When I had the original DS, I was a bit skeptical about the DS Lites for a while. However, my DS ended up breaking (the triggers stopped working, from overuse I'm assuming), so I later bought a DS Lite, and I'm still rather satisfied with it. It's not much more prone to breaking than the original DS, and the bright screen is a nice feature. My only complaints about it would be how the D-pad feels a bit odd compared to the DS's, and I'm often annoyed by GBA games protruding from it.