The Cosmos

The Cosmos
Game:	LittleBigPlanet 2
Creator:	Dr. Herbert Higginbotham
Levels:	10
Prizes:	177
Theme Chronology Eve's Asylum

“	With Huge Spaceship repaired and the entire Alliance present and accounted for it’s time to make a move against the Negativatron and end his menace once and for all. This is where it’s all been heading; the final showdown! No holds barred excitement! Fasten your seatbelts, there’s no turning back now.	„
— Unseen theme description

The Cosmos is the sixth and final theme of LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode, and the creation of Dr. Herbert Higginbotham; it is designed around 8-bit retro, arcades, and space.

Overview

The Cosmos takes many of the previous mechanics demonstrated throughout LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode and applies them to long, challenging levels; many are split into two halves to aid in the use of size, length, and large set pieces. Many of the game's main powerups are used extensively, alongside the robot animals previously seen in Avalonia, which are featured prominently in levels like Full Metal Rabbit and Fight of the Bumblebees, where they are the main gimmick.

Plot overview

One last hitch is thrown into the Alliance's plan as they make their final preparations to depart from Craftworld, with Avalon Centrifuge taken hostage by the Negativitron. With their mission now being to rescue Avalon, the Alliance embarks on a comfortable voyage, before being intercepted once more by the Negativitron. Sackboy, the Sackbot army, and the rest of the creator curators escape, crash landing behind enemy lines on the Negativitron's surface.

Stranded on the opposite side of the planet, Sackboy fights his way through swarms of Meanies to free Huge Spaceship. Once reunited with the Alliance, they carry out their plan to save Avalon from Meanies' clutches. Through a team effort, the Alliance manages to bring down a massive robot and free Avalon. With the Alliance fully reassembled and ready to initiate the final push to the Negativitron's heart, the Negativitron makes a final confrontation with the creator curators, mocking the futility of their attempts to defeat it.

With the Alliance's help, Sackboy fights back the Negavititron long enough to expose its heart and strike the killing blow. With the Negativitron's threat neutralized, the Alliance celebrates their victory.

Levels

Main Path (7) Negativitron Incoming Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Negativitron Full Metal Rabbit Where In The World Is Avalon Centrifuge? Fight of the Bumblebees Into The Heart Of The Negativitron Homeward Bound Negativitron Incoming Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Negativitron Full Metal Rabbit Where In The World Is Avalon Centrifuge? Fight of the Bumblebees Into The Heart Of The Negativitron Homeward Bound Versus Levels (3) Rocket Funland Ping Pang Pong Space Pool Rocket Funland Ping Pang Pong Space Pool

Assets

Collectibles
Background Materials Objects Toys Stickers Decorations

Costumes
Dr. Herbert Higginbotham	Computerhead	Mr. Moon	Mrs. Sun	Console Kitty

History

Early on in development for LittleBigPlanet 2, the Cosmos was designed around space travel and astronomy and was intended to be the penultimate theme in an eight-theme story mode for LittleBigPlanet 2, placed between Higginbotham's Mind and the Popov's Domain. A pivotal point in the Cosmos' development was its merge with Higginbotham's Mind, inheriting many of the latter theme's retro arcade designs; the Popov's Domain would not receive the same treatment, with its pitch as a theme based on human anatomy being reimagined for Invasion Of The Body Invaders.

After LittleBigPlanet 2's story mode was reduced to six themes, the Cosmos was reassigned as the climax, where the Alliance would travel through space to defeat Avalon Centrifuge's Sucker. Following Avalon's character rewrite, the theme transitioned further from its roots in space to being centered around the Negativitron.

Screenshots

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Concept art

Main article: The Cosmos/Concept art.

Quotes

“	Time for the final assault! Your crew and army assembled, you head off to take down the Negitivitron once and for all. It’s not going to be all plain sailing though, not if the meanies can help it. Remember your training and you will make it back alive!	„
— Theme description from littlebigplanet.com

Related achievements

Complete The Cosmos Complete the main path of the Cosmos.

Ace The Cosmos Ace the main path of the Cosmos.

Ace Story Mode Ace every level in the story mode (Complete every level in the main path of story mode without dying.)

Complete Story Mode Complete the main path of the story mode