Prince of Persia: Rival Swords to IPO April 18

Ubisoft Entertainment’s Prince of Persia: Rival Swords for the Wii and PSP will debut on the simExchange on Wednesday, April 18, 2007. The game will be categorized under the Adventure genre. Shares will open for purchase at 70 DKP (forecasts 700,000 copies sold worldwide over lifetime) for the Wii version and 45 DKP for the PSP version.

Prince of Persia: Rival Swords is a Wii and PSP re-release of 2005’s Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones that was featured on the PS2, Xbox, Gamecube, and PC. The game is the third part of the Sands of Time trilogy. For those new to the series, you play as the Prince of Persia (surprise?) in ancient Persia caught in a time traveling plot.

The game places as a third-person action game with a focus on acrobatic abilities. The third installment added stealth to the Prince’s list of abilities in which you can silently dispatch guards. Part of the story is an enchanted sand that has caused the Prince to go schizo. Throughout the game, a darker personality will question what you are doing and at times the personality will even take over, transforming you into the Dark Prince. Once again, you will acquire sand that allows you to manipulate time (basically giving you a do over after you miss a jump or take heavy hits from an enemy).

Rival Swords on the Wii is controlled mostly in standard controller fashion. Moving is controlled with the analog stick and jumping, running, and manipulating time is done by simply pressing a button. However, the camera can be controlled by rolling the Wiimote left and right or using the D-pad. Attacking can be executed by slashing the Wiimote like you would a sword. The graphics are on par with those of the version for the original Xbox.

Rival Swords on the PSP features additional content. Instead of automatically destroying sand portals in previous versions, the PSP game includes an additional minigame in which you dive into the portal to close it. The version also features a chariot race in which you navigate through obstacles and fight the Vizier’s men. Ubisoft also gave the PSP version multiplayer game play in a mode to race through levels against your friends.

The game was released on April 3, 2007 in North America and on April 5, 2007 in Europe. The listing was submitted by Simulazn.