Topic: GBA Ambassader games just dont look right

I'd say it 'goes' fine for WaveBoy if he gets the real games.

I have Mario Kart and Fire Emblem already on a real cart, one I got 2 weeks before the drop, the other was a week or two after!(FE for $5 at the flea.)

3DS makes it handy in all one location sure, but it will never look or play 100% as right as on the real hardware. Also equally if not more important, unless the game cart dies, it's a permanent copy. The downloads aren't, eventually Nintendo will kill support, your system will then eventually die, and you're out your game...waveboy will still have his.

the only thing wrong I noticed was the start up for the GBA's RING. the real GBA RING has a longer pause before the DING where as the 3DS's one is quicker

Never really noticed much.. I like playing after I hold the Start/select button. The GB Micro screen was SMALLER than that, so no issues for me. And as mentioned, the GB Micro made the games look much more crisp and beautiful. My favorite iteration of the Gameboy Advance has to be GB Micro.

You hold down Start OR Select whilst the game is opening actually to fix its resolution. This cannot be done permanently; it msut be done every time you start it up.

I think that while the original resolution looks better, its just too small for me. I didn't like the larger screen at first but I got used to it.

I like that Virtual Console does not really "alter" the games too much. If anything they remove stuff.

Updating a game like the "3d classics series" should be separate from virtual console.

GBA games look as good as I recall and perfectly fine on my 3ds. have only played 3 of the ambassador games so far however.

can someone give me a quick summary/instruction guide on how to change the picture or resolution or whatever???? or at least a link to the supposed ign article?

Games = RUINED

Hold Start and Select as it loads and it'll shrink the viewable screen to the GBA resolution

Oh no! Free games that look like crap! Oh my!! Dude, I've had a Game Boy Advance since it launched and the games look fine to me on the 3DS. I don't get why you wasted your money on the carts. You gotta remember that the 3DS has a much higher resolution and a bigger screen than the GBA did, so of course the games are gonna look blown up. Why waste the time? Because they're a gift to us from Nintendo without extra charge

What happend to gameplay > Graphics? Sure it may not be the perfect clone image wise. I just booted up my 3DS and are taking a look at all the games now to see what the fuss is about.
I can see what the deal is....but if it's a fun game I could care less, because it's....F-R-E-E

Umm... you sure about that?

Well you collect games, you want physical copies that look better. That's fine.
But I tend to enjoy gifts, no matter what it is. Maybe they saved money by not spending time to up the quality? Who knows.
If they ever put GBA games on the VC maybe the quality will improve, and we'll see an update on our shoddy emulations. That would be nice.

It's just like any other game though, the tiny itsy bitsy 3D Kirby takes serious time to get used to, at least to me. Same thing with all these games, I booted up each GBA to see how it looked, and it's not too bad to the point where I snob off and grumble to get copies for my compatible DS Lite.
I'm not really a game collector, so it's not something I would do. I just appreciate that we got 10 GBA games of all high quality that can be enjoyed just fine by the average person, and not the most finicky videophiles.

I respect that. Though i'm extremely frugal, I couldn't see myself doing that. Seeing myself with 2 copies of games would drive me nuts.
I bet I would be saying different things if these things weren't free, but I do prefer physical copies over digital given the option.

And you're right, the resolution fix doesn't help with brightness and the like, I just tried it out. I think full screen mode will suit me just fine.

You know you're a true collector when you have Urban Champion 3D (no offense to those who like the game)

Gameplay > graphics. Thats why I prefer old games over the new ones

This is why I am refraining from looking at a regular picture.
It looks fine to me at present time and i'm scared to gaze upon perfect quality T_T
MUST RESIST
FREE IS GOOD...I MUST...ENJOY...GAME.

They look the same to me

Ok, Waveboy, why don't you call Nintendo and ask them why they didn't release 3DS-friendly and perfect versions of games that they did not charge for?

They do look a million times better on a DS lite. The 3DS mutates the pixels into bigger, mashed, zombie pixel brains that stab your eyes with nothing but the sheer horror of their blown-up grotesqueness.

_{at least it's free.}

@WaveBoy: 'there's nothing more to say'? I'm so glad you're done repeating the same things you've been saying over and over again! Perhaps it's time to play those GBA games on an actual GBA or a DS Lite and give it a rest in this thread, then. :3

But that would require me to buy a DS Lite, which ain't worth the money since I have systems that play GBA and DS games (separately of course).

I will admit the GBA games do look a little washed out on the 3DS compared to the GBA SP. I don't think it's very noticeable unless different versions are side by side or I cared enough to gripe about it