David Gosen, Managing Director at Nintendo of Europe has confirmed what many critics have been predicting – even with San Andreas creeping around the corner, Nintendo still do not want to introduce Grand Theft Auto to the GameCube.
Gosen commented that GTA is a violent game and “a dead-end street”. We all know Nintendo as a colorful game developer, but we have to remember that Resident Evil was introduced to the GameCube in 2002, and with the game industry releasing more and more violence-oriented games, you have to ask yourself, how long will Nintendo last?
Isn’t GTA on the Nintendo Gameboy Advance? Funny That…
Speaking of which, Anthony Jones of Jacksonville, Florida faces 15 years of his life in jail after shouting “there’s a bomb in the building – everyone needs to get out” while playing GTA on his GBA in a restaurant. At the same time, he was speaking to his co-worker on his phone, which misunderstood what Jones was referring to. Jones’ co-worker then called the cops, who of course weren’t too happy to hear they’d been rushed over for nothing more than a game of GTA on a GameBoy Advance…
Source: GameSpy: Biz Buzz