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First Look at Grand Theft Auto Advance

Posted by Zonk on from the gangstas-in-yo-pocket dept.

Starsmore writes "IGN has a first look at the new Grand Theft Auto for the Game Boy Advance this October. From what I've read of the article, it harkens back to the visual styles of the original Grand Theft Auto games, while taking gameplay advice from the newer versions."

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  1. What's new is old again by EastCoaster · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I really liked the first two GTAs and I loved GTA III and Vice City. This game melds the overhead view of the old games and the gameplay of the newer GTAs. This could be one of the better GBA games yet. I look forward to seeing the first reviews when it is released.

    This happens everytime. Once a new system is about to be released (Nintendo DS), the best games for the current platform (GBA) are released.

  2. SHOULD this game be a hit on the GBA? by hal2814 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I was under the impression (and I might be wrong here) that the core audience for the GBA is preteen and younger teen boys. It does make me scratch my head that a Grand Theft Auto game might do well on this platform merely because of the user base. I would think that parents would be just a bit reluctant to get this game for their children, but like I said earlier maybe I don't understand the GBA audience (or modern parenting trends).

    1. Re:SHOULD this game be a hit on the GBA? by Chess_the_cat · · Score: 4, Interesting
      I was under the impression that the core audience for the GBA is preteen and younger teen boys (and I might be wrong here.

      As a 29 year old Nintendo fanboy let me assure you that you are quite wrong. Think of it this way: when the original Gameboy came out I was a "preteen" boy. So you are right in a way. It's just that that audience has grown up along with the Gameboy.

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    2. Re:SHOULD this game be a hit on the GBA? by hai.uchida · · Score: 2, Interesting

      You think there weren't millions of pre-teen boys who played Vice City on their Playstation 2's?

      Anyway, as violent as GTA Advance may be, it's hard to get in too much of an uproar over cutesy, simplistic 2-d sprites. And really, it's no more violent than dozens of NES/SNES/Genesis games like Narc, Smash TV, Metal Gear etc... From the looks of it the instruction manual will be more incendiary than the game itself.

      Can you still have sex with prostitutes, by the way?

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  3. Pretty Cool by coolguyclay · · Score: 2, Interesting

    GTA2 was a pretty fun game, even when games with better graphics were out at the time. The missions, weapons and driving were almost as engaging as GTA3 and you still could learn the City inside out. I wanted to get a GBA to play a RPG (or FF:Tactics) and this might be the icing on the cake. Of course, you still couldn't swim, which is a shame because the city was always on an island for some reason . . .

  4. ARGH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    There was no excuse for Nintendo not to release a 3d GTA. NONE!

    CMON GUYS THE POCKETEERS HAD THIS IN THE BAG!!!!
    http://www.pocketeers.co.uk/media/twoc.ht m

    ARGH.....

    I just can't bring myself to buying this game. Sorry.