They already essentially revealed that it's planned to be a 3-D game when they said that it'll have the "same free-roaming GTA style" that we're used to. According to Wikipedia, it'll play in Liberty City and will feature a custom game engine. The DS is essentially a streamlined N64 in that it can handle richer colors, more textures, and more detailed textures, and much larger game size (so far, up to 4 times the size of the largest N64 titles). Body Harvest was Rockstar's (when they were still DMA Design) original 3-D GTAIII-style free-roaming sandbox game and it was built for the N64. Also, GTA:CW will feature online play as the website for the game features the Nintendo Wi-Fi logo.
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From the press release:
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is an entirely original entry into the critically acclaimed Grand Theft Auto series, and brings a new level of interactivity to its sprawling open environments. With the use of the DS touch screen, players will navigate their way through the streets as they uncover the truth behind an epic tale of crime and corruption within the Triad crime syndicate, delivering the unprecedented amount of depth that has become a true trademark of the franchise.
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"Sprawling open environments?" That doesn't sound like a top-down 2-D game to me.
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