The Princess is forced to marry her Uncle's son, Rugnor and she is taken from Persia to another location. Whatever the logic, here’s a prince who never got to take the throne. The Princess, her father, and the Prince are captured by King Assan, the Sultan's brother. Prince of Persia is the platformer video game from Ubisoft that has revolutionized the genre, bringing it to new heights, which is why it is still considered one of the best classic video games in history, and it even inspired the world of Assassin's Creed Games, mainly through the similar gameplay aspects of parkour, with that being the main element to the series. Or, Ubisoft could’ve wanted to let the series breathe for a little bit after 2010’s Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and the accompanying Jake Gyllenhaal movie. That could be why Redemption never got greenlit. The first game in the series, simply titled Prince of Persia, was created by Jordan Mechner after the success of Karateka.Drawing from multiple general sources of inspiration, including the Arabian Nights stories, and films like Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Adventures of Robin Hood, the protagonists character animation was.
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“Sadly Ubisoft are generally quicker to cancel Prince of Persia games than others because original creator Jordan Mechner still holds license rights so the profit margins are lower,” Cooper said.
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Recently I picked up Prince of Persia for Super Nintendo, and heard that it was pretty good and a nice upgrade from the original PC game. It was tough as nails and I don’t think I ever even beat the first level. Cooper also dropped a discouraging tidbit as to the likely reason why we haven’t seen another Prince of Persia in so long. The first time I played Prince of Persia was on an old PC in the early 90’s. It looks something like a mix of Uncharted (big, splashy action setpieces), God of War (a tentacled monster smashing everything), and the signature Prince of Persia flashy combat and parkour running.įormer Ubisoft animator Jonathan Cooper took to Twitter to confirm that this video had been passed around the company back in the day, even admitting that this pre-rendered target gameplay pitch informed the style of the Assassin’s Creed III team’s pitch. Subtitled Redemption (how wonderfully early 2010s), a new Prince of Persia game PoPped onto the radar this week as people found the developer’s internal pitch video to Ubisoft. It just went completely unnoticed this entire time. As it turns out, footage of a new (but canceled) Prince of Persia has been sitting on YouTube since 2012. People have been begging Ubisoft for a new Prince of Persia for almost a decade. This is definitely The Weird Story of the Day - but don’t underestimate 2020’s ability to swoop in and get way weirder at the drop of a dime.