CAPCOM has been doing a tremendous job of bringing many of their A-list console and handheld games to Apple’s iDevices. We’ve got forms of Resident Evil, after all. We’ve got Street Fighter, Devil May Cry and even Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. And now, CAPCOM has brought us a puzzle adventure game that’s as at home on the iPhone or iPad as it was on the Nintendo DS: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective.

Honestly, I don’t remember the last time I played Capcom’s Final Fight in the Arcade. But I’m pretty sure that for many of you, Final Fight was a part of your early Arcade gaming years. CapCom is depending on that to elicit more downloads for Final Fight, which it just released as a separate iPhone game. Can the classic 2D graphics of this fighting game still gather interest from both loyal fans and a new generation of mobile gamers?

How do you improve on an already great iOS game? Provide the feature fans are craving: multiplayer online gaming. Being an obedient game developer, that’s what Capcom just did, and the result is Street Fighter IV Volt for our iPhone, iPod touch and iPad (it’s not a universal app, though, and scaling on the iPad is simply not that stunning).

The police are incompetent. The prosecutor will do anything for a guilty verdict. Witnesses conceal evidence. Your mentor is a dead woman. Welcome to the world of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, which is a legal drama run through the fever dreams of Kafka as adapted by Walt Disney. Your job, of course, is to defend your clients, all of whom have been accused of murder.

Retro games can be a lot of fun. They are a blast from the past for players old enough to remember when they were new, and they can be a new insight into gaming for younger players. Setting up and maintaining older systems is a lot less fun. If you are determined never to blow on another cartridge again, these titles can help.

Okay, games we would’ve never dreamed of seeing on the Mac have found their way to the iPhone. I’m not going to question it, I’m just going to enjoy it. Two standout console titles are amongst the latest high profile games to head our way, and I’ve spent some time trying out both. It’s Capcom’s Resident Evil 4 vs. Konami’s Metal Gear Solid Touch. Which was most successful at making the transition to the iPhone? Let’s take a look.