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GTA DS Unveiled in the Latest NP: First Details

19.09.2008

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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Stulaw 19.09.2008#1

Isometric camera angle? Smilie

How's that going to workwith GTA?

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Darkflame 19.09.2008#2

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,

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jb 19.09.2008#3

Anyone know where we can see some screenies?

We're not allowed to post up English written scans unfortunately.

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Phoenom 20.09.2008#4

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

D_prOdigy 20.09.2008#5

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

This is more awesome news than people will know.

Sylpharion 20.09.2008#6

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.

Phoenom 20.09.2008#7

First Scans!!

Not too bad at all. Smilie Smilie

Stulaw 20.09.2008#8

Phoenixus said:
First Scans!!
Not too bad at all.

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

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Phoenom 20.09.2008#9

Another, even better bunch of screens;

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

tiamat1990 20.09.2008#10

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?

James2t3 20.09.2008#11

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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Darkflame 21.09.2008#12

Those screens arnt isometrix, the angle clearly changes.
Bloody good graphics though, like the style.

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Martin_ 21.09.2008#13

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

Darkflame 21.09.2008#14

Look at the screens, links above.

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