I usually pride myself on being part of the solution instead of part of the problem with regards to third party sales on Nintendo platforms. Along these lines I've been rewarded with fun times playing Far Cry, Godfather, Red Steel 2, House of the Dead: Overkill and Dead Space Extraction. But not buying and playing GTA chinatown wars is a blemish on my record... I can't say exactly why! It just never seemed to... capture my excitement.
Could someone describe the gameplay mechanics and narrative themes of the game? Maybe late is netter than never...
If you've never played a GTA game before, the objective is basically steal cars and deal drugs and murder people. That's why the series is so controversial and always carries an M rating. Its pretty much the same sort of game as the Godfather, so if you like that game you would probably like GTA also.
At this point buying or not buying the game probably isn't going to have any impact at all in influencing Rockstar one way or another to bring further games to Nintendo platforms, but you should check the game out if you are so inclined. You can probably get it now for maybe $19.99 or so.
Godfather Blackhand ediiton was an awesome game and it showed that a GTA style sandbox game could work on the Wii. It was also fun that you could use the motion controls to strangle people to death. It made the experience of killing people alot more immersive than just mashing buttons.
That's how motion based games should be... instead of that casual waggle crap. If the Wii had a lot more games like that then it probably wouldn't have ended up losing the hardcore crowd.