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Oh, wait.

This is a great feat of engineering, yes, because its vast improvements upon earlier mobile NES systems makes it nearly ready for primetime. I'm not sure about the backing, I think I'd prefer less of the cart exposed, but it's still very impressive.

Fact is that you're not going to find every NES game ported straight to the DS. It's just not going to happen. Never will for some games that individuals consider classics, but the execs know will never become great sellers. I'm pretty sure nobody's going to ever port Rollerball to the DS or GBA. And it's one of my favorites from the system (even if it's probably really obscure). Plus, some people aren't stupid enough to buy the content that's just been crammed into a different form factor so that they can buy it all over again (see: Tetris DS, Tetris DX).

I'd personally prefer the original hardware to a crummy emulation. Everybody knows that emulation can never really compare to the original. Now where's a cheaper and smaller version of the Nomad?]]>Jun 30th 2006 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/29/ben-heckendorns-new-improved-npod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/29/ben-heckendorns-new-improved-npod/Jun 30th 2006 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/06/29/ben-heckendorns-new-improved-npod/http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/29/ben-heckendorns-new-improved-npod/"It's a nice product. But let's see...250$ for this or 250$ for a PSP?"

Hmm, let's see... One has a whole mess of high-quality games available for it, the other one has a few games with pretty pictures...

Seems obvious to me... ;)

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