Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands for the Nintendo DS is a handheld 2D side-scroller installment to the franchise in a similar fashion to the series' previous DS installment Prince of Persia: The Fallen King. The game is entirely stylus-controlled featuring no button use. To maneuver the player must hold the stylus in the direction relative to the Prince character where the player wants to move. To climb the player must hold the stylus part way up a wall to jump the player holds the stylus at the other end of the gap. Combat in the game is stylus-controlled as well.