Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for Nintendo DS

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Release Date 3/17/2009
Publisher Take Two
Platform DS
Genre Action Adventure

Number of Players 1
Wireless Players 2
Online Enabled Yes

Blood and Gore, Drug Reference, Strong Language, Violence, Sexual Content

Game Description

The DS Stylus has learned a new trick. It's now the only tool you'll need to jack any car you like as the mega-popular Grand Theft Auto franchise makes its debut on Nintendo DS. Explore the series' trademark massive open environments with pinpoint Stylus accuracy and interactive Touch Screen control. Enter the Chinatown underworld where you'll try and outsmart your rivals and stay one step ahead of the law. The DS-exclusive saga follows a trail of crime and corruption within the ruthless Triad crime syndicate, with enough GTA action to spill over two screens.

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IGN Review (9.5 out of 10)

Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series is easily the epitome of the open world "sandbox" game design. Other studios have tried to capture that same vibe in their own titles with various levels of success, but for better or worse none have been able to dethrone GTA as the game that's synonymous with the ...more

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Average Member Rating: 7.5 out of 10

The best portable game this year!. (9 out of 10)

posted by ObehaveWan (SANTA ROSA, CA) on May 28, 2009
Member since Apr 2008
15 out of 15 gamers (100%) found this review helpful

So Grand Theft Auto has gone back to its roots, and those genuises have produced a top-down perspective game for Nintendo's handheld. I first thought this to be a strange idea, but it works perfectly on the DS. The camera is perfectly intuitive while driving, and there are compensatory mechanics t...more

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