Well, the new Pokemanz was going to be out not too long after I got mine, so in preparation I searched for a viable emulator(and couldn't find one), so as an alternative I searched around for flash carts(since I wasn't so naíve to not know they existed), and I came upon the r4, which was the cheapest and looked to be the most viable solution.
Ordered from dealextreme and got my DSL about a week or so after it arrived. Haven't looked back since.