The 2001 classic Grand Theft Auto III has arrived on Nintendo Switch via Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, an HD remaster of the original game with new visuals, lighting effects, and much more. While a lot has changed in the translation from the original PlayStation 2 game to the remaster, one aspect has carried over relatively unaltered: cheat codes!
That’s right: Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition for Switch has tons of fun cheats you can enter via inputs on your controller, which do everything from spawning tanks to refilling your health gauge, causing pedestrians to attack you, and even just changing the weather.
Do note that some cheat codes are irreversible, and are noted as such in the list below. Please make sure you either save before using the cheat, or make a separate save file to use them. Trust us, you won’t want your main save file to be permanently stuck in a mode where every person in the game is shooting at you or beating you up with baseball bats. Otherwise, most cheats can just be reversed by re-entering their inputs.
Without further ado, here’s a full list of all Switch cheats for GTA III – The Definitive Edition.
Nintendo Switch cheat codes for Grand Theft Auto III – The Definitive Edition
| Cheat | Input | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Head Mode (Konami Code) | Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, A, B | Character | This cheat gives all characters big, exaggerated heads. |
| Change Costumes | Right, Down, Left, Up, L, ZL, Up, Left, Down, Right | Character | This cheat will cycle Claude through different character models. |
| Faster Gameplay | X, Up, Right, Down, Y, L, ZL | General | This cheat makes the game move quickly. |
| Increased Gore | Y, L, A, Down, L, R, X, Right, L, B | General | This cheat increases in-game gore. |
| Money Cheat | ZR, ZR, L, L, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | General | This cheat gives you $250,000. |
| Slower Gameplay | X, Up, Right, Down, Y, R, ZR | General | This cheat makes the game move in slow motion. |
| Full Armor | ZR, ZR, L, ZL, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Health | This cheat completely fills your armor. |
| Full Health | ZR, ZR, L, R, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Health | This cheat completely fills your health. |
| Pedestrians Fight Each Other | Down, Up, Left, Up, B, ZL, L, Up, Down | Pedestrian | This cheat will cause pedestrians to attack each other. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Pedestrians Fight Each Other with Weapons | ZR, R, X, B, ZL, L, Up, Down | Pedestrian | This cheat will cause pedestrians to attack each other with weapons. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Pedestrians Fight You | Down, Up, Left, Up, B, R, ZR, L, ZL | Pedestrian | This cheat will cause pedestrians to attack you. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Rioting Pedestrians | Down, Up, Left, Up, B, R, ZR, ZL, L | Pedestrian | This cheat will cause pedestrians to attack each other as well as you. It is non-revertable, so you should save before using this cheat. |
| Destroy All Cars | ZL, ZR, L, R, ZL, ZR, X, Y, A, X, ZL, Left | Vehicle | This cheat will destroy all cars. |
| Flying Vehicle | Right, ZR, A, R, ZL, Down, L, R. | Vehicle | This cheat will allow your car to take off from the ground. |
| Improve Driving Skill | R, L, ZR, L, Left, R, R, X | Vehicle | This cheat greatly improves vehicle handling. |
| Spawn Rhino | A, A, A, A, A, A, R, ZL, L, X, A, X | Vehicle | This cheat spawns a Rhino tank. |
| Turn Vehicle Invisible | L, L, Y, ZR, X, L, X | Vehicle | This cheat turns all cars invisible. |
| All Weapons | ZR, ZR, L, ZR, Left, Down, Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, Up | Weapon | This cheat gives Claude all available weapons. |
| Clear Weather | L, ZL, R, ZR, ZR, R, ZL, X | Weather | This cheat will make the weather clear. |
| Cloudy Weather | L, ZL, R, ZR, ZR, R, ZL, Y | Weather | This cheat will make the weather cloudy. |
| Foggy Weather | L, ZL, R, ZR, ZR, R, ZL, X | Weather | This cheat will make the weather foggy. |
| Rainy Weather | L, ZL, R, ZR, ZR, R, ZL, A | Weather | This cheat will make the weather rainy. |
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Written by Daniel Dell-Cornejo
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