Chinatown Wars Details Revealed

Scribbled on November 18th, 2008 by Jonathon Howard
Filed in Action, Nintendo DS, Previews

The folks at Nintendo Everything have translated through a Spanish game magazine to bring us juicy details on Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, the DS’s take on criminal acts involving cars. Here’s the skinny:

Camera can swivel 360 degrees
Trains will pass overhead in the city, cars will circle, pedestrians will be walking, etc.
GPS seen on the touch screen while you move through the city
PDA allows you to gain access to the map with more details as well as the goals of missions
You can mark points that you want and the GPS will always tell you the shortest legal route to the destination with yellow or blue arrows
New discoveries (such as gas stations) are added to the map
Top screen brings you all the action, while the lower screen will let you control elements like the PDA, GPS, the radio, access to the people on the map, or using Motolov cocktails and grenades.
Drugs have a big importance in the game
Drug system can be compared to Drugwars
You have to control the stock of drugs, buy them in one neighborhood and sell them in another – good way to make money in the game
You are given a map so that you know what people demand and at what prices
Like other GTA games, in Chinatown Wars, you can catch a taxi – whistle into the microphone so the taxi will stop