Yep, the DS Lite is one helluva system alright. I also had the original DS, and the DS Lite is what the Game Boy Advance SP was to the original GBA. It'll be the definitive version. Nintendo has even stopped advertising with the original DS. And when you think about it, the original DS wasn't the best design in the world. For one, it was huge and bulky. The DS Lite is so much better, especially with that brighter screen. It really is alot like when I uprgraded to the SP. It was a world of difference.