It has begun. You may or may not have heard that the upcoming Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars will allow you to sell drugs. Well, someone knows and, according to UK newspaper “The Sun,” they’re outraged.

There are a few lines in the article that are likely to make any gamer with any experience following the industry raise an eyebrow or two, such as the very first paragraph, which refers to the Nintendo DS as a “family friendly” handheld, as if there has never been an M rated DS game before. It also claims that “Experts predict the final edition is unlikely to feature explicit criminality.” That’s like saying the next Dead or Alive game is unlikely to feature breasts. Mm-hmm.

The Sun
via Game Politics

While most of us were watching some of our predictions being shattered during the live Nintendo Conference this morning, we seen a logo that gave some of us a shock.  While no actual game footage was shown, Nintendo announced that there is an upcoming GTA game for the Nintendo DS called Chinatown Wars.

Considering the graphical limitations of the Nintendo DS handheld itself, I can’t help but wonder if this game itself will use a scaled down PS2 version of the game, or will showcase a new type of GTA gameplay. Does anybody have any predictions?