Need some advice on ds and games compatibility.

I want to get myself the Ds.

Which one should i go for? Lite or dsi? I want to play all the mario games (super mario world, yoshi' island, mario bros 3, mario bros 2). I must indulge in my nostalgia. The fact that i never could finish super mario world on the snes still angers me, and the fact i can save anywhere in the ds version is just splendid.

I want to play all the donkey kong games country games. But i have one concern. How do they look. The GS screenshots looks terrible and not the way i remember the games. Are they true to the original games? Why is there score so (7 somthing). Why is DKC on the gbc rated higher than the Gba one?

I also want to get the castlevania games and the metroid games (never played a single game in those series).

Since i love adventure games id love to play the phoenix wright, and the other good ones on the ds.

Is the ds lite perfectly backward compatible with all the gba games? Or does it have isssues? ANy particulay model no. of ds i should look for? Does the ds lite have issues similar to the psp 3000, in which case its worse than its predecessor?

Are all the gba games i mentioned still easily available at retail?

Thanks.

Edit- also what about region locking. I hope i can import games from the states(if i want to), as i live in a pal region. Any issues there?

Edit- also what about region locking. I hope i can import games from the states(if i want to), as i live in a pal region. Any issues there? bawathegamer

gamestop and EB usually have alot of used GBA games, FDrom like 5-10 dollars. i purchased alot of cheap, safe, and reliable games. i thing you could find at least one of the countries and a mario game. i' really mad that i didn't pick up the other to DK games, i only have 3.

Hope that helps.

[QUOTE="bawathegamer"]Edit- also what about region locking. I hope i can import games from the states(if i want to), as i live in a pal region. Any issues there? Ultima_5

I'm pretty sure the DSi is region locked.