Rumour: Is Prince Of Persia Remake Coming To Switch? Well, It's Complicated

I loved this series back in the gamecube era. Would definitely buy.

While this does have more weight given that Schreier is on the hype train, the number of game listings is becoming an absolute meme 😂

If I hear the words “online retailer lists (insert game here)” one more time I might throw up. These kind of rumors are annoying because from my experience they’re rarely ever true.

My pops played the series years ago, and told me it was his favorite video gaming series ever. I bet if I bought it we would be reliving those happy father-son time moments again.

Sadly it’s probably not true.

I never fully played that all the way through, but praise its handling of "Lives" to this day. Curious to hear more.

This would be cool, but I thought they remade it a few times already?

I barely have any familiarity with this series outside that boring as hell movie with Jake Gyllenhaal lol

Here is hoping for moments that make your gut clench as you jump from wall to beam to platform.

I'm praying that comes true. If it's console exclusive, I'll buy it on Switch. If it comes to PC I'll buy on Steam. I'm not buying anything at PS4P and don't have a Xone.

Just give me a Sands of Time remake. That's all I want.

One of my favorite franchises in the game world.
Since the revolutionary computer version, the fantastic Snes remake and the awesome trilogy on the GameCube.
I hope this is true

I think we need a definitive listing page for rumors like this for the switch with statuses - confirm, debunked, inconclusive, or some such.

As it is, you just keep hearing rumors, but by the time it gets confirmed it's like years on. How many games have been 'leaked' by Amazon France or Taiwan ratings board that we haven't heard anything about since?

Prince of Persia, ah yes, the game that created “rage quit” before Dark Souls 🙂

Would be nice if we get one switch game in the next forward show this time

I still remember the good old DOS Prince of Persia games. The newer games never really kept my attention.

I wonder what games are remade. The Trilogy, the DS spinoffs, a single game or the old ones.

I CAN NOT ***** WAIT FOR THIS. PoP is my childhood and probably my first big love in gaming!

Ubisoft abuse their employees. Complaints and allegations have not stopped flowing forth and the top brass are still protecting each other instead of supporting harassed staff. I'd love to play PoP but they're not getting a penny from me so I'll find something else to play.

Regardless if it's true or not, one thing for sure is that I won't watch their event online again.
The last one was a waste of time and I'd rather check the news afterwards.
PoP was amazing and long overdue. Give a break on Assassin's and bring PoP back.

I wonder when they say remake if they're talking about the original game or The Sands of Time. I personally thought the last game, The Forgotten Sands, was the best.

The trailer of that one game in the indie showcase screamed Prince of Persia to me.

@Nomad Yes! Someone else remembers the greatness of Forgotten Sands! It’s such an overlooked game, I think because it came out at the same time as the Jake Gyllenhaal film people avoided it, thinking it was just a cheap cash in.

I wouldn't bet on it, Assasins creed has taken its place. And if they would do a proper remake with modern graphics (and in 3D) it might be exclusive to Serious X and Ps5. Or we just get ports of Sand of time trilogy part 3 (again), or the Wii exclusive title. Or maybe we finally get the Xbox360 PoP? That wouldn't be too bad, I haven't played that one!

@BulkSlash,

That was the Wii title I think (on 360 they had a different title with more traditional graphics and different mechanics, but still pretty interesting. Both had nothing to do with the movie, wich was average at best in my opinion). The Wii title was pretty cool with fun and unique mechanics. I never played it through to the end though, because of that terrible colored crystal puzzle (I am color-blind). I still have it though, so maybe one day I'll see it through.

@Apportal If this is coming on the Switch or not, we don't know yet, but if it does not you could always buy a GameCube or Playstation 2, and all 3 titles: Prince of Persia, Prince of Persia 2 : Warrior Within and Prince of Persia 3: The Two Thrones, and have a blast playing them with your dad still.
You could obtain all of these and any of the PS2 or GC for around 150$.

