In 2004 when the ds 1st came out we had bought one for my older son for christmas... I was hooked from the day he got it. Christmas 2006 i was joyfuly suprised to get a ds lite for christmas and my kids were probably quite happy that id be leaving theirs alone..The ds lite is the perfect portable game system and has great variety of games for both kids and adults and its portability makes it quite nice when traveling too.