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| ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time''
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| ''Prince of Persia: Warrior Within''
| ''Prince of Persia: Warrior Within''
|Ubisoft Montreal
|Ubisoft Montreal
|December 2, 2004
|December 2, 2004
|Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, iOS
|Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, iOS, PlayStation Portable
|PSP port was developed by Pipeworks Studios and released as ''Prince of Persia: Revelations''.
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| ''Peter Jackson's King Kong''
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| November 17, 2005
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| ''Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones''
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|PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Mac OS X
|PSP and Wii ports were developed by Pipeworks Studios and released as ''Prince of Persia: Rival Swords''.
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| ''Horsez''
|[[Phoenix Studio]]
|November 6, 2006
|PlayStation 2
|Only the PlayStation 2 version was created with the Jade engine. Original Windows version was developed by Lexis Numérique.
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| ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids]]''
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
|Ubisoft Montreal
|March 20, 2007
|Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
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| ''Naruto: Rise of a Ninja''
|Ubisoft Montreal
|October 30, 2007
|Xbox 360
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| ''My Word Coach''
|Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal
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| ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids 2]]''
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| ''My French Coach''
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| ''My Spanish Coach''
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| ''Petz Horsez 2''
|[[Phoenix Studio]]
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|PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, PlayStation Portable
|On Windows, the most common version of ''Horsez 2'' is a different game developed by Lexis Numérique - the Jade engine version was only bundled with ''Petz Horse Club''. PlayStation Portable port released as ''Petz Saddle Club''.
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| ''Petz Horse Club''
|[[Phoenix Studio]]
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| ''[[Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party]]''
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| ''Naruto: The Broken Bond''
|Ubisoft Montreal
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|Xbox 360
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| ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''
|Ubisoft Shanghai
|September 11, 2009
|PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
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| ''Movie Games''
|[[Phoenix Studio]]
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| ''Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands''
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| ''Shaun White Skateboarding''
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|''[[Beyond Good & Evil|Beyond Good & Evil HD]]''
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| ''[[Beyond Good & Evil|Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition]]''
|Ubisoft Montpellier, Virtuos
|June 25, 2024
|<nowiki>PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch</nowiki>
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| ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs''
|Ubisoft Shanghai
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|PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
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| ''Movie Studios Party''
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|Wii
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| ''My Spanish Coach''
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|Wii
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| ''My French Coach''
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| ''My Word Coach''
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|Wii
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| ''Naruto: Rise of a Ninja''
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|Xbox 360
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| ''Naruto: The Broken Bond''
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| ''NCIS''
| ''NCIS''
|Ubisoft Shanghai
|Ubisoft Shanghai
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|November 1, 2011
|PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
|PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
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| ''Petz Horsez''
|Phoenix Interactive
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|PlayStation 2
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| ''Petz Horsez 2''
| ''[[Beyond Good & Evil|Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition]]''
|Phoenix Interactive
|Ubisoft Montpellier, Virtuos
|June 25, 2024
|<nowiki>PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch</nowiki>
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|PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Windows<ref>Jade engine version was only bundled with <nowiki>''Petz Horse Club''</nowiki>.</ref>
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| ''Petz Horse Club''
|Phoenix Interactive
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|Wii, Windows
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| ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
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==File structure==
==File structure==
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* (PlayStation 2 game serial code) (PlayStation 2 only)
* (PlayStation 2 game serial code) (PlayStation 2 only)
* SYSTEM.CNF (PlayStation 2 only)
* SYSTEM.CNF (PlayStation 2 only)
==External links==
* [https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Engine:Jade Jade on PCGamingWiki]


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[[fr:Jade engine]]

Latest revision as of 08:37, 27 June 2026

Editor splash screen. It depicts one of the four masks of Polokus.