Hopefully they are referring to the Amiga version.😜
I never played the newer games, but I loved the original. At the time, it was well known for its realistic animation, before Another World / Flashback. We need (or I need) more Amiga games

Man so many "rumors" i want actual reveals

Was just thinking about it yesterday. Would die for the original trilogy on the switch. Sands of Time, Warrior Within and Two Thrones

Loved the original. Especially if you got the ‘sound blaster’ and your computer didn’t just beep anymore

Which Prince of Persia? The 1989, 2003 or 2008 one? There's been rather a lot... https://www.grouvee.com/search/?q=Prince+of+Persia

Also, one random retailer in Guatemala? Is this really a credible source?

I would be happy with a remake of the original 2D game or Sands of Time. Welcome back Prince

Just do it! My wallet is ready.

Sands of time trilogy and I'm buying it. Probably on my ps4 though.

@BulkSlash yeah, the game was excellent. I played through it several times. Great end boss.

@TheFrenchiestFry The first game was revolutionary using rotoscoping for character animation, the second was a decent sequel with better graphics and envoirments but the 3rd game was a mess and a flop then the Sands of time Trilogy came which was really good and succesful then they made the weird 2008 game that looked really good but had very simplistic gameplay compared the previous three and there was a movie tie-in more based on the original SoT games released in 2010.
Then 10 years of nothing, just more and more Assassin's creed games.

@Blooper987 For me it’s been the opposite. Typically when a rating is listed, a game is eventually released, even if it’s a year or two later. Burnout Paradise comes to mind.

Love the sands of time series! Not just the main trilogy either but forgotten sands on wii and PS3 which are actually two entirely different games but still part of the sands of time saga. Sadly people thought those were movie tie ins with the film that released that same year and they were largely ignored. That couldn't be further from the truth. They were legit sequels!

Anyway i hope this rumor is true! A remake seems unneccesary but a modern follow up would be sweet! A new POP with today's graphics? Sign me up!

Wait is it a remake of Sands of Time or the original Apple II game? If it's Sands of Time then will it come bundle with the unlockable Apple II game like the GameCube and Xbox versions?

Man I love the PoP trilogy from the Gamecube. The Wii one was ok too. Just give me HD versions of the trilogy and I will be happy.

I would love to see a remake of the criminally under appreciated SNES port, which also happens to be one of my favorite Konami games.

I would love the remake of Sands of Time. That game blew my mind when it released.

Although, thinking about it, there was a remake of Karateka (also made by PoP creator Jordan Mechner) some years back. So maybe it actually is a remake of the original game.

The crazy part is Assassins Creed started out as a next gen Prince of Persia when it was pitched internally and was changed in development to what we know as Assassins Creed. If it uses the newer AC engine it will be an amazing remake.

We could use a couple Prince of Persia collections.

I remember playing this on the snes, great game i would definitely pick this up if its true to come to switch.

My only Prince of Persia game was on PS3. Otherthan that I haven't played any other ones.

I loved original as a kid, but, even with remake, it wouldn’t stand up well today.

Sands of time on the other hand...

There are so many 2D games on the Switch already that I would have a hard time getting excited for a 2D Prince of Persia.

Ooh, if this is the Sands of Time Trilogy, I'm all over it! They're still some of my all time favorite games.

I still wish all the butthurt PoP 'purists' didn't hate on PoP 2008 so much. The story and visuals were and still are amazing. I still need closure to the story of Elika and the Prince. 😔

Warrior Within is my favourite in the series. Would love it if a remake of the trilogy happened!

I’m pretty sure Splinter Cell could’ve used a comeback... not PoP. But hey this is still cool. I’ll check to see how this unfolds.

Ubisoft? My copies of Prince of Persia all say Broderbund on them. What did I miss?

I loved Sands of Time on the GameCube in the early 2000s. I played the original on the SNES when I was about 12 and I remember I could not get past the first few screens because of the puzzle solving and difficulty.

Anyone know what Prince of Persia game exactly that this is a remake of?

@Arnold-Kage there will be quite a few this time

No Jupiter is stopping me from getting my hands on this gem.

