Jikan no Suna is the Japanese cut of The Sands of Time. Elegant acrobatics, tasteful puzzles and a time-rewinding dagger. A genuine high point of 2000s action adventure.
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Category
Action Adventure1 player12+
Description
Japanese edition of Ubisoft Montreal's Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time released in 2003, distributed as Jikan no Suna (The Sand of Time). The Prince accidentally releases the Sands of Time, turning a palace into a nightmare of creatures. A magical dagger to rewind time, parkour and sumptuous Persian aesthetics.
Prince of Persia - Jikan no Suna review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Chiselled Persian architecture, undulating fabrics and golden light: the adventure is steeped in a Thousand and One Nights tale of rare elegance. The acrobatic fluidity of the hero and the beauty of the settings compose an enchantment in motion. This art direction, refined and warm, elevates every leap and every ruin.
Signed by Stuart Chatwood, the music marries Persian percussion and instruments with rock riffs of unexpected fire, in a singular East-West union. The themes embrace the acrobatic elegance of the prince as well as the urgency of the fights. This mixed sonic identity, exotic and nervy, forged the soul of this acclaimed revival.
Having unleashed, out of pride, a sand that turns men into monsters, a prince must undo his mistake by rewinding time. Told like a tale from the Thousand and One Nights, the story blends adventure, romance and a lesson in humility with rare charm. Its elegant narrative frame left a lasting mark on the action-adventure.
Gameplay
"Excellent"
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Captivating"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Long"
Technical info
💾1,3 GB📅27/11/2003
Published by Ubisoft
Prince of Persia - Jikan no Suna (PS2) price, value & rarity
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
The Japanese pressing of the Prince of Persia reboot, under the local Jikan no Suna title. In a Japanese market where the series never truly caught on, this run stays noticeably scarcer than Western editions, making it the version sought by anyone assembling the franchise across regions. The appeal lies in its status as a peripheral object of a Western classic brought to Japan, not in a high price.
Is Prince of Persia - Jikan no Suna still worth playing in 2026?
Released in 2003 on PS2 and known in the West as Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time, Ubisoft's project resurrected a dormant licence with an elegance that still resonates. The fluid acrobatics, the wall running and the architectural puzzles chain into a choreography of rare grace. The power to rewind time with the Dagger of Time, erasing jumping or combat mistakes, was a revolutionary find and remains a pleasure. The spirited narration and the Arabian Nights atmosphere envelop the whole. The repetitive combat ages less well. A classic of action adventure gaming.
