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[Ekaje]

Same.

If that happened, I'd probably buy used or import from cheaper areas.

Situations like these are why region locks exist in the first place. Because fuck you pay the inflated price.

[Dreamy Luigi]

http://images.search...rumb=AtYEK7NiQH.

I found this to be fitting for a few laughs.

[Jetronic]

http://www.gonintend...story&id=180205

- Nintendo has made no material changes to the 3DS XL's displays
- Nintendo hasn't adjusted the 3DS XL to accommodate the 90% display increase
- "the speaker function of the XL is the same quality level as the 3DS'"
- Nintendo has adjusted the D-Pad, shoulder and face buttons
- they are now "slightly bigger than the 3DS buttons"

[Symbotic]

I'd be tempted to buy one if I could see what a Nintendo DS game looks like on those screens. Because playing my DS games on my 3DS right now is just painful.

[Eleventh Doctor]

So I'm getting an XL. Anyone else?

[Shadzter]

I'd be tempted to buy one if I could see what a Nintendo DS game looks like on those screens. Because playing my DS games on my 3DS right now is just painful.

You can always adjust the resolution to standard DS resolution if you don't like it stretched to full screen.

[Blue Blood]

You can always adjust the resolution to standard DS resolution if you don't like it stretched to full screen.

Option 1: Stretched to full screen with a blur filter that drains colour.
Option 2: Squint harder!

It sucks either way.

Edited by Blue Blood, 29 June 2012 - 10:38 PM.

[Shadzter]

Option 1: Stretched to full screen with a blur filter that drains colour.
Option 2: Squint harder!

It sucks either way.

Yeah, you do have to squint a bit XD Been having to play my DS games on my 3DS since my DS broke a few weeks ago :-/

[Stritix]

Why do DS games look so blurry on the 3DS anyway? They never had this problem on the DSi or anything.

[Komodin]

So I'm getting an XL. Anyone else?

I am. It looks much easier to use with my huge-ass hands..

[Blue Blood]

Why do DS games look so blurry on the 3DS anyway? They never had this problem on the DSi or anything.

The DS/DSLite/DSi/DSiXL all have screens with a resolution of 256 × 192, while the 3DS has 400 × 240 for the top screen and 320 × 240 for the bottom screen. The DSi/XL screens may be bigger than models that came before it, but the resolution is the same. They can only display the same number of pixels. The 3DS screens however have more pixels in the same amount of space, so each pixel is smaller. So when you tell the 3DS to play DS games at their native resolution you end up with a very small picture, and when you play them at the 3DS resolution instead they're stretched out.

[Stritix]

The DS/DSLite/DSi/DSiXL all have screens with a resolution of 256 × 192, while the 3DS has 400 × 240 for the top screen and 320 × 240 for the bottom screen. The DSi/XL screens may be bigger than models that came before it, but the resolution is the same. They can only display the same number of pixels. The 3DS screens however have more pixels in the same amount of space, so each pixel is smaller. So when you tell the 3DS to play DS games at their native resolution you end up with a very small picture, and when you play them at the 3DS resolution instead they're stretched out.

So why can't they just change the pixels for DS mode?

[Scar]

So why can't they just change the pixels for DS mode?

I'm not even sure what you're asking here.....
You can't just "change" the pixels....

[Thigolf]

I don't get why the DS games look blurry on the 3DS but the GBA games looked perfectly fine on the DS despite having a different screen resolution. Same goes with GB games on the GBA (in the "not stretched" mode).

[Solkia]

GB games look fine because they looked like shit in the first place.

GBA games look fine because GBA games kick ass.

[Scar]

I don't get why the DS games look blurry on the 3DS but the GBA games looked perfectly fine on the DS despite having a different screen resolution. Same goes with GB games on the GBA (in the "not stretched" mode).

The DS had a slightly higher resolution but also had a slightly larger screen. So the difference in resolution didn't have that dramatic an effect.The 3DS has a slightly larger screen, but a MUCH higher resolution, so a DS game played on the 3DS looks tiny.

[Shirou Emiya]

Pretty much what Scar said, the 3DS has a much larger resolution, meaning the effect is much more pronounced, whereas playing a GBA game on the DS simply results in a small black border around the screen.

Edited by Masaru Daimon, 30 June 2012 - 12:25 PM.

[Diz]

So why can't they just change the pixels for DS mode?

The pixels are physically part of the screen, thus cannot be changed back and forth just like that. =3

DS games looking bad on the 3DS screens is something which has bugged me since the dawn of its lifetime. I was looking forward to playing all my handheld games on the same device, but now I find myself playing DS games on my DSi XL instead, it simply looks that much better.

[Professor J]

Out of curiosity how do the GBA and NES games look on the 3DS?

[Remz]

I've been playing both and they look fine to me. Never had an NES so I'm probably not the best judge, but there's no obvious blurryness/weirdness like there is when I use my 3DS for Pokemon Black