History Franchise / PrinceOfPersia

* ''The Rogue Prince of Persia'' (2024): Developed by Evil Empire (''VideoGame/DeadCells''), ''The Rogue'' is a new 2.5D action platformer following The Prince's journey to liberate Persia from the attack of the Hun army.

!!!First continuity

!!!The Sands of Time

!!!2008 reboot

** ''Prince of Persia: Revelations'' (2005): [[/index]]Port of ''Warrior Within'' on the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}}.[[index]]

** ''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords'' (2007): [[/index]]Port of ''The Two Thrones'' on the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}} and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia'' (2005): Spin-off on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS. Is an {{Interquel}} taking place after ''The Sands of Time'' and before ''Warrior Within''.

* ''Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown'' (2024): A 2.5D side-scroller, following the journey of a warrior named Sargon who is searching for the missing Prince Ghassan, while battling several monsters from Myth/PersianMythology.

* ''Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown'' (2024): A 2D side-scroller, following the journey of a warrior named Sargon who is searching for the missing Prince Ghassan, while battling several monsters from Myth/PersianMythology.

* ''Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown'' (2024): A 2D side-scroller, following the journey of a warrior named Sargon who is searching for the missing Prince Ghassan, while battling several monsters from Persian mythology.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: The Prince is surprisingly competent at this. In the canon ending of ''Warrior Within'', he kills [[spoiler:both the Empress of Time and the unstoppable beast that makes sure the timeline stays correct]]. In ''The Two Thrones'', he kills [[spoiler:a god of time]]. In ''The Forgotten Sands'', he kills [[spoiler:Ratash, an Ifrit and supposedly invincible]].

A new ContinuityReboot game trilogy (which was expanded), with LeParkour and TimeTravel as its most prominent features, was created under Creator/{{Ubisoft}}. Originally Mechner intended it to be a vague prequel to the other games, but his input was left out of ''Warrior Within'', which firmly established it as a new continuity.

* ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia'' (2005): Spin-off on the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS.
* ''Prince of Persia: Revelations'' (2005): [[/index]]Port of ''Warrior Within'' on the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}}.[[index]]
* ''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords'' (2007): [[/index]]Port of ''The Two Thrones'' on the UsefulNotes/{{PSP}} and UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}.[[index]]
* ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' (2010): [[TrilogyCreep A new chapter]] in the ''Sands of Time'' series, produced by Ubisoft to coincide with the movie's release.

A ContinuityReboot in 2008.

* RealTime: In the first two games, anyway.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Throw the ''Sands of Time'' Prince down pits or into spikes as many times as you like! You've still got the necessary time-rewinding sand, right?

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* TwoPartTrilogy:
** The original games were slated to be this. The first game was a self-contained story that wasn't initially meant to be anything bigger. A sequel was made, however, and it ended on a CliffHanger. This was ultimately subverted, since the planned third game never happened, and the eventual sequel, ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia3D'', was completely unrelated.
** The ''Sand Of Time'' trilogy plays it straight. The first game is a standalone while the second ends with a cliffhanger leading directly to the third. However, Farah and the Vizir from the first game come back.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Throw the ''Sands of Time'' Prince down pits or into spikes as many times as you like! You've still got the necessary time-rewinding sand, right?

* YouGetKnockedDownYouGetBackUpAgain: Averted; in the ''Sands of Time'' series, enemies can and will attack you while you're down. Fortunately, you can rewind time, block while on your back, or perform a roll to swipe at their feet and get back up.

!!The series contains the following tropes:
[[folder:The entire franchise in general]]

[[folder:The ''Sands of Time'' saga and film in general]]

!!Tropes common to multiple installments:

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* RealTime: In the first two games, anyway.
* RecycledTitle: The original and 2008 games in the series share the name "Prince Of Persia".

* SceneryPorn: The ''Sands of Time'' series has this as well.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: All female characters, at one point or another (particularly the women in ''Warrior Within'').

