To those saying DS games will look worse on 3DS XL

It will actually look better then on the 3DS. The reason being?

The current 3DS has two ways of playing DS games, native resolution and enlarged. The native resolution keeps the same resolution as they do on the DS, meaning DS games actually appear pretty small. The enlarged way is worse quality than if you were playing on a DS but of a very similar size screen, the reason for the quality drop is because the 3DS has a better resolution meaning to keep the same size it must spread it's pixels across a bigger resolution.

The reason DS games will look better on the 3DS XL is simple. The XL has the same resolution as the 3DS, meaning that playing DS games in their native resolution will appear about the same size as if you were playing them on DS because the XL has a same resolution but a bigger screen. If you were to play the DS games in the enlarged way (what I've called it) then there is possibility that they could look worse because as on the 3DS they are stretching out across a higher resolution AND on a bigger screen.

In conclusion: if you play DS games in their native resolution they will appear the same screen size as on the DS and exactly the same quality as if you were playing on DS.

I hope this makes sense to everyone.

And in order to KEEP that resolution, DS games will have a black bar all the way around the picture, as they do when you play games in native resolution on a DSiXL... So what's the point of the bigger screen, then? This is nothing different than letterboxed movies...

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Your point is rather moot.

That's what you THINK will happen, it hasn't been confirmed.Rod90

And in order to KEEP that resolution, DS games will have a black bar all the way around the picture, as they do when you play games in native resolution on a DSiXL... So what's the point of the bigger screen, then? This is nothing different than letterboxed movies...

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Your point is rather moot.

MonkeySpot

[QUOTE="Rod90"]That's what you THINK will happen, it hasn't been confirmed.VelocityEvo

Now IGN have come out with the same thing.

"The new system's 1:1 pixel mode should make original DS cartridges, DSiWare games and 3DS Virtual Console titles more crisp and clear when compared to the "blurry" effect the first 3DS applies to those game's visuals."

wish they let you play ds games in fullscreen mode the tiny screen thing sucks imo

This was deduced by everyone from the beginning for being so obvious. Thanks for the thread anyways.

as it is i barely ever play ds game on 3ds because of that border,in this case the border is EVEN bigger a small black border is bad enough but because it's bigger now it's worse.

maybe we could have 3 modes 1.full screen 2.expanded screen(default) 3.1to1 mode but that will never happen as long as people act indifferent to the idea of full screen

Then why in the heck get a 3DS XL if you're going to just get a black bar all around the screen? Same goes for playing games in native-resolution on the original 3DS.Spinnerweb

Couldn't agree MORE.

Why buy a system with a bigger screen when you're still looking at the same sized image?

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[QUOTE="Spinnerweb"]Then why in the heck get a 3DS XL if you're going to just get a black bar all around the screen? Same goes for playing games in native-resolution on the original 3DS.MonkeySpot

Couldn't agree MORE.

Why buy a system with a bigger screen when you're still looking at the same sized image?

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It is the same sized image as a DS. It is considerably larger than the game running in native resolution on a normal 3DS system though. I don't see how being able to play DS games in native resolution at approximately the original size is a dissadvantage here. You can have 3DS games in larger than the original size in native resolution and DS games in the original size in native resolution. It workse pretty good if you are concerned w/ playing DS games in native resolution and only want to carry around one device.

Now IGN have come out with the same thing.

"The new system's 1:1 pixel mode should make original DS cartridges, DSiWare games and 3DS Virtual Console titles more crisp and clear when compared to the "blurry" effect the first 3DS applies to those game's visuals."

VelocityEvo

That's what you THINK will happen, it hasn't been confirmed.Rod90