Trademork is reporting that last Tuesday, Prince of Persia series creator Jordan Mechner filed to trademark "Prince of Persia Prodigy," a term which just might be the title of the long-awaited follow-up to Ubisoft's 2003 masterpiece The Sands of Time.
We can only really glean two things from the brief U.S. Patent and Trademark Office filing:
1 .) It's definitely for a game, though there's no telling how you'll be playing that game. It could be a throwaway cell phone port for all we know, given this laundry list:
Game software and electronic game programs, namely software games recorded on CD-ROM and digital video discs for computers; software games recorded on CD-ROMs, digital video discs, and cartridges for console and individual, portable gaming systems; software games that are downloadable from a remote computer site and electronic game software for mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld computers
2.) Ubisoft must be involved somehow, because it's their lawyer on the trademark application:
Correspondent
MARC MURACCINI; UBISOFT ENTERTAINMENT
28 RUE ARMAND CARREL
MONTREUIL SOUS BOIS
93108
FRANCE
Everything else is really speculation at this point. But let's speculate a little bit, shall we?
First, dispel any notions that this game will be excellent simply because Mechner's name is on the trademark. For instance, Jordan Mechner also owns the trademark to Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, the game he famously bashed in the December 2005 issue of WIRED Magazine:
"I'm not a fan of the artistic direction, or the violence that earned it an M rating. The story, character, dialog, voice acting, and visual style were not to my taste."
But it's probably safe to say that this won't be a cell phone exclusive, either. In a third-quarter sales report dated January 23rd, 2008, Ubisoft labels Prince of Persia a "key title" for their 2008-2009 line-up; and notorious rumor-monger Surfer Girl provided what are supposedly in-game screenshots and details of a next-gen PoP title on the very same day.
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