I decided to dig out my DSi XL for kicks and try some games I haven't gotten around to in a while. I grabbed my R4 cartridge and "Metroid Prime: Hunters". When I played last, I just left the Archives and I was sitting at the navigation screen. I sent my ship to the next location, Alinos, and mucked my way through there. It didn't take long to get back into the controls and got through the level, narrowly beating a hunter (?) that was waiting for me after I got this crystal-thing from the hidden room's cybernetic security system. I died the first go but I was able to beat the dude and get to my ship. Sucky thing was, I could not for the life of me jump onto my gunship! It took a few tries (with the timer counting down to 24 seconds) but I finally got on and off the planet. I'm now sitting at a defense station ready to do who knows what.

Controlling it was a bit cramp inducing but I still had a good time. I'm hoping I'll have time tomorrow to continue.

I tried storing my R4 cart in my Metroid case where the cartridge goes and found that it indeed is not the same size as a DS cart! The cart split apart but I was able to snap it all back togther. I have not tried playing it since. While its got some DS games on there, I mostly use it for emulation.