When I was 9, I got a DS lite for christmas (the one packaged with nintendogs),and my sister got the one with Phantom Hourglass. We each got 2 other DS games, and when we got bored with one, we'd trade. When I got the chance to play Phantom Hourglass I LOVED it (even though it took me like 2 years to complete). I didn't really get into the series until Skyward Sword (my friend in homeroom was obsessed, and she encouraged me to play more), I had also played Spirit Tracks before then too.