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Prince of Persia: The Fallen King

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is a third-person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Casablanca. The game was released for the Nintendo DS in December 2008, as a spin-off sequel to the Prince…

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Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Casablanca, released 2 December 2008 on Nintendo DS. The main story takes about 9 hrs to finish.

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What Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Casablanca and released in 2008. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Following the events of Prince of Persia and Prince of Persia Epilogue, the story begins with the split of the Prince and Elika. While Elika stays with the Ahura, leading the resistance against Ahriman, the Prince departs in search of the king of The City of New Dawn, in the hope that he can summon Ormazd, due to his affinity for the remnants of Ormazd's power. But here, the Prince finds a new ally, Zal, who introduces himself as one of the king's Magi and teams up with Prince to save the City of New Dawn from corruption and ultimately stop Ahriman. Later on, Zal reveals that the King was split in two by the Corruption: into a corrupted beast and into himself. The Ancestor, a character that…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Prince of Persia series

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King is the 42nd of 73 entries we hold in the Prince of Persia series. The next entry was Prince of Persia: Limited Edition in 2008. Its critic score of 50 is 20 points below the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown at 87.

See all 73 Prince of Persia games in release order →

How it was received

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King holds a critic score of 50 out of 100. That places it above 7% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 15 points below the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 9 hrs.

What it launched against

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King launched on 2 December 2008, within three weeks of World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War and Prince of Persia (2008). All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Left 4 Dead, Call of Duty: World at War, Prince of Persia (2008).

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Prince of Persia: The Fallen King — frequently asked questions

When did Prince of Persia: The Fallen King come out?
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King was released on 2 December 2008 for Nintendo DS.
How long does it take to beat Prince of Persia: The Fallen King?
The main story of Prince of Persia: The Fallen King takes around 9 hrs.

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