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Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for the Nintendo DS is a handheld 2D side-scroller installment to the franchise, in a similar fashion to the series' previous DS installment, Prince of Persia: The Fallen…

18 May 2010

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Casablanca, released 18 May 2010 on Nintendo DS.

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What Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Casablanca and released in 2010. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The plot of the DS version centers on the Prince character being abducted by a cult. This cult brings the Prince to an ancient temple in India and uses his sword, which houses the Djinn queen Razia, to obtain a blood sacrifice from him. Using the Prince's royal blood and Razia's Sand powers, the cult liberates an evil force locked in the temple, erasing the Prince's memory and stealing Razia's powers in the process. The temple collapses as the evil is freed, and the Prince falls into a pit. At the bottom, Razia's spirit leads the Prince to his weapon, and tells him that the ceremony he was abducted for is the reason why he doesn't remember anything. She informs him further that he is a…
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How it plays

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

Where it sits in the Prince of Persia series

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is the 49th of 73 entries we hold in the Prince of Persia series. The next entry was Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands in 2010.

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What it launched against

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands launched on 18 May 2010, within three weeks of Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

Released around the same time: Red Dead Redemption, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Alan Wake, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.

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When did Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands come out?
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands was released on 18 May 2010 for Nintendo DS.

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