Many of the US articles are failing to note that, while a touch expensive at $200, the DSi LL has 2 brain games and a dictionary embedded within it. I can understand the brain games, as they are popular with the elderly, but not sure about the dictionary, because, well, most old people I know have a really good vocabulary which one can only assume is proportional to the number of years they've lived.
Plus, the DSi LL has DS Lite-like battery life. For example, at "high" contrast, the Lite was 7-11 hours vs the DSi at 4-6 hours. The DSi LL is 6-8 hours.
