27 October 2008
Josh

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:

23 June 2009 15:01
leon

dude! lbp 2! i loed the first 1 but……awsome! can’t w8!

2 July 2009 18:03
Chiffmonkey

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.

4 July 2009 18:26
Simon

I have both a ps3 and an xbox and i want this game to come to both consoles so everyone can enjoy it

7 July 2009 15:25
liver_failure

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!!!!!.

8 July 2009 03:20
Connor

lets just pray that it doesn’t come to wii

30 July 2009 10:10
alex

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10 August 2009 01:46
PicklesBob

@ 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

11 August 2009 17:54
schmammal

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

21 August 2009 11:40
toby

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!!!!!!!!

14 October 2009 10:01
toby!!

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!