You’re assisted in your fights with the towering goliaths of Shadow of the Colossus by occasional hint from Dormin, the spirit that barters with you to do its bidding. However, to the best of my knowledge, it seems that not all of the hints present in the code made it into the final version of the game. Also interesting is that not every Colossus has an equal number of hints. In this script, The used hints are bolded, while the unused hints are left as plain text. To determine which hints made the cut, I referred to this unofficial script manually transcribed by TheSinnerChrono.

Personally, I had a lot of trouble defeating these creatures without using a walkthrough, let alone finding where to go. These extra hints would have definitely come in handy when figuring out what to do. Special thanks to malc (AKA youmoosotc) and Nomad1068 for their invaluable assistance in extracting the game’s text.

Colossus 1

剣をかかげ光を巨像に当てるのだ

そうすれば巨像の急所がわかるだろう…

Hold up thy sword to reflect the light onto the colossus. Its vitals shall be revealed…

巨像の急所を目指すには

その体を登るしかない…

Thou must climb the colossus

to reach its vitals…

その者の足を攻撃し

先へと進む道を切り開くのだ…

Attack its leg in order to

cut a path for thyself…

Colossus 2

発光してるところが

その者の急所のようだ…

The place that emits light is its vitals…

急所は一つとは限らぬ…

It may have more than one vital point…

Colossus 3

その者が纏う鎧は

もろいようだ…

The armor it wears

seems brittle…

巨像の持つ剣が

進むべき道となるだろう…

The colossus’s sword

shall be thy path…

Colossus 4

地価を利用し

身を隠すのも手だ…

One strategy to consider is to

hide thyself underground...

巨像を欺き

その背後へ回れ…

Deceive the colossus

to reach its back…

Colossus 5

その弓で巨像の怒りを誘え…

Use thy bow and arrow

to gain the colossus’s attention…

湖面の足場に立ち

その者の攻撃を誘うのだ…

Stand on the platform on the

surface of the lake to draw its attack…

剣を使い

急所を探すのだ…

Use thy sword to find its vitals…

Colossus 6

その身を隠す

場所を探すのだ…

Find a place where

thou art hidden…

Colossus 7

湖面に泳ぎ出て

巨像を誘い出すのだ…

Swim on the lake surface

to draw out the colossus…

巨像の尻尾に

取り付くのだ…

Grab on to the

colossus’s tail…

光るツノの力を

根元から断つのだ…

Sever the power of the

radiating horn at its root…

Colossus 8

より高い場所へと

誘いだすのだ…

Draw it out to

higher ground…

その者の素早い動きを

封じるのだ…

Find a way to seal its

quick movement…

Colossus 9

大地の力は

巨体をも揺るがす…

The power of the earth

shall shake even the colossus…

浮き上がった巨体の

支えとなる足を狙え…

Aim for the legs that support the

body of the floating colossus…

Colossus 10

おまえの足では

到底逃れることができぬ…

Thy legs cannot possibly

carry thee away from its danger…

その者の目狙え…

Aim for its eyes…

Colossus 11

炎が揺れる台を

利用できないか…

Perhaps thou can use the

pedestal of flames….

その者は

炎を怒れているようだ…

It fears the flames…

Colossus 12

そのままでは

その者の急所を狙うことができぬ…

Thou cannot aim for its

vitals as thou art now…

より高い場所へと渡るのだ…

Cross to higher ground…

Colossus 13

剣の力では

その者に近づくことはできぬ…

The power of the sword

will not get thee close to it…

Colossus 14

巨像と大地をつなぐ

部位から登るのだ…

Climb from where the colossus

and the earth are connected…

塔に登り

巨像の怒りを誘うのだ…

Climb the tower and draw

the colossus’s anger…

塔の上なら追ってはこれぬ…

先へと進むのだ…

It cannot pursue thee at the

top of the tower. Proceed forward…

Colossus 15

地上での戦いは不利だ…

有利な場所に移動するのだ…

A fight on the ground is unfavorable…

Find a place where thou hast an advantage

もっと高い場所をめざせ…

Find much higher ground…

隠された急所を

探し出すのだ…

Find its hidden vitals…

Colossus 16

身を隠して近づける

場所があるはずだ…

There should be a place where

thee can approach whilst hiding…

その者の反応が

おまえの道となる…

Its response will be thy road…

その場所から

より上へと進むのだ…

Climb higher from that place…

そこからでは届かない場所に

急所がある…

The vitals are in a place

thou cannot reach from there…