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E3 08: In case you didn't hear: Grand Theft Auto coming to the DS
2:13 PM on 07.16.2008, Hamza CTZ Aziz 28 comments

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The biggest shocker to come from Nintendo's Press Conference yesterday was that Rockstar Games has teamed up with Nintendo and will be bringing the Grand Theft Auto franchise over to the Nintendo DS. The game is called Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and will be set in Liberty City.

From the sounds of it, it looks like you'll finally be working for the Triads. The only other facts we have at this point is that the game will utilize the DS touch screen and will have WiFi support. 

So many questions! Will this be based off of the old Liberty City design, the new one from GTA IV, or something in between? Will this be similar to the PSP versions of GTA or a completely new style? What do you all think? Think this could turn out any good?  


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Alexradl at 07/16/2008 14:14
I hope it's in 3rd person view and not top-down like the older GTA's. I never really liked the "top-down view" GTA's. I'm semi-interested to see more info, but I'm definitely skeptical.
Hamza CTZ Aziz's Avatar
Hamza CTZ Aziz at 07/16/2008 14:14
bhive: Ain't no content other than the main picture above.

Iggy: They could do 3D, Star Wars Unleashed is 3D. Of course, it looks ugly as fuck.
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DeusPayne at 07/16/2008 14:17
The metroid game on the DS was 3d, and that game looked amazing.
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Chicken008 at 07/16/2008 14:18
Is that really a shock? The first handheld GTA game was on the GBA after all..
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SnakeDude4Life at 07/16/2008 14:21
Any thinking that it will look Fugly as hell?
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dephect at 07/16/2008 14:25
Rated E for everyone.
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GuitarAtomik at 07/16/2008 14:28
ehhh I don't really care about it. If it's really in 3D (which it sounds like it is) than it's going to look ugly as fuck. Plus I can't imagine stepping back down to this after playing GTA4 in all it's glorious physics laden wonder.
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Iggy at 07/16/2008 14:31
@Chicken008
GTA and GTA2 came out for the Game Boy color before GTA Advanced.
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someone666 at 07/16/2008 14:32
First, FF13 makes it to XBox360.
Next, handheld GTA leaves PSP for the technologically inferior DS

I am speechless. I am without speech
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Timdabrat at 07/16/2008 14:34
They should keep the top-down style, perhaps have animated cutscenes in 2D style as well. Most developers know that the DS doesnt handle 3D well, unless done in a very special way.
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Funkiller at 07/16/2008 14:38
Biggest Nintendo news gets a solid DO NOT WANT!!!

Seriously, where the hell are the Kid Icarus and StarFox games? As in non-casual revisits to the reason they are even still around.
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Face at 07/16/2008 14:40
If they do take a bash at 3D I hope it's back to the silly jetpacks, double uzis and tanks, none of this serious malarkey.
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Demtor at 07/16/2008 14:58
It'll probably be PS2 style graphics on the DS which is kind of lame. Why they didn't just put this on the Wii is beyond me but anything Wii involved these days just baffles me so I guess this is on par with the rest of shit fest that is Nintendo for me these days.
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Vanilla Gorilla at 07/16/2008 15:06
Actually, if it was in the old GTA2 style, I would really dig that. Assuming you could pan the camera back without having to travel as fast as freaking possible so you can see where you're going while in a vehicle.
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DaedHead8 at 07/16/2008 15:17
Top down GTA on the DS would be awesome.
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mix at 07/16/2008 15:23
Touching to kill...*GASP*

This could be a cool little game!
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nukka jdav at 07/16/2008 15:38
I'm kinda Grand Theft Autoed out...also Nintendo is now dead to me sooo...I'm kinda split on this game.
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Gamechamp at 07/16/2008 16:14
Honestly, I'm hoping for a top-down perspective. I miss the GTA of old.
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Johnny Justice at 07/16/2008 16:53
I'm thinking top-down view with d-pad to move, stylus to aim combat control. Kinda like Geometry Wars.

If you've played the DS Transformers game you'd know how a 3rd person open world is a bad idea.
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Jack8274 at 07/16/2008 17:08
Johnny has a good idea. Strafe with D-pad, look with touch screen. Also have it in 3D like in New Super Mario Bros, where the character and the environment are given 3D aspects, but hold true to the original.
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spam at 07/16/2008 18:36
@ nukka jdav

yeah you sound really split 0_o
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 07/16/2008 18:55
This game is look and sound like total shit.
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mightypotato at 07/16/2008 21:56
Grand Theft Auto? On a DS?

Yawn.
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tarzanell at 07/17/2008 01:46
I'd rather be stabbed in the anus. What is all this shit Nintendo keeps announcing?
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Fletcher at 08/03/2008 18:27
I think the only way they can make this work in 3D is if they make it cell-shaded. I kind of want it to be top down view. but that doesn't seem like it would work well in multiplayer...
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