Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Play Online

Summary

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands on the Nintendo DS reimagines the series as a pure touch‑screen experience. The Prince moves only when you drag the stylus in the direction you want him to go, hold it part‑way up a wall to climb, or place it at the far edge of a gap to jump, eliminating any button input.

A single hourglass icon grants a rewind power that slows time, lets you slip past fast obstacles, or even resurrect the Prince if you run out of lives, but each use consumes a limited "sand" meter. Ubisoft Casablanca spent about a year polishing this side‑scroller, drawing on talent from the earlier DS title The Fallen King and guided by narrative director McCaw. Critics gave the handheld version middling scores, hovering around 57% on both GameRankings and Metacritic.

Storyline

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands on Nintendo DS follows an amnesiac Prince, son of King Sharaman, who is kidnapped by a mysterious cult. The cult drags him to an ancient Indian temple where his sword, housing the Djinn queen Razia, is used in a blood‑sacrifice ritual that frees a sealed evil, erases his memory, and steals Razia’s Sand powers. The temple collapses, the Prince falls into a pit, and Razia’s spirit guides him to his weapon, explaining that the ceremony caused his amnesia and urging him to hunt the three cultists who now roam as gigantic Sand monsters.

Together, the Prince and Razia travel across India, slaying each mutated cultist; each victory restores a fragment of his memories and a portion of Razia’s powers. With their abilities fully recovered, they pursue the resurrected cult leader, who is attempting to conquer the world, beginning with Babylon. After a climactic battle in Babylon, the Prince defeats the Master but Razia sacrifices herself; he discards the sword containing her spirit from a tower, where it dissolves into the desert sand.

Edited by Maya Carter