Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars

a.k.a. GTA: Chinatown Wars

published by Rockstar Games in 2009-03-17, developed by Rockstar Leeds, running on Nintendo DS

type: action/reflex
genre: Grand Theft Auto-like
series: Grand Theft Auto
setting: Present
perspective: bird's-eye
player options: single player

4.2/5

Official description

The war spills over onto a new patch: the Nintendo DS. The long-running Grand Theft Auto franchise debuts on the DS with Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.

A new entry into the GTA series and a Nintendo DS exclusive, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars was built from the ground up for Nintendo DS. It’s the story of Huang Lee, a spoilt, wealthy member of the Chinese Triad crime syndicate. Huang arrives in Liberty City after the untimely assassination of his father in Hong Kong to deliver the ‘Yu Jian’, a family heirloom, to his power-crazy uncle, Wu ‘Kenny’ Lee. The ‘Yu Jian’ is a sword that’s been a false symbol of honour, with its history and value draped in lies.

But once Huang arrives, he’s ambushed by a car full of gunmen - shot, robbed and left for dead, dumped into the Humboldt River. He barely survives, but the ‘Yu Jian’ is stolen. Huang must retrieve the sword for his uncle and take down those who wanted him to sleep with the fishes.