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Since its announcement at E3, details on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS have been thin on the ground. However, if rumor is to be believed, some details on Rockstar's portable controversy-waiting-to-happen may have surfaced. Taking the form of a consumer survey that asked rather specific questions about an "upcoming game," some potential new information may have been unearthed.

If true, the questions posed in the survey shed some light on what Rockstar is currently mulling over for Chinatown -- including the story of a young gang soldier caught up in an internal power struggle, gameplay lasting 20+ hours and stylus-based minigames. 

There's no telling if this is true, although I understand the source is pretty reliable. Either way, I wouldn't advise too much stock to be held in the info at this present juncture. The survey questions certainly provide something to think about in any case, and you can read them after the jump.

16. Please grade each of the following game features on how interesting they’d be for a Nintendo DS game.

-OPEN WORLD: It takes place within an open, real world environment. You will have the freedom to navigate a massive map, explore a world with changing weather and traffic patterns, smart Police and pedestrian AI, and choose different missions to play at any given point in time.

-MATURE STORYLINE: This is the story of an outsider navigating the criminal underworld of a major city. You play as a young gang soldier involved in the internal power struggle for control of his gang.

-AD HOC MULTIPLAYER: With wi-fi connectivity, players can play each other head to head in four different game modes, including a race (seven different race maps, can race with all the game vehicles), and play co-op modes.

-LENGTH OF GAMEPLAY: 70+ missions, 20+ hours of straight gameplay—with significant replayability on top of those 20+ hours.

-STYLUS BASED MINI GAMES: Missions include a wide variety of contextual mini-games, such as assembling a sniper rifle to complete an assassination mission, and smashing locks and hotwiring cars to steal them.

-REPLAYABLE MISSIONS: A feature that allows you to jump to any completed mission from a convenient menu and play them again.









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linuxguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 15:58
linuxguy
Just make me a San Andreas stories
also, returns to playing vice city stories on his psp
garison's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:01
garison
i hope there is a hidden hot coffee touch based mini game. and also better vehicle physics than in GTAIV.
Jon2309's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:04
Jon2309
"Mature storyline"? At least make this one fun, R*.
greeneggsnsam's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:06
greeneggsnsam
Will Nintendo make this game require friend codes, even though it'll be a mature game?
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:09
king3vbo
A Cammie killing game would be AMAZING
Blake's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:13
Blake
@Greeneggsnsam:

It's Nintendo. They'll push it, though R* may hold up. Only time will tell.
stevenjazz787's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:16
stevenjazz787
As I read that, I was thinking "OMG, crap, here come the 'stylus-based minigames'... wait... did that say assemble a sniper rifle to complete an assassination? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!!!!1!!!!!!1111!"
dronkmunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:21
dronkmunk
Replayable missions??? Finally added to GTA..for the DS??
Phantom Spaceman's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:41
Phantom Spaceman
Hopefully it'll have puppies and broken wrists
Totally Tubular Thomas's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:42
Totally Tubular Thomas
They absolutely must include a stylus based Cammie killing minigame. Or just make all the pedestrians resemble her.
Alexradl's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 16:59
Alexradl
I'd pay money to have Cammie killed. Virtually...of course.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 17:01
MechaMonkey
Stylus mini games gives me pause...
wonky360's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 17:19
wonky360
screw this, where is my 360 downloadable content, why do I not know what it even is...
dronkmunk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 17:32
dronkmunk
@Heretic

THEN DO NOT FUCKING BUY!!11
CypherVR's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 18:10
CypherVR
still no pics from the game.
videogamenut's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 18:35
videogamenut
What I wonder is if it will eventually come out on the ps3?
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 18:45
Bob Muir
Sounds just like what we expected: GTA on a handheld, plus minigames.
RestingSound's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 20:02
RestingSound
That doesn't read like a survey at all. Looks fake to me.
Jaren Face's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/05/2008 23:24
Jaren Face
"-REPLAYABLE MISSIONS: A feature that allows you to jump to any completed mission from a convenient menu and play them again."

Took them long enough. I would have loved this feature in the PS2 GTAs. So many great missions there.
TheDreadHawk's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/06/2008 18:26
TheDreadHawk
I've been wanting to get some sort of portable, either DS or PSP, and this might just be incentive. I'm a huge GTA fanboy ;_;
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