Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Will Be The First “Z” Rated DS Game

[wraggster]

This fall Japan gets the DS version of Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and it’s rated CERO Z, that’s like the equivalent of being rated AO by the ESRB.

All of the Grand Theft Auto games have been rated CERO Z so this isn’t really a shocker. However, Chinatown Wars will be the first Nintendo DS game with the rating and the second CERO Z game on a Nintendo platform. Killer 7 from Capcom is the other CERO Z rated game on Nintendo hardware.

Capcom usually publishes Grand Theft Auto games in Japan, but they are not handling Chinatown Wars. Cyberfront, the company that published the PC version of Grand Theft Auto IV and the Princess Maker series, will take care of Chinatown Wars in Japan.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has often been used as a centerpiece in a debate if M-rated DS games will sell. This fall Chinatown Wars will also be a litmus test for 18+ Nintendo DS games in Japan too.

http://www.siliconera.com/2009/07/06/grand-theft-auto-chinatown-wars-will-be-the-first-z-rated-ds-game/

[ndstal]

finally, a normal ds game comes.......they should make more of these!!!

[LDAsh]

Unless it's from a company like Rockstar or ID Software, it would be extremely difficult to find a publisher willing to take the risk of putting their name on a product featuring such content. Hopefully GTA:CW opened the doors, but it needs some courageous titles to follow it up. DS needs more, better FPS games!