"We reviewed Chinatown Wars twice already, first for the Nintendo DS, and then for the PSP. Both were highly rated, and for good reason: the Rockstar-developed game is just great, in so many ways. Yet both times I played it, heading down to Chinatown just didn’t feel the same as it’s home console brethren, the Grand Theft Auto III’s and IV. But with a new platform comes new possibilities, and the iPad brings Chinatown to the big (or at least, bigger) screen."

Dylan Nelson of My Secret Online Thoughts takes a look at what may be one of the DSi's most compelling reasons for a purchase. Among other things he provides his opinion of the DSi itself and GTA: Chinatown Wars.

"The adult nature of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is unmistakeable; even the Splash Screen prior to the game displays mysterious white parcels being exchanged for cash over two variants of the Rockstar Games logo. The developers were clearly anticipating more anti-Nintendo DS Grand Theft Auto campaigning than the game actually received, as it seems that almost every aspect is designed to create controversy."

This week Yahtzee looks a Grand Theft Auto: China Town Wars.

This is the first handheld review to be done by him, so it should be something different to the usual. But of course, expect his usual humour.

"The last Grand Theft Auto game on a Nintendo platform sucked. GTA Advance was a shell of its console brethren, with terrible controls, graphics and gameplay. It was, in short, a phone-in. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is not that game. Picture a world in which GTA never entered the 3D, behind-the-back realm which made it famous. What if it stayed as a top-down, arcade-y, balls-out action game? Chinatown Wars is just that, and it is easily one of the best games on the DS."