP RULES!!!!!! i cant wait for LBP2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Joseph326

LBP is sooooooo fun!!! A sequel should have things like water you can swim in, and lava.
P-diddy

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.
http://Yahoo R2D2C3PO

LBP ROOLS. They should extend the creation tools though, so there would be pulleys and stuff like that
kol

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…
http://videogamesblogger LBPfan

LBP was the best game i have ever played LBP2 OMG! i cannot wait its gonna be supercalafradgelistickexpialladoeshus
ramone

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.
http://Ohbartyouba.co.uk Stinker

what? pooha dooha
M7RJN

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