{"id":1538,"date":"2009-02-26T08:15:39","date_gmt":"2009-02-26T08:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/?p=1538"},"modified":"2009-02-26T08:15:39","modified_gmt":"2009-02-26T08:15:39","slug":"ds-prepares-for-its-first-18-rated-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/ds-prepares-for-its-first-18-rated-game\/","title":{"rendered":"DS Prepares For Its First 18-Rated Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has been granted an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification, making it the first DS title to receive the adults-only rating.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBFC, the game contains \u201cvery strong language and drug references\u201d, and it\u2019s also known to include drug-dealing and safe-cracking mini-games. It was passed by the body with no cuts made to its content.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1539 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/nintendodsstockists.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/chinatown-wars.jpg\" alt=\"chinatown-wars\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having conquered other gaming platforms such as PC, PlayStations, and Xboxes \u2013 GTA IV grossed $500 million in its first week on sale \u2013 Chinatown Wars will become the first game in UK developer Rockstar\u2019s series to launch on Nintendo\u2019s DS this March.<\/p>\n<p>So will the mature themed title find an audience on the platform, and how will a free-roaming, city-based series big on scale and exploration handle on Nintendo\u2019s pocket-sized console?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re eagerly awaiting some proper gameplay videos to answer the latter question, but early previews <a href=\"http:\/\/www.officialnintendomagazine.co.uk\/article.php?id=7106\" target=\"_blank\">have been very positive<\/a> and you can\u2019t argue with the developer\u2019s past form.<\/p>\n<p>Some will no doubt welcome Chinatown Wars as a breath of fresh air for the DS, while others would probably rather this kind of material wasn\u2019t available. Which side of the fence are you on?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll have more screens and some videos closer to the game\u2019s release.<\/p>\n<p>[asa]B001GG7DRK[\/asa] <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars has been granted an 18 certificate by the British Board of Film Classification, making it the first DS title to receive the adults-only rating. According to the BBFC, the game contains \u201cvery strong language and drug references\u201d, and it\u2019s also known to include drug-dealing and safe-cracking mini-games. It was passed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"amazonpipp_noncename":"","amazon-product-isactive":"","amazon-product-single-asin":"","amazon-product-content-location":"","amazon-product-content-hook-override":"","amazon-product-excerpt-hook-override":"","amazon-product-singular-only":"","amazon-product-amazon-desc":"","amazon-product-show-gallery":"","amazon-product-show-features":"","amazon-product-newwindow":"","amazon-product-show-list-price":"","amazon-product-show-used-price":"","amazon-product-show-saved-amt":"","amazon-product-timestamp":"","amazon-product-new-title":"","amazon-product-use-cartURL":"","amazon_featured_post_meta_key":"","_amazon_featured_alt":"","amazon-product-template":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kissmyconsole.co.uk\/nintendo-ds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}