I'm about to start playing a DS game but I was wondering on which platform should I play it? I'm well aware there are some visual alterations when playing DS games on the 3DS, but my trouble is I can't quite decide if it matters much or not.

I would add a poll but when I tick the box in the New Thread options nothing happens. That being the case, just tell me which method you prefer and why in a post.

Here are the three options:

- Play on a DS/i/XL

- Play on a 3DS scaled up (slightly blurred, larger)

- Play on a 3DS using native resolution (sharper image, smaller than DS screen)

As I alluded to before, I checked out the differences on my own but just can't come to a decision. I'm hoping the large base of users here might have a more unanimous decision from more experience than I with the three options. I mean, if one option is particularly better than the other two then surely a large number of people will have come to the same conclusion.

I really don't understand why Nintendo is so ridiculously terrible at upscaling their visuals. With that said, I very easily understand why Nintendo is saying WiiU won't upscale anything from Wii.

Well playing ds games on the 3ds is not as good as on a regular ds so there lol.

XL

I prefer playing DS games on my XL.
The 3DS lose all the 3DS features when it's running on DS game. Even streetpass is off.