@Chaosblauu

I can hope so. As I do enjoy their games, but was not picky last time either. Was just expecting an port or two

Omg yes yes yes.

I'd take this obviously but hasn't it been remade already?

Reveal "expected next week", but bumping up a rumour article clearly couldn't wait even that long. 😏

I only cared for the original. I'm indifferent to the rest. Ironically, I only ever completed the GBC version released via 3DS VC thanks to the restore point function.

I also completed the card game/Advance Wars style spin-off Battles of Prince of Persia, which was (and perhaps remains) exclusive to the DS. I remember it being quite difficult, but I'm pleased that I managed to complete it without assistance.

I’m all for a few ports and remakes
But come on it’s going to far now jsut make new exciting games getting as bad as Hollywood

I. Can. Not. Wait. Holy shhhh

@WhiteTrashGuy this guy gets it.

I have two sets each of all the PoP LEGO. So there ye go.

it's going to be the 2D side scroller Prince of Persia game that nobody wants instead of the heavily demanded Sands of Time

@KBuckley27 I definitely want the 2D sidescroller remade with ubiart

@KBuckley27 I actually would love a remake of the original Prince of Persia, and I never really liked Sands of Time. So don't say "nobody".

@robr Borderbund has been sold to Ubisoft in 2002.

Ubisoft is horrendous at preventing leaks. I actually buy this one.

If it’s The Sands Of Time please, take my money Ubisoft.

Sadly they think this franchise started with the lousy 3D games, so I doubt it will be interesting.

Would love to see beautiful HD remasters of the Mac versions of Prince of Persia 1 and 2.

It's probably just 2D since they aren't making another Rayman at the moment. That's a hard pass for me. The fact that the leak says it has a Switch port from the get-go is a red flag.

Edit: Oh goodness, it's another Nintendo Life article reupload. I didn't realize I've commented twice on the same post! Much appreciated NL

Would be cool and hopefully open the way for a PoP Warrior Within remake which is my favourite PoP game.

Hoping for the Ezio Collection to be announced.

Depends on which Prince of Persia we are talking about. Their remake of the original was terrible.

"Prince of persia sands of time", is one of the finest platform game ever made. Played it several times on the gamecube, xbox, both fantastic.

Not giving away any spoilers, but man, that ending was simply amazing and emotional.
I realy loved that mix of sound and silence while climbing those mysterious arabic envirements.

This game is still in my favorite top 10 of all time.

The other versions where OK, but what do you expect when the series kicked of with such a high quality title like sands of time.

If you have not played it, at least give sands of time a go, you won't regret.

I wish ubisoft remakes the splintercell edition.
Those xbox origin triology, not these crappy xbox 360 versions.

Those games where awesome.

The original was a true platform puzzler and the SNES has a remake of the original that had a few extra levels and was an excellent remake.
Sands of time took the formula into 3D and its was also an excellent game. There were a couple of other prince of Persia entries that were a bit more forgettable. With the exception of the sequel Prince of Persia 2 which had some good story elements.
Prince of Persia was the first PC game that didn’t just rely beeps etc for sound (the original sound card for computers the ‘sound blaster’ supported this game). The amazing sound and the fact this game also incorporates motion capture for its animation made it a stellar title in its original day.

Awesome, will look forward to it if true.

@nintendork64
I tried with WARRIOR WITHIN. TWO THRONES was okay. But I have probably played through SANDS OF TIME 20 times.

@PALversusNTSC Chaos Theory was my favorite Splinter Cell, and so much fun with local multiplayer! We would replay levels endlessly on splitscreen trying out different methods, failing spectacularly.

Also, it was pretty fun playing games with green motifs on Xbox back in the day. Enter the Matrix, Splinter Cell, etc.

I would love to see a remake of Konami's amazing SNES game. Easily my favorite PoP game.

Ubisoft is horrible when it comes to leaks, they rarely can have a surprise cause we know about games days, weeks, or months ahead of events cause someone can’t honor their NDA. You would think they would fire these people and make an example out of one but it keeps happening.