The Jade engine is a game engine used by Ubisoft. It was created during the development of Beyond Good & Evil and shares the name with the main protagonist, Jade. The engine allows for great flexibility that includes different gameplay sequences and detailed graphics, both in cinematics and gameplay. Since its introduction in 2003 starting with Beyond Good & Evil, the engine has been developed further for use in later games, listed below.

Games

The following games use the Jade engine:

Name Developer(s) First release Platform(s) Notes
Beyond Good & Evil Ubisoft Pictures November 11, 2003 PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Ubisoft Montreal November 11, 2003 PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Windows
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within Ubisoft Montreal December 2, 2004 Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, iOS, PlayStation Portable PSP port was developed by Pipeworks Studios and released as Prince of Persia: Revelations.
Peter Jackson's King Kong Ubisoft Montpellier November 17, 2005 Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360, PlayStation Portable
Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Casablanca December 1, 2005 PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Windows, Xbox, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Mac OS X PSP and Wii ports were developed by Pipeworks Studios and released as Prince of Persia: Rival Swords.
Horsez Phoenix Studio November 6, 2006 PlayStation 2 Only the PlayStation 2 version was created with the Jade engine. Original Windows version was developed by Lexis Numérique.
Rayman Raving Rabbids Ubisoft Montpellier November 19, 2006 Wii, PlayStation 2, Windows, Xbox 360, Mac OS X
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ubisoft Montreal March 20, 2007 Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja Ubisoft Montreal October 30, 2007 Xbox 360
My Word Coach Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal November 6, 2007 Wii
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 Ubisoft Paris November 13, 2007 Wii, Windows
My French Coach Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal November 30, 2007 Wii
My Spanish Coach Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Montreal November 30, 2007 Wii
Beowulf: The Game Virtuos December 4, 2007 PlayStation Portable
Petz Horsez 2 Phoenix Studio 2007 PlayStation 2, Wii, Windows, PlayStation Portable On Windows, the most common version of Horsez 2 is a different game developed by Lexis Numérique - the Jade engine version was only bundled with Petz Horse Club. PlayStation Portable port released as Petz Saddle Club.
Petz Horse Club Phoenix Studio October 28, 2008 Wii, Windows
Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party Ubisoft Paris November 13, 2008 Wii
Naruto: The Broken Bond Ubisoft Montreal November 18, 2008 Xbox 360
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Ubisoft Shanghai September 11, 2009 PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Movie Games Phoenix Studio November 4, 2009 Wii
Just Dance Ubisoft Paris November 17, 2009 Wii
Avatar: The Game Ubisoft Montreal December 1, 2009 Wii, PlayStation Portable
Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Ubisoft Quebec May 18, 2010 PlayStation Portable, Wii
Shaun White Skateboarding Ubisoft Montreal October 24, 2010 Wii
Prince of Persia Trilogy Ubisoft Sofia November 19, 2010 PlayStation 3
Beyond Good & Evil HD Ubisoft Shanghai March 2, 2011 Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
NCIS Ubisoft Shanghai November 1, 2011 PlayStation 3, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360
Beyond Good & Evil: 20th Anniversary Edition Ubisoft Montpellier, Virtuos June 25, 2024 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch

File structure

  • (project name) (PlayStation 2 only(?))
    • (project name).bf (Primary data file)
    • banner.tpl (Wii only)
    • bannericons.tpl (Wii only)
    • GameCube.tpl (Nintendo GameCube only)
    • gxTextrs.tpl (Nintendo GameCube only)
    • HomeButton2 (Wii only)
    • icons.tpl (Wii only)
    • jade.spe
    • jade.tpl (Nintendo GameCube only)
    • jaderevo.elf (Wii execution file)
    • opening.bnr (Nintendo GameCube & Wii only)
    • save.bnr (Nintendo GameCube only)
    • sound (Wii SDK leftover)
    • strap#.tpl (Wii only)
    • video (Full-motion video files)
    • vssver.scc (Wii only)
  • (PlayStation 2 game serial code) (PlayStation 2 only)
  • SYSTEM.CNF (PlayStation 2 only)

External links