I kinda figured the "competing handhelds" thing would be a given, seeings how the Wii's VC has had it since launch day (ah, counting the weeks 'till Toejam & Earl, fun memories...).
With how much Nintendo dominated the handheld industry, I don't know how much popularity such games would carry, but it's not a bad idea. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Rockman & Forte WS, although the odds of Capcom taking the time to localize that are probably nill.
[spoiler=the Flash tangent]
Considering he was originally replying in context to a hypothetical GBA VC, discussing a hypothetical handheld VC is irrelevant. Boy, I've surely invalidated my whole line of discussion now, haven't I?
Flash, when somebody says "By that logic..." followed by a ridiculous example, they usually mean that they do not hold such logic to be valid. No offense, but you need to talk to people more often.
To clarify: I got the notion from
this post that you find something wrong with a console game appearing on a handheld VC. What I meant was that I see no basis to such a denial. The "Virtual Console" is merely a brand name, the concept is simply official emulation of one system on another in a digital download package. None of that mandates that a console game cannot appear on a handheld, assuming the VC format itself is to appear on a handheld.
Because as we all know, that matters a whole [tornado fang]ing lot when buying old japanese software in an online store.
So exactly what way is country of origin relevant to "foreign bodies imported into the blood"? When one posts multiple definitions of a word and bolds one of them, it's usually because they wish to bring your attention to the bolded one. You majorly misunderstood me there.
The term "import" when applied to data may be synonymous with "migrate." As in saved data owned by a single individual being transferred between two different games, devices, etc. ie: "
How do you import GBA Pokemon to the DS games?" So when somebody in discussing a handheld VC uses the term "legal import" when referring to a game which you have confirmed already exists on the console VC, I take that to refer to migrating one's Virtual Console purchase from the Wii to the 3DS,
as I previously discussed. Hence, "legal imports" as opposed to "illegal", which for video games in this day and age most commonly refers to software piracy. I'm not exactly sure how one illegally imports a game cartridge.
Regardless, your misunderstanding is no big loss. In light of Geekgo's response I seem to be on the wrong track myself, thus this discussion doesn't mean much of anything.
if you will, [tornado fang] off.
Way to bust out the Jedi mind tricks, dude.[/spoiler]