Jade (game engine)

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

• Jade on PCGamingWiki