Oh well. I would love to play this series again though. I loved the trilogy. And it has been like a gen since the last new game they made.

In three days we´ll know about this and Inmortals.
Really excited.

Have to love the Prince in Sands of Time narrating his own deaths.
"That's not what happened."

This series gets rebooted more often than Batman. I liked the one from the PS3 era that looked like a painting come to life.

@WhiteTrashGuy Same here. I bounced off both the sequels, but Sands of Time is still an all time favorite game. If this is a remake of that, I'll be very happy.

Is this a remake of the ot side scrolling game or Sands of Time?

The trilogy was good. Tonal shift between sands of time and warrior within was freaking cringey.

Metal thong bikinis and “you b!tch” for starters.

that is a pity but saves me tuning in to then be disappointed.

@LUIGITORNADO Hahahah, I remember that. First game I ever played where I uninstalled in under ten minutes.

Oh no, we missed out on another rehash of an old game. Yawn.

One says its coming to switch, other says its not coming. Make say different things to get attention. Just like this site is making rumors news.

Great, thanks for nothing Ubisoft 😒

Nevermind then. More of my money won't be going to Ubisoft

Nice job for getting your hopes up for nothing as usual nintendolife, keep being the blind believers you are🤪🤪🤪🤪

It'll come eventually, if it doesn't the same time as the others. Ubisoft always seems to support nintendo, and if the Assassin's Creed titles can make their way over (granted it's not the newest ones) I'm sure the Prince Of Persia game can too.

Getting this on PC anyway.

Was only interested in the Amiga Version anyhoo

@JLPick UBI were fully on board on Wii U at launch. Then sales tanked, and ever since UBI had bad taste for Nintendo overall.

The UBI support for Switch is overall quite slow. Steep were silently cancelled too. Even EA do better effort than UBI on Switch nowadays, and EA were never a good Nintendo supporter since SNES or something.

@Gerald I have the Amiga remake running on my NVIDIA Shield TV which uses similar GPU as Switch.

Welp. I was surprised it would be coming to Switch. I'm less surprised that this isn't true after all, so I'm surprisingly not too mad about it.

@JLPick Well, as you said "if it's not one of the newer assassin's creed titles". So I'm pretty convinced this won't be coming to Switch as well. Ubisoft supports Nintendo but not in a broad sense. None of their shooters and no Anno are on Switch. As much as I would love Anno and PoP on the go.

Give us the Ezio trilogy instead.

So no 2D ubiart? What a waste of a stunning engine.

@SPL64

I’m glad somebody else remembers the amazing SNES game! Probably my favorite Konami game of the 16 bit era

And nothing of value was lost

Get used to hearing this a lot more unless Nintendo soon delivers something at least comparable to the PS4/Xbox One (forget PS5/Series X)

@mikegamer What? Nothing of value?
What are you talking about? The prince of Persia games are cult classics.

Rumoured game rumoured to be not coming to Switch? Man, what fantastic journalism...

Well at least Felyx the Rysyng Fenyx is still landing on Switch

NOOOO-thats fine, I have a PS4 anyways.

Folly journalism shot dead.

Maybe just not coming to Switch in November.

Nintendo Life back at it again with the "You can't play this on Switch lmao" articles

Rumor has it that the rumors aren't true.

Will play it on my ps4. A missed opportunity for the switch though.

You can buy all 3 games for $6 on uPlay.

If people care so much for all these old games, should just play on PC. It is Backward compatible with decades of old games.

if it is also a 2D remake, there is no reason why it could have not been ported to Switch.

Update says it's not coming? Shame

Meh old games anyways, more money for Pikmin 3 then.

@StefanN I'd still give it time. Switch is definitely seeming to be number 2 in the console wars, and I see the sales going up during the holiday period when the new consoles come out (especially for price compared to the others). Time will tell. Just like mentioned, it took EA a while to get back with nintendo, and even that's kind of slow. Wii U really hurt their relations, but nintendo seems to be going in the right direction. Let's hope nintendo's next console packs a bang with other companies.

