iRiver's G10: Gaming Handheld

[Paco]

i would agree except the constant is that ALL third parties develop for Nintendo handhelds and all the current gen handhelds have an online network to which both companies have stated the ideal of d/l content for the system.

You can download PSP games for 20 bucks a month but none of them excite me enough to warrant the major purchase. Getting this device or something like it would mean that the games available for it, especially from an open-sourced download network, are going to home brew games, or on the same quality level of cell phone games which as you can imagine on a system with high-end 3-D capability will look and play suckingly just like 3-D cell phones games now and at best, would be ports of games released on PSP or DS.

The GB systems and DS have casual and more in depth games, RPG's, puzzlers, racers, fighters, etc. What is it you're looking for? You can get a nifty gadget for your DS that allows you to use SD cards to play videos, mp3's and view pictures. And the future holds an online network for DS where downloading patches or entire games will be possible. Wouldn't you be more interested to spend the 40 bucks on such a gadget as apposed to getting a completely new system with sub-par games and lack of any real support?

I guess i dont understand what you're saying, you say that the GBA doesnt have the games you're looking for but it has.... all of them. :D Even the uber krap cell phone games and little 'play me for 30 seconds at a time' games are there.

Most of the GBA games I'm interested in I have for my GB Player on my Gamecube. They are great games, just not something I prefer to play on a tiny screen or on the go. Metroid Fusion, Kirby, Final Fantasy Tactics, Klonoa, Yoshi's Island, and more. I like playing those kinds of games sitting on my couch or floor.

What I'm looking for is a device where I don't need add-ons, additional memory cards, or cartridges to carry around. I want a singular device for music and video, and some really casual type games. I don't want to exchange cartridges or anything like that. What I'm looking for is a multi-media device that also plays games. Music must be the primary function and it must do it very well, video should be great, and then games is the last concern but I'd like some fun and simple ones to pass a little bit of time as I sit inbetween classes or ride the bus home.