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I will never understand why the original software owners aren't monetizing Smartphones like mad.

These games could be ported to iOS and Android with minimal changes and still be succesful.

I tried a Final Fantasy for Android and it was decently playable, I was hoping for Final Fantasy Tactics (which according to Wikipedia was released in 2013 but only for Japan), and very especially for a followup. Square Enix seems to be among the very few that do that, I guess Nintendo doesn' want to cannibalize their mobile platform (they're facing a typical Innovator's Dilemma).




Absolutely. I would easily drop $10 on a proper emulator app and then even the same for a couple of games. Mario, Final Fantasy, Metroid. And my wife isn't really a gamer at all but she loves Animal Crossing. So I hooked her iPad up with an emulator and an Animal Crossing rom because she's just not going to carry around a dedicated gaming device.




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