The Prince is guided by the genie Zahra, whom he found and bought in a marketplace, through a jungle; Zahra has promised him a kingdom of his own, a princess as a bride, and immortality. Reaching a clearing, Zahra enters a statue and tells the Prince to kiss it; this action binds their spirits, granting the Prince immortality and the ability to see a secret passage to the lost kingdom of Izdahar. Izdahar, once a flourishing land, is now in ruin and in the grip of the Haoma, a sentient malicious plant which has killed or possessed the city's people. The Prince finds a sword driven into a statue, but pulling it out releases a being dubbed the Sorceress, who embodies the Haoma. Another creature dubbed the Beast attacks and the sword is broken, with its blade embedded in the Beast as it flees.
Anyway, I really enjoyed Forgotten Sands. I'm glad Ubi Quebec stepped up and did a unique Wii version - and it's telling how much of it borrows from Mario Galaxy that they did their homework. The pointer heavy controls, the same style of co-op play, the intelligent camera; there's a LOT of good in this version of the game. And if you're like me and you played through it all with the unlockable Sands of Time skin, then it feels like a truer sequel to that game than Warrior Within ever did. Letting the player form their own pathways with different combinations of the pointer-based magic abilities is a brilliant idea. The execution just isn't as perfect as you'd want it to be, and letting the player find their own way through each room causes the otherwise intelligent camera to get confused, which is a shame. But overall, things work often enough to make for a really cool Prince of Persia sequel; one that manages to bring something truly fresh to the table. And it's a far prettier game than the HD version, which I also got. I mean, sure it lacks the lighting effects and shader stuff, but the use of color and baked-in lighting in the Wii version is superior. The environments pop a lot more than the drab scenery on display in the PS3 version. Also, the prince looks much better in the wii one - I don't know why, but his face is just ....wrong in the HD one...
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