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    GTA DS Unveiled in the Latest NP: First Details

    on 19.09.2008 at 16:10 User Icon Posted by Jorge (jb) Number of Comments Comments: 16 Number of Reads Reads: 2338
    Tag Tags: Grand Theft Auto, GTA, Chinatown Wars, Rockstar, Nintendo, DS
    The latest edition of Nintendo Power has spilled the beans on Rockstar's GTA installment for Nintendo's DS.

    Entitled Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the game ventures into familiar crime territory with players doing their business in a familiar town but with an all-new visual style.

  • Follows recent GTA-styled gameplay – open world, crime narrative, sandbox.
  • Visually uses an isometric camera angle, with cells-shaded polys, black borders.
  • Touch screen use – "tasteful" minigames.
  • Interfaced based on a PDA – uses a hub for email, contacts, map, GPS, stats etc.
  • Stats can be transferred to the Rockstar Social Club using Wi-Fi.
  • Missions developed for shorter play times, arcade-feel. If players fail, can jump back into the action sequences.
  • Aiming using the control pad, auto-targetting using the R shoulder button.
  • Good portion of Liberty City is modelled in the game, though has different routes.
  • No load time or frame-rate issues – despite having a load of pedestrians and vehicles on screen.
  • Wanted system: disable police cars any way possible.
  • Real-time weather effects, 24-hour day/night cycle.
  • Radio enabled background-tunes, more instrumental than vocals.
  • No details yet on multiplayer/Wi-Fi features


  • Thanks to NeoGAF for the lowdown.
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    Just remembered I've got to write a hands on of NMH2.
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     L73 Falco

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    Isometric camera angle?Smilie

    How's that going to workwith GTA?

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    on 19.09.2008 at 16:13
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     L72 Samus

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    I still think overhead 3D would have worked best.
    DS comes off quite strong graphicaly when that style is used.
    Not sure Isometrix is that good for car-navigation,

    on 19.09.2008 at 16:19
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    I'll make it look like HE did it!
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     L100 C3 Master

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    Anyone know where we can see some screenies?

    We're not allowed to post up English written scans unfortunately.
    on 19.09.2008 at 17:56
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    A message from my iPod; will do a blog later folks!
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     L82 Twinrova

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    I've been looking for a while, but it seems no-one has put up scans yet. Forumers that have the magazine say the screens look great though. Smilie

    on 19.09.2008 at 19:17
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     L23 Fire Leo

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    Visually uses an isometric camera angle, with cells-shaded polys, black borders.


    This is more awesome news than people will know.
    on 19.09.2008 at 20:13
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     L11 Koopa

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    Personally, I'm loving the sound of this. The isometric viewpoint should be good. After all, the pre-GTA3 games were good and they were top-down, so this could be pretty similar.
    on 19.09.2008 at 20:27
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    A message from my iPod; will do a blog later folks!
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     L82 Twinrova

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    First Scans!!

    Not too bad at all.SmilieSmilie

    on 19.09.2008 at 21:12
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    Just remembered I've got to write a hands on of NMH2.
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    Phoenixus said:
    First Scans!!

    Not too bad at all.SmilieSmilie


    They don't look bad at all, infact, it's more top down than the description leads me to believe.

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    on 20.09.2008 at 01:07
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    A message from my iPod; will do a blog later folks!
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     L82 Twinrova

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    Another, even better bunch of screens;

    http://www.nintendoeverything.com/?p=3857

    on 20.09.2008 at 09:51
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     L81 Chun-Li

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    I need to see screens. I don't understand this isometric angle. And what are the black borders about? Are they cutting parts off because the system can't handle it?
    on 20.09.2008 at 10:49
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     L100 C3 Master

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    The black border thing just means there will be black outlines around charchters and stuff, lots of cel shaded games do it.


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    on 20.09.2008 at 17:47
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     L72 Samus

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    Those screens arnt isometrix, the angle clearly changes.
    Bloody good graphics though, like the style.
    on 20.09.2008 at 21:46
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     L100 C3 Master

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    Isometric camera angle? Meh. It'll be as close to real GTA as the GBA versions of Tony Hawk were.


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    on 21.09.2008 at 01:01
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    on 21.09.2008 at 15:41
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    i'am dieing to see this game outSmilie



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    on 21.09.2008 at 22:32
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     L88 Super Sonic

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    meh.


    Is all I can say...
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    on 23.09.2008 at 23:55
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