It was really nice of Nintendo to give us Ambassadors all of these free GBA games, but man, they looked all stretched and washed out. I remember these games being beautiful. Is my memory fading, or is it the 3DS pulling some funny sh*t?
It's the 3DS, of course. Nothing's wrong with the top screen, but something is up with how legacy games are stretched to fit it.
Here's the easy fix: Hold SELECT when starting a 3DS game. That's it! The system will change the display mode to show the title in its original resolution. This also works with Game Boy games, and the system displays a cute Game Boy frame graphic around your title.
The only drawback is that the original resolution is much smaller. Still, I'd rather enjoy the game in its non-stretched form.
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4:30 PM on 12.19.2011 | 
black bars can be distracting to be honest.
i play PS2 games on a component cable and they look awesome.
sure you see those jaggies but the picture and sound is much better than the the AV cables.
but it's all preferences.
thanks for the tip though :)
Okay...
I take it the cute Game Boy screen wrap thing is only on the original games not the GBA Ambassador ones....
Either way, I think the games look fine they way they are and I'd rather not stress that stupid flawed designed Select/Home/Start film they've decided to use over that section of the 3DS. My roommates' came out of the box new already sort of bubbled off towards the start button (as in if you look at it close you can see a gap where its bent off the framework, and if you take something like a toothpick you can push it down only to have it pop back up) and it really pisses me that they did that. Constantly afraid mine is going to do something like that.
What is wrong with you people!?!? Stop staring at it and PLAY THE DAMN GAME.
What about the sp/micro?
I have a ruler...diagonally the screen size (playing mario vs donkey kong is 2 and 1/4 inches, while lengthwise is just under 2 inches.
ie you would expand it vertically as far as possible, but not stretch it horizontally once you hit the top/bottom of the screen. Most video cards have that option, in case you are playing a game that doesn't support your screen's resolution.
If you look at the header image you can see the buildings in the background still look like perfect squares on both resolution modes, so aspect ratio isn't changed.
Not a single time did anyone say that looked bad. I did hear comments regarding x1 being a strain to read. I don't see why the same would apply to 3DS. Looks fine to me.