* TemporaryPlatform:
** ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia1'' has loose floor tiles that dislodge and fall moments after the [[NoNameGiven Prince character]] ran across them. Nearby vibrations (from you jumping up and down, for instance) will cause them to shake a little, allowing the player to identify them from a distance. They are useful on occasion for making running jumps off, and permanently holding down {{Pressure Plate}}s where they landed. They can also be dislodged by jumping from underneath, to access secret parts of levels, though standing below falling ones will hurt you if you don't duck.
** In the sequel ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersia2: The Shadow and the Flame'', they can kill {{Mook}}s and destroy potions.
** The ''Sands of Time'' trilogy, especially ''Warrior Within'' features a lot of these as crumbling wooden platforms and poles. They visibly shake whenever you walk on them and dust falls off below. What makes it worse is that jumping on top of them, or grabbing down the edges will force them to fall without warning.
** Interquel ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheForgottenSands'' features two types of temporary platform, firstly the ability to pause water to turn it into something you can grab onto, and then later remaking formerly existing platforms reappear with the power of memory. This can quickly cause DamnYouMuscleMemory rage during sections where you have to use both at once, turning one off to jump through something that would otherwise block your way to a platform you just turned on with the other ability...

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* LeapOfFaith: Used several times throughout the series, such as with an unlabeled potion in the first two games (it turned out to be a slow-fall potion), to a daring leap in the second game off a ledge into the next screen to land on a horse statue (which promptly comes to life).
* MalevolentArchitecture: Horrible splatty demises are freely available in most localities even without you encountering any enemies. Try [[SpikesOfDoom spike pits]], buzzsaws, sets of scimitars on revolving axles, [[TemporaryPlatform collapsing floors]], crushing rams, bladed pendulums, and [[GravityBarrier enormous drops]] -- many of which may be found combined as {{death course}}s. Fortunately often overlaps with BenevolentArchitecture, or else you'd never get anywhere.
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: The above-mentioned selection box of unpleasant exits gives rise to an exciting assortment of death animations. The original game alone memorably had [[NightmareFuel nightmare-inducing]] clanging metal jaws in mid-corridor that ''guillotined you in half'' if you mistimed stepping through them. Alternatives were being run through by enemy swords, [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled on spikes]], and hitting the bottom of [[DeathTrap deep pits]] with a skull-cracking ''smack''.

* NominalImportance: Inverted. The Prince is the main protagonist, but he is never named except in TheMovie, and several of the games have the majority of characters go unnamed.
* NoNameGiven: The Prince. Yes, almost every single one of his iterations is nameless. Those who avert this are Guiv (from ''The Graphic Novel''), and Dastan (from the 2010 film).
* OddballInTheSeries: ''VideoGame/BattlesOfPrinceOfPersia'', a turn-based strategy game.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: All Sands ot Time trilogy games contain missable life upgrades; however, you're only penalized with a different kind of ending in ''Warrior Within'' for missing any. The upgrades have no bearing on the plot of the preceding ''Sands of Time'', nor in the following ''The Two Thrones''. This last game also packs missable Sand Credits. Miss enough and you won't be able to pay for all the unlockable artwork. Not a big deal, unless you're after HundredPercentCompletion.
* PopStarComposer: Stuart Chatwood, multi-instrumentalist and former bassist for Music/TheTeaParty, wrote the soundtracks to all the Prince of Persia games made by Ubisoft.
* PressurePlate: The 2-D ''Prince of Persia'' games made extensive use of pressure plates to open or close distant doors; they could be held down permanently by killing a {{Mook}} over them or dropping a TemporaryPlatform on them. The ''Sands of Time'' saga has more variations of them; some are placed on walls and must be activated by wall-running, while some require a heavy object to keep them down.

* CounterAttack: Plenty of it in the ''Sands of Time'' trilogy. In combat, the Prince is able to counter most enemy attacks and deal them a devastating blow. However, enemies can sometimes counter the counter attack, forcing the Prince to block or counter the enemy's counter attack. There are instances where the Prince and his opponent will exchange half a dozen counter attacks before one misses their timing and gets hit.

* DialogDuringGameplay: From the ''Sands of Time'' trilogy onwards.