The God of War ‘Kratos‘ and Ape Escape ‘Pipo Monkey‘ costumes have recently popped up on the PlayStation Asia Store, listed as being available from January 8th.
However, we’re not quite sure why these costumes have popped up on the store. Their descriptions seem to imply that they are only available to a select group of people. The Pipo monkey costume is one of the prizes available in the PlayStation Asia Design a Sackboy competition, however the final winners are not announced until February 15th.
The descriptions are as follows:
Congratulations! It looks like you managed to get your hands on the exclusive LittleBigPlanet™ Kratos costume. Download it now and feel the power!
Congratulations! It looks like you managed to get your hands on the exclusive LittleBigPlanet™ Pipo Monkey costume. Download it now and see how really cute it is!
Considering that the Kratos costume has been available in the E.U and U.S for some time now (through special promotion codes) - we’re guessing that the Pipo Monkey costume might well become available via a similar means. That is, if Sony wish to keep him ‘special‘ in that way. We think Pipo looks very cute:
Incidentally, you can vote for the winners of the PlayStation Asia Costume Competition over on the website.
[UPDATE - January 16th]
The dates on the site have now been changed from January 8th to January 26th.
will this be available for other PlayStation networks or only Asia
will this be avalible in the us
I just want those eyes. XD
what about nariko from heavenly i so want to get nariko costume and the pipo but i want the costumes to be relassed in the US
haha, I want those eyes too!
There is no guarantee at all that these costumes will be released elsewhere. The thing is, if they release Pipo or Kratos as purchasable items, then it completely defeats the point of them being unique competition prizes of limited edition promotional items.
Much like the ‘crown’ being given to competition winners - I wouldn’t like to be a competition winner, only to see other people wearing it who have simply just paid for it.
Thats true Tom, but to be fair, buying a magazine or preordering the game online doesn’t strictly qualify as an achievement. I totally agree that the crown, and other items that are actually ‘achieved’ should forever stay exclusive. But as for Kratos, Nariko and Pipo, I think Mm should eventually release these on PS Store instead of letting con artists demand ridiculous prices for the promotion codes on ebay!
Plus, the term ‘exclusive’ when it comes to DLC over the past few years hasn’t always meant ‘exclusive forever!‘ Fingers crossed….
i so want the promotional costumes kratos nariko pipa and the the pack of three i wish they would put them in store it not fare
im from uk
i would’ve thought that since the japan and europe design (kabuki and the t.v.)came everywhere i thought that the pipo would have done the same…....i hope it does=)
i have a psn asia account and the pipo monkey and kratos isnt there is there a certain place or thing i need to do to get them into the store plz respond
@nick
Er, you might want to read the article 
These costumes will be available in the US and UK on the 29th of January…however the nariko costume will not (and will never be) available for download, i’m so happy i have it :]
