Looking for reasons to buy the newly announced 3DS XL apart from the bigger screen and better battery life? Well you would be glad to know that the bigger screens are not going to waste and will have 1:1 Pixel Mode.
So what exactly is 1:1 Pixel Mode you ask? Well take normal DS games played on the 3DS for example, they never scale perfectly since the resolutions of the DS and 3DS are different i.e 256 x 192 and 400 x 240 respectively. 1:1 Pixel Mode on the 3DS XL will have perfect pixel mapping for older games (DS and Virtual Console) thanks to the bigger screens.
Technically the 3DS XL can support 1:1 Pixel Mode because of the higher dot pitch of 0.2657mm as compared to 0.1922mm of the original 3DS. The bigger the pixels the better pixel mapping you get and the better older games look.
Thanks 3DS Tribe.
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