Prince of Persia to Include SNES Remake of Original

Wasn't expecting that.

So many games...
Who needs food, or electricity? Oh, wait...

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Any game with an old game on it is relevant to me interests I would get the game (for cheap) for this reason alone. Hahah.

Yeah, definitely need electricity to keep the wii going... but food... that's debatable.

If I recall, the SNES version wasn't that great.

There was an SNES Prince of Persia? Huh... oh well, looking forward to it.

Oh that is freaking awesome!

Aarrrrghhhh! Games overload! Lift overloaded! Head and wallet hurts

Slightly interesting to me. Might play it, might not.

The snes version was probably better than the original as it had about 10 new levels and an improved final boss fight.

AND full background music

Yeah, the SNES game is actually the best version of the original Prince of Persia.

I looked up that the SNES game was done by the same man behind Karateka. I'm interested in trying SNES Prince of Persia.

That's nice. PoP is really good on Super Nintendo.

I would not use the word "exclusively" since there's already a remake of the first "Prince of Persia" game on PSN and XBLA available. But it's a nice bonus feature for the Wii version of course. Although I'm probably not gonna buy this on Wii anyway.

There are lots of remakes of it, sure, but the snes version is by far the best of the lot and I think it's fair to keep it "exclusive". Really great to hear this. After today the Wii has just dug itself at least another year of shelf space in good gamery.

Has anyone read the Nintendo Power article on PoP: FS? The "multiplayer" isn't much more different than girlfriend-mode in Super Mario Galaxy. How disappointing :/

@Guybrush_Threepwood

It is exclusive since the SNES version is not the Prince of Persia on XBLA or PSN. The SNES is also longer than the original PoP (20 levels VS 13).

It's great when retro games get released with new titles! I wish they did the same with Boy and His Blob.

With all due respect to 360 and PS3 owners that will get the 2.5d remake instead, we got one hell of a sweet deal on the Wii. This is my favorite version of the game, surpassing even the original. Im sure we will get the censored version (the japanese intro had the prince being explicitly tortured by 3 guards). Stunning music! Konamy and NCS did an amazing job bringing this to the Super Nintendo, im happy to see it again.

looks like an awesome game. proves that all multiplatform games should be on the Wii. They're actually usually better than the other versions (Force Unleashed, Ghostbusters and others).

@Rerun - I haven't played it, but isn't that the same game and you can switch between both versions all the time? that's what i saw from the trailers.

Looks like I'm going to need to get this game now.

I hate not having a job.

That's cool, but it's not stopping me from getting the 360 version. I already have the original PC version on Sands of Time, so this won't really be necessary.

@Mnementh. Monkey Island: Special Edition letas you switch between classic and modern graphics. Perhaps you were thinking of that? And no, the Wii ABahB is not the same as the NES version. They're completely different games.

Nice Move Ubisoft

if this press release snippet is official (about co-op mode) why is this game still listed as players: 1 in the game overview.
great news though, although i don't like non exclusive (nintendo) games

My only gripe with the 2d prince of persia games is that you can't lose a sword fight if you have any timing on block attack cycles. Also, in prince of persia 2, was there any way to get the 'flame' without dying?

I wouldn't call the SNES version a remake of the original. The levels are designed from scratch and they're different entirely. Some of the early ones are similar, but it's an 100% different experience.

Oh, no, no, that makes sense. Release it on disc rather than virtual console. Yeah, uh huh. I see.

Anyway, the SNES remake was helmed by Masaya, the crazy guys behind the Cho Aniki series.

Nintendo is on fire!!! 2010 is an awesome year!

Good news. The old game was great. Hopefully the new one is great too.

I would have preferred a Virtual Console release though since I will not buy the Wii-version of "The Forgotten Sands" (or any other multiplatform game).

The Sands of Time includes the first Prince of Persia too.

The SNES POP to me was the best out of the lot - great work by Konami. Won't be buying any new versions of the game though, only slightly interested in the XBLA remake of the game which doesn't seem to be as good as the SNES incarnation.

It wasn't the SNES version...