Why Rockstar chose the DS over the Wii

DS News | Apparently the Wii didn't feel natural.

In a recent interview with Nintendo Power, Rockstar Games co-founder Dan Houser was quizzed on why Rockstar chose to develop a GTA title for the DS instead of the Wii.

Houser claimed that the Wii didn't feel natural to them, and that the DS presented a lot of interesting challenges that would result in something different to what they had done in the past. He added, "The stylus and the chance to use minigames in that way was really interesting and exciting to us, and we thought we could integrate seamlessly between those two modes."

Don't give up all hope on GTA for the Wii however. Houser concluded by saying, "We haven’t really done any concrete, major thinking about the Wii, one way or another. They’re sort of separate issues."

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6 Comments

Sin Ogaris

3 years ago

I read that as "We can't think of a way of releasing GTA on the wii without it getting banned, but rest assured once we have the kinks ironed out the sex minigame will be VERY interesting".

genxevo

3 years ago

i'm sure if rockstar could release manhunt 2 and bully on wii, GTA on wii wouldn't be that different

notsofat

3 years ago

PALGN wrote

Don't give up all hope on GTA for the Wii however. Houser concluded by saying, "We havenâ€™t really done any concrete, major thinking about the Wii, one way or another

We're actually still deciding if we like money, you know..."

ittekimasu

3 years ago

Might be a fear that they'll directly compare it to GTA4, and if they released a port of GTA4 onto the wii, it's more likely those who would've been interested in this game already has either the 360/PS3 version of it.

that and soccer mums unite league will attack.