It's a clone, I've got one. It's pretty excellent really, the screen is backlit and it doesn't seem to have any compatibility problems.
anyway Nintendo has been pretty cool with Europe lately. we've had quite a few awesome Euro exclusives that were never released in the US at all (Inazuma Eleven 1 & 2, Pandora's Tower, Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland, Doshin the Giant, Kuru Kuru Kururin just off the top of my head) and a few games even get new/revised British English localisations now. Xenoblade and The Last Story were localised by NOE and only got a US release in the end because there was so much demand for them.