Of all the names to come up on your phone, Mario and Luigi would be most welcome for some Nintendo fans.

Reports that the Japanese game maker would unveil smartphone-based versions of its popular games this week produced a wave of excitement this morning. Unfortunately, Nintendo is denying it, and will instead use phones to promote its hardware and titles.

"Nikkei's article contains information previously stated by Mr. Iwata during past press conferences, including statements which relate to Nintendo's willingness to make use of smart devices to promote our products," Nintendo told Engadget. "However during such past announcements Mr. Iwata has also stated that Nintendo's intention is not to make Nintendo software available on smart devices."

But that isn't doing much to stop the speculation. With the Wii U failing to entice gamers, and earnings down for the third year in a row, porting games to phones could offer Nintendo a much-needed boost. Digital games research company SuperData says that if Nintendo made its games mobile, it could make up to $2.7 billion in seven years, or one hardware generation.

That's not surprising; Nintendo games inspire such fierce loyalty that a Nintendo World Championship cartridge brought in bids up to $99,000 on eBay this week.

We didn't bid $100K on a cartridge, but we did poll PCMag staffers to see which Nintendo games they'd want on mobile if the company changes its mind. Check them out in the slideshow.