Spore growing on the DS?

An article over at Gaming Steve (who still frightens us with his hollow and glassy stare) states that at the ongoing Game Developer's Conference, EA's mobile division announced that several of their key franchises would be headed to "mobile" devices. Last time we checked, the DS was a mobile device (yes, even the Phat one), meaning that there's a distinct possibility that the likes of Battlefield, Sin City, Medal of Honor, Sims, Need for Speed (you know, those old chestnuts) and, more importantly, Spore, could be hitting the DS sometime in the future. To be more specific, sometime in 2006.

Let's think about that for a second. Though the game would no doubt be scaled down from the complexity it enjoys on the PC, generating a small society in the palm of your hand and gently nudging your little organisms to work and grow into impressive beasts with a stylus is not something we'd likely turn down. In fact, we're quite sure we'd viciously pluck it straight from Will Wright's hands and snarl at anyone who attempts to take it away.

[Thanks Brian!]