As you stated, having experience with Nintendo consoles helps a great deal.It was difficult for me as well since I was used to the Xbox controller for so long, but I got adjusted to it pretty quickly. The layout isn't that different if you're used to the Nintendo consoles way back in the day.
But not all of us had the chance to play them early on.As you stated, having experience with Nintendo consoles helps a great deal.
The only bad thing is the price of the gamesIs it? The DS Lite you mean? I wanted to buy one before, but the games for it are quite expensive, so I didn't do it.