ds games look poor on the 3ds? ********!

i was told the graphics of DS were gonna look Fed up on the 3ds and i can say i dont notice enough difference to merit the amount of *****in i heard

i bought a dsi under the assumption it was gonna look horrible (cause im a real stickler for that kinda thing, not so much graphics as port translation) and i totally wasted that money, my own fault but still

what r ur thoughts on DS games on the 3ds?

I'm disappointed in the lose of quality, however it's not a huge problem for me because I will be buying only 3DS games from now on anyway.

I never owned a DS (probably the only person on earth :P ) but I've been buying DS games for my 3DS and they look fine. To be really honest with you, I wouldn't even know if the graphics are worse than what they are supposed to be. All the text I've encountered in games are easily legible and the graphics look to me like fine (it doesn't look pixalated like some people made it out to be).

I think people just like to complain... most likely Sony fanboys, so desperate!

ppl are complaining that already pixelated games look 1% more pixelated. Ignore them.

I cant tell the difference lol

You can hold select while you boot the game to make it look like the standard ds, but the screen is soooo small :(

I can notice a difference, but it's a lot clearer and easier to see, so in some ways better. It's an ok tradeoff for me. Besides, it doesn't look bad and I don't even notice after playing for a minute or two. Then again I had no problems playing Gameboy games on the Super Gameboy either and was surprised that so many people thought they looked like crap on the SGB.

its not as sharp on the 3ds but that is due to the screen size increase. While its noticeable in comparison, it's really no big deal to me after a while i have come to ignore it

It is not a loss of quality. What is happening is that the games look "better" on the ds because it is on a smaller more dense screen. It properly fits the resolution on the ds so it looks "clear and smooth". However, when you blow up the smaller resolution that DS games use and put it on a larger screen you can start to see jaggies and it looks stretched. It's like playing the DS on the PC; even with high graphic option filters it still looks awful playing it in full screen because the image is so stretched and all of the fallacies and problems can be nitpicked to oblivion, pixels become more apparent. So, really, don't think you're getting a downgrade with playing a ds game on the 3ds. Same reason why 360 and ps3 games look awful on large screen TVs.Bigsteve3570

I never owned a DS (probably the only person on earth :P ) but I've been buying DS games for my 3DS and they look fine. To be really honest with you, I wouldn't even know if the graphics are worse than what they are supposed to be. All the text I've encountered in games are easily legible and the graphics look to me like fine (it doesn't look pixalated like some people made it out to be).

I think people just like to complain... most likely Sony fanboys, so desperate!

MicrosoftISdumb

Press and hold SELECT when you are selecting the DS game from the menu on the 3DS, instead of pressing A or start or whatever. This will make the DS game play in the regular resolution from a DS, not the 3DS's much larger resolution.

Fun fact of the day!

I think the graphics actually look better than the DSi I have. On the DSi the pixel density is so low I can actually count the pixels with my eyes. On the 3DS the DS games are stretched to fit the higher pixel density and look much better. Yes they are a bit blurrier but I'd take that over playing on such a low pixel density screen any day. As an added side effect the slight blurriness of DS games on the 3DS adds a sort of ghetto anti aliasing to the game, which I like.

I think DS games look fine on the 3DS, personally. Just a bunch of people complaining about something that works fine.

When you upscale an image like that, it's going to affect the image. Not everyone will be bothered by it, but for those of us who are bothered by it, DS games can also be played in their native resolution. I just wish it could remember my preferred resolution settings so I don't have to hold down Start every time I launch a DS game.LordAndrew

I clearly see a difference, but honestly it doesn't bother me at all. In fact, I like how it gives some of my DS games an old-school look (am I the only one?).

If there was a difference, I didn't notice... :/

If there was a difference, I didn't notice... :/

Zanoh

ppl are complaining that already pixelated games look 1% more pixelated. Ignore them.

painguy1

+1

ppl are complaining that already pixelated games look 1% more pixelated. Ignore them.

painguy1

i had to buy a ds game to see how bad it looked...once i got it i was like..wth looks pretty darn awesome...

maybe the actual ds looks slightly sharper...maybe

oh and that hold select trick sucks...the screen is too small and looks exactlty the same

the screen is too small and looks exactlty the same

KBFloYd

If there was a difference, I didn't notice... :/

Hmm....odd...From what I can tell... the load up times for the 3DS for Ds games feel the same to me....

You can also get DS games to be in therenative resolution by holding L and R while beginning the DS game aplication, and from what I can tell it keeps the native resolution after that so that you don't have keep on doing it....but that's just my experience with it.

Hmm....odd...From what I can tell... the load up times for the 3DS for Ds games feel the same to me....

You can also get DS games to be in therenative resolution by holding L and R while beginning the DS game aplication, and from what I can tell it keeps the native resolution after that so that you don't have keep on doing it....but that's just my experience with it.

Gamingclone

I just pushed the start button when selecting the game and didn't see any problems.

[QUOTE="Bigsteve3570"]It is not a loss of quality. What is happening is that the games look "better" on the ds because it is on a smaller more dense screen. It properly fits the resolution on the ds so it looks "clear and smooth". However, when you blow up the smaller resolution that DS games use and put it on a larger screen you can start to see jaggies and it looks stretched. It's like playing the DS on the PC; even with high graphic option filters it still looks awful playing it in full screen because the image is so stretched and all of the fallacies and problems can be nitpicked to oblivion, pixels become more apparent. So, really, don't think you're getting a downgrade with playing a ds game on the 3ds. Same reason why 360 and ps3 games look awful on large screen TVs.JordanElek

It is blurry, because that's what upscaling does. It's not impossible or even difficult to read text though. Who said that?

I've spent like 120 hours in Pokemon White and it looks better on a DSi/DSLite than on a 3DS. But since I only have a 3DS now I got used to the tiny screen and it isn't that bad (I prefer that over the blurry looks).

It is blurry, because that's what upscaling does. It's not impossible or even difficult to read text though. Who said that?

LordAndrew