@robdamel Yeah, it sucks that the 3DS, which has an extremely tiny library, can’t play the masses of other DS games.
You mention Baldur’s Gate…I’m now wondering what kind of RPG’s you like? If you like stuff like BG or D&D oriented games as opposed to Final Fantasy and JRPG’s, the DS may not be a good choice after all…it has TONS of RPG’s yeah, but most of them are JRPG’s.
Although if you ever do get one, make sure to try out Dark Spire. It’s a modernized wireframe RPG, really pretty and fun.