The DS Lite seeks to do away with the problems people have with the original DS (which has started being called the DS Fat online) and put the DS back in the news, getting mugs like me to talk about it. The system is smaller, sleeker, and the lines are more modern than the odd angles of the first DS. They also updated to screen to be brighter and clearer.
The new version is much better looking than the first release. The brighter screen may be reason alone to pick up the Lite if you already own a DS, because it’s apparently leaps and bounds above the first one. Besides the small buttons and the game cartridge sticking out, Ars gives it their thumbs up.