Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles prequel revealed for DS. Surprise!

Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles DS box
The Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles prequel game has been revealed to be coming out on Nintendo DS in 2008. It looks like the portable platform-adventure game will have 2D gameplay with a 3D perspective. If that sounds familiar, that’s because Ubisoft hired Gameloft to do exactly the same thing with Prince of Persia Classic that was released in June 2007 on Xbox Live Arcade, with great success I might add. Let’s see what info the GameStop sheet scan of the DS game revealed.

The DS box lists what’s included in the game:
* Developed specifically for Nintendo DS [by Gameloft]. Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles tells the story of Altair before the events of the console version.
* Pull off amazing acrobatic moves and explore a fully 3D-rendered medieval world.
* Master swordfights, stealth assassinations, combo attacks, and a variety of weapons.
* Use your stylus to interrogate informers and pickpocket precious items from the crowd.