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With the release of GTA: Chinatown Wars on Nintendo DS, imminent, details thus far have been scarce. We knew it would feature over 20 hours of gameplay, it’s aimed at adults, and that the stylus would be used. Other that that, we didn’t know much, until now…

This month’s edition of Nintendo Power contains a load of interesting details for the gun-toting, car-stealing, gangsta’ fest. The game reportedly uses cell-shaded graphics in an isometric 3D prospective, not too dissimilar to Zelda: Phantom Hourglass.

The GPS system that is famous in the GTA series, will make an appearance on the game, but the wanted system, has been changed to fit on the DS. Instead of escaping the police’s field of vision, you now must “disable police cars any way possible”. Which to me, says lots of shooting and explosions, Hooray!

Aiming is via the D-pad, and you auto-target with the R shoulder button. Weaponry included on the title include a flamethrower and a Duke Nukem’ style chain gun. There are also a bunch of “tasteful” mini-games on offer.

You can also use the handsets Wi-Fi connection to uploadyour game statistics to the Rockstar Social Club.

He is a list of features, casually ripped from the publication:

“- True GTA game - sandbox gameplay, open-world environment, gritty crime narrative.
- M-rating
- Isometric camera angle
- Cell-shaded polygons w/ black borders
- good touch-screen implementation - “tasteful” mini-games, streamlining interface
- UI based on a PDA - hub for email, contacts, map, music player, GPS, stat-tracking
- stats uploaded to Rockstar Social Club website via Wi-Fi
- finger-sized icons
- missions designed for shorter periods of play, arcade quality
- aiming with control pad, auto targeting with R button
- subtle auto steer
- if you fail a mission, you can jump back to the action sequence
- chain gun, flamethrower
- good portion of Liberty City is modelled in the game (different routes than console games)
- no problems with load times, draw-in or frame rate
- lots of pedestrians, cars, etc on screen
- Wanted system - objective is to disable police cars any way possible
- real-time weather effects, 24-hour day/night cycle
- lots of radio stations to listen to (more instrumentals than vocals)
- 800,000 lines of hand-optimized source code (hey, the people like the info, right?)
- no details yet on multiplayer/wi-fi features.”

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