I agree with Pokemon, FF and Super Mario Advance.

If only Nintendo could make the GBA slot on the DS lite a bit deeper. If you care about backwards compatibility, don't make a half hearted effort in providing it!

gba was so epic

Golden Sun was the series that came to my mind with the thread's title... I overall agree with your top 10. Nice list!

It doesn't make anyone of them worthwile on the DS. While understand your valuing of the slot in the DS and lack there of on the DSi. It doesn't make them more worth it to keep.

First the games you listed are pretty much old. People who would have been interested them. Were and would have gotten the machine and games. You can still get a GBA. You can still get a DS. This by no means un justifies the removal of the slot in the DSi.

As for GH DS. I understand that too, but who would have thought that they would bring the game to the DS with a Slot attachment? If you know much about the mobile world like PDA. You can easily discover various SDCard slot devices. If you can put a WiFi chip into an SD card. You can put a new GH attachment through the SD slot. The only thing that will change is how it's mounted.

Not enough people give The Minish Cap the accolades it deserves... that's a good game, people!