Is GTA on the DS really such a good idea?

This is a tough one folks, and the last thing we want to do is come off sounding ungrateful for the fact that the excellent GTA series is making its way to the DS, but our journo bones are a tingling and we just have to do this. So for this week's topic...

Is the DS really packing enough muscle to do an open world game any sort of justice? The quality of voice acting has been one of the GTA series' crowning achievements. Will the absence of spoken dialogue rob the game of much of its charm and character?

Is the touchscreen really the best interface for coping with all of the different playing styles that a GTA game demands? Are hot wiring mini-games really such a necessary advance for the series? Is the console that gave us Nintendogs really the best fit for a GTA game in the first place?

Just doing a spot of advocating Old Nick. Don't get us wrong, we are all for GTA: Chinatown Wars, but we feel it's necessary to ask the tough questions.

Please don't hate us.