Just more of a reason for me to never support North American or european third-party Developers

If it's not coming, then why has it been listed for it?! So, the November release date was the original one, or was that listing built on assumptions? (apart from the remake existing)

This is hilarious. Ready for all the 'Ubisoft sucks anyway' comments.

"Not coming to Switch" is my favorite kind of news ...

At least this series doesn't interest me. But Tony Hawk still hurts.

@MsJubilee Sour grapes I'd assume.

@hitherehello I get the disappointment, but insulting them just because you're not getting a port on your console of choice is pretty childish.

@hitherehello Activision sucks because of Call Of duty. Then again they fully remastered both spyro and crash Trilogy (and on ps4/xbox modern warfare remastered) at a discounted rate while our favourite company ported 3 games and charged us full price.

another game skipping the switch. jesus, i'm glad to also own a ps4, otherwise i would be sad to be a switch only owner, missing out on so many games.

when will nintendo learn that lack of equal power isn't the biggest problem, but to have a different architecture, is. If the switch had the same power as right now, but on tradditional 64bit pc architecture, like the xbox one, how much would you bet almost all third party games would make it to the switch?

It's not funny when even the simple bandai games (code vein, scarlet nexus, tales of) don't make it to the switch because it requires too much work to port it.

Ubisoft have tossed 'em and said the bones have spoken...no Switch...just more back stabbing games...

Is everyone forgetting it’s a Ubisoft title....

No reason why it shouldn't, it looked like a PS3 game

Well the 4gb ram is an issue.. for such games you realy do need more ram for more stability. Maybe it will come to Switch.. if they come up with Switch Pro or Switch 2 next year

I must say, the character models look horrendous in the remake, in particular the Prince himself.

Like c'mon why are developer so afraid of announcing a Switch port, if not in January then just say sometime in 2021 or it's not coming ever so people would shut up.

Standard Ubisoft, release on other formats 6 months before switch then complain it didn’t sell on switch

Oh I see, just some more tweets from people who were wrong about something and now trying to justify it with more, boring!!

Could we get the non-remastered trilogy on the Switch? Damn, this remake doesn't look nice...

Sands of Time has a special place in my heart. The storytelling was mindblowing for me as a kid, the gameplay, the ambience... Geez maybe I'll get it on Steam

If there is a new Nintendo console on the horizon, then it would follow that games are being made for it, games that are for now under wraps.

This could be one.

Considering that the "remake" looks absolutely terrible, I really wouldn't stress about it.

this remake already needs a remake. it looks like a bad joke from Ubisoft, I wouldn't play this ramake regarding the platform, not even for free. I rather keep the good memories of the original one that was amazing considering the limitations back in that time. today's remake looks like a lazy effort to do some easy money out of a well known franchise taking advantage of the nostalgia with minimun investment.

@Casual_Gamer95

Well considering we've had major ports of Witcher 3, Doom 2016, Crysis, Dark Souls, Overwatch and Diablo 3 to name just a small few, I dont really think switch owners are missing out much... If anything PS4 and Xbone owners are missing out on the huge amount of top tier Switch exclusives.

Nintendo haven't really tried to compete on power since the N64 and seeing as the switch has now sold over 55 million units and isn't showing any signs of slowing, I don't really see how they need to learn anything? Xbox and PlayStation are busy fighting it out and Nintendo are just doing there own thing as usual. People buy Nintendo products for their first party games first and foremost, everything else is just a bonus in my eyes.

@JLPick Welp, judging by the rumours, i'd say it actually will come to Switch, you're right. I mean sure, it's still speculation but as the tweet says, maybe it's intended to be revealed at a Direct. I'm pretty convinced now that it will happen. Too bad that the Remake looks kinda....well it's not what i was hoping it would look like, i can say that much. I'm still gonna play it though at least to try and see for myself.

Bravo Ubisoft, you've handled this very well.

You'd think they'd know which consoles they were making their game for... 🙄

I’d say this would happen, there’s no reason for it now to come to switch. Sands of time is great, and really there was nothing like it at that time. It’s been imitated many a time since with the rewind feature and was parkour, before parkour was ever cool. It’s such a smooth game but the other two I played on my cube back then, I didn’t find as good.

