The ambitious Assassin's Creed is a title most of us have experienced at this point, and whilst opinions on the game are squarely split down the middle, it's sales have pretty much assured that a sequel is already in the works.

Whilst we wait for that though, Ubisoft will be offering fans of the new franchise a DS prequel.

The avid staff of Go Nintendo recently snagged a shot of boxart (which can be seen below) of a DS bound Assassin's Creed game, a prequel which will explore lead hero Altair's history before the start of the first game.

The official title of the game will be Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles.

How such a high-scale, high concept game such as Assassin's Creed will translate down onto the diminutive Nintendo DS is anyone's guess, but mobile game experts GameLoft will be handling the direct development duties.

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Comments

By: ApplesauceNinja On: 08:06 Jan 12th, 2008 Offline	I just can't imagine, after playing Assassin's Creed, attempting to sit down and play a version with crapped up DS graphics. I just...can't. It would be...wrong...somehow.

By: Venom On: 11:06 Jan 12th, 2008 Offline	I know this won't be anywhere near the quality (gameplay and graphics wise) of the console version, but I'm still interested in it. It should be fun to see how it translates to the DS, and how well they utilize the touch screen.

By: Kelz On: 09:59 Jan 13th, 2008 Offline	Could be interesting. Having never played Assassins Creed, I'm intrigued to hear theres a prequel going to a console I actually OWN. :O

By: Evren On: 05:55 Jan 14th, 2008 Online	Please dont make me sad. This wont have any of the prettyness. And TBH, the gameplay wasn't exactly brilliant on AS anyway. It kinda fueled my boredem.

By: Corrine On: 10:45 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	This really isn't going to be special. There are certain things that work on the DS. Phantom Hourglass? But this.... The whole point was how absolutely gorgeous it was. It's going to be sad.

By: Mobius Zero On: 11:21 Jan 14th, 2008 Offline	Hey, if it will work for Super Mario Bros. DS, Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, and soon Ninja Gaiden: The Dragon Sword (I believe), then there might be a good chance it might work, besides graphics aren't everything, if it's fun then we have no real argument against it.