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Prince of Persia producer: No Wii version in the works, but has hopes for future photo

On December 3, Ubisoft will be “re-launching” the Prince of Persia franchise with a new title (simply called Prince of Persia) for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC. The Nintendo DS will be getting its own little adventure as well, in the form of Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. So what about a Wii version?

“The Wii version is non-existent,” Prince of Persia producer Ben Mattes told us at an event in San Francisco. “It’s just not a platform that we developed this game for.”

Mattes told us that since they already had a solid DS development team in place, the portable version simply made more sense.

“We knew we could do justice to a DS version,” he explained, “[one] that wouldn’t feel like some sort of watered down lame excuse of a port; it would really feel like its own standalone Prince of Persia property. And that was really important to us. We didn’t want to do a port on the DS -- we wanted to do a standalone, unique experience that continued the overall story that this new Prince of Persia game is trying to setup.”

Still, Mattes doesn’t rule out a new Prince of Persia on the Wii.

“I hope that we will see another Prince of Persia game on the Wii,” he said. “Because when I [produced Wii Prince of Persia title] Rival Swords, I really liked the way the Prince’s movement translated to the Wii controls. I think that it’s really kind of a natural fit.”

Check back later today for our full interview with Mattes.








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gamesronlygames's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 11:25
gamesronlygames
who needs a wii version when the ps3/360 build look like a wii game. Iam sure itll be fun but the old xbox games look better to me but Iam not into the watercolor thing. to each his own.
sevendash's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 11:37
sevendash
I'm glad multiplatform didn't mean all or nothing to them. There are just going to be times when some games don't work on some consoles and I'm happy they didn't force the game onto the Wii. I'm sure they can give the Wii a great Prince of Persia game if they want to later down the line.
Maurice Tan's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 14:05
Maurice Tan
Well, we're spared another shitty Wii port then :)
knobbz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 14:24
knobbz
there's really no point in developing for wii. it not like it has the highest install base. it's all good though. ubisoft makes SO MANY great games for wii, right?
lubczyk's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 15:23
lubczyk
Yeah, it's not like the Wii Revolutionized gaming and Nintendo saved the gaming industry, not to mention it's the biggest phenomenon since the PS2 and is turning out to be much bigger, right??
GohanGVO's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/17/2008 18:05
GohanGVO
Too bad the demo of the DS game screams "meh."
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