While I was browsing the eshop last night, I got to thinking-- I really want companies to try and make a quick buck off of me and port IOS games to the eshop, either in 3D form or plain old 2D form. This may sound crazy, but bear with me here.
My wife has an Iphone which I used to buy games for, but I don't anymore, even if there is a 99cent sale. I bought games likes Dead Space, NBA Jam, SSF4, that Capcom arcade thing, some vertical or side scrolling shooters. I tried them once, and never played them again. Why? You know why. Because the controls suck donkey nuts. For Angry birds or whatever, IOS controls are fine. But that Dead Space game, I played it for 2 minutes and gave up because in order to control Isaac or whoever, my big fat thumbs are covering half of the Iphone's screen most of the time so I can't see anything. I'm sure this is not an issue with the Ipad, but it was game-breaking for me on the Iphone's tiny screen.
On the 3DS, however....this would be all kinds of awesome. Circle pad, buttons, all these would resurrect this game for me, along with plenty of others. That Simpsons arcade game? Awesome. R-Type? Awesome.
I know companies like Gameloft liked to bring their games over to DSIware, but those games sucked. But EA or Capcom, that would be another story. I would be more than happy to pay for those games again for the ability to play them with buttons, dpads, and sticks.