I agree with @TYRANACLES that Sands of Time is leagues above the other two. For me, the overall quality decreased for each sequel.

But my rebel-early-teenager spirit loved to spill some blood listening to some heavy metal, doing crazy moves and checking on hot babes (The Warrior Within)

@Alucard83 The Witcher wants a word.

Very unappealing art direction.
Looking forward to the next remake in 2037.

I don't get why it's not releasing day and date, because this game could probably be played on a GameCube lol

It sure looks like it should be on Switch. It is just ugly, And they have the balls to even call it a "remake".

Yep, looks like it's supposed to be part of a sizzle reel in a future Direct/Partner Showcase.

Another game that will be late or not coming at all to the console?? Gasp! shocker

@DanTee in all fairness, Casual_gamer does have a good point. Regardless of Nintendo's success, there's no denying their consoles could all use some stability or graphical improvements — even if they don't compete head-to-head with the other guys.

And you brought up another part of the problem: Nintendo gamers have come to only play first-party titles exactly **BECAUSE** Nintendo consoles lack that certain fidelity. So Nintendo stripped our choice to enjoy more games on their own consoles as a result of their decisions.

While they don't need to have the latest tech, im hoping future consoles can be less anemic to at least handle titles a bit better.

Good corporation overall, but yes, there's still much to learn in certain areas.

Sands of Time belongs on the Switch. If Ubisoft can't appreciate that then sod them.

Judging by the trailer, the switch could totally handle it.

I thought it was rumored to be a remake of the very first Prince of Persia. But now its a remake of Sands of time, but it looks more like a remaster to me. I am not sure if I want it, it doesn't look that hot to be honest.

From the sounds of it its another "nintendo embargo" case: Ubisoft wanted to officially anounce it for Switch, but Nintendo said: Its not the right time!

@DanTee I only bought the Switch because it's the only current portable console out there to my knowledge. I don't care about the vast majority of first party titles. The only first party title I have, if it even really counts as one, is Cadence of Hyrule. The Switch is underpowered for what it could be. Portability will always bring concessions I understand, but when games that have purposefully "retro" graphics still struggle on your console that's a problem in my eyes. Nintendo has a recent history of underpowered consoles that turn developers off.

Wii version of Forgotten Sands should be remade. That was an awesome game. The movie is also very good.

@MsJubilee Meh, not a fan of Ubisoft lately anyway

The battle of the rumor Tweeters

@ImmortanJho Why in the world did you buy a Switch? If you want third-party gaming, then buy a tablet and stream with xCloud, or Nvidia Shield, or what have you. There are many forms of portable gaming out there now; they just might cost a bit more than a Switch.

It is weird, and likely being held for some sort direct event would be my guess. It's popping up on more retailers to pre-order, like Gamestop now.

What is so hard for these companies to just clearly say yes or no? How can they not keep their stuff straight with their own workers?

Maybe they meant for switch Pro, and went ahead of the reveal.
The switch is so ready for a massive upgrade.

SWITCH IS THE FASTEST SELLING CONSOLE CURRENTLY. CAUSE SOME CONFUSION BY INACCURATELY ASSOCIATING IT WITH THE SWITCH FOR FREE PUBLICITY.

(yes I'm bitter it's not coming to Switch)

@Heavyarms55 Simply put they dont wanna risk having people just wait for Switch version later when the other versions are out January. I bet a Switch version will be released few months later.

This is totally coming to a next gen switch, isn’t it

This back and forth is just too coincidental esp given early next year is when that “4K capable” model should be ready

So, not coming at launch? Then for what is it coming? "Switch Pro?" lol
Honestly, the graphics look technically advanced, but novice in terms of polishment. But since this is remake of one of the best PoP games, I would love for it coming to Switch

everyone don't get your hope up that the remake of Prince of Sand of Times will come to Switch, Ubisoft Always ignore Switch.