My DS Lite arrived a few days ago, and ever since I've been battling against my own mutinous, deserting neurons to achieve a brain age befitting of my actual years. But when I'm not working through a sudoku puzzle, I'm admiring the construction of the hardware itself. And with every visit to GameSpot, I'm now browsing through the DS library, trying to decide what games I would really like to play.

A few moments ago however, as I was flipping through the television stations and (I'm ashamed to admit) stopping on Spike's MXC, I found my mind wandering. I was thinking about the Microsoft E3 press conference, and the somewhat awkward moment where the stage was passed off to Bill Gates to discuss the Live Anywhere initiative.

The general idea of Live Anywhere is that you have access to a single, unified Microsoft Live account that spans your Vista-powered PC, Xbox 360, and Windows Mobile device(s). From any of which, you will be able to use various aspects of your account; whether actually playing games, checking in on friends, or buying content from the Live Marketplace.

I don't know what was shown on the floor, but the concepts presented on the stage were a very alluring vapor. The details that were glossed over were staggering, but the idea itself was incredibly exciting; revolutionary, you might say.

So tonight I found myself considering how such a system could be adapted to Nintendo's hardware. And I came to the conclusion that, for the most part, it all comes down to the mysterious Virtual Console.

What if the Virtual Console(s) were published for the DS? Perhaps you could purchase an NES or SNES emulator on a GBA cartridge? You could then take (there really isn't a good way to say this...) a memory card out of your Wii and put it into your DS, gaining access to all of your Virtual Console games.

Maybe you would decide to fire up a game of Bionic Commando or Bonk's Adventure on your way to work, and then continue it at home by transferring the memory card back to the Wii. Or perhaps, and this is really crazy, you wouldn't even have to physically relocate the memory card from one device to the other. What if they could synchronize via your home wireless network, updating saved games to the most recent versions?

Maybe on your lunch break you could take advantage of the local coffee house's free wireless network to play a random pickup game of Tecmo Bowl or NFL Blitz (N64); only your opponent is using the Virtual Console on their Wii...

The potential of playing a game on a console and then continuing that game on a fully functional portable (no cell phones please) is the holy grail in video games, in my humble opinion. Add to that the ability to fundamentally double the number of players available for online games, and the potential is even more interesting. Or at least, more interesting than a rear-view mirror...