orcsandelves.jpgId Software, some of the pioneers of the shooter shooter genre (games like Doom and Quake), are considering developing for the Nintendo DS. According to Wired, Id fame John Carmack is looking to port their mobile-phone based game Orcs & Elves to the DS.

We’re hoping to do a DS game version of Orcs and Elves, moving over and enhancing the cell phone game on there, which would be our first real direct entry back into the Nintendo world.

Id Software has had a bad relationship with Nintendo in the past, when Nintendo was more family oriented, while Id was making ultra-violent games like Wolfenstein and Doom.

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Tags: Nintendo DS, RPG, Simulation