20th September 2012, 6:44 PM
Those are natively built around 16:9, unlike these which were originally made for 4:3 (and whatever ratio the GB is).
HDTVs are getting cheaper and cheaper. Pretty soon you should go ahead and get the upgrade. It's pretty much past the point where game developers have any real obligation to support 4:3 for anything other than ports of classic games these days. I mean you can keep the old set around for games of Duck Hunt as I do.
Oh yes, since you use 4:3 you may not know of this annoyance. Most Virtual Console games ignore the Wii's wide screen setting entirely. So it displays all stretched out on a wide screen set no matter what that setting is set to. In order to get around this, I'm forced to set my TV's setting to 4:3 mode instead. My HDTV is CRT, but on an LCD screen forcing it into true upscaled 4:3 is the only way to avoid all manner of pixellation originating from a forced fit that doesn't quite work, such as "stretch to fit" or other ungodly modes that artifact the hell out of otherwise perfectly clear images.
<img src="http://cdn.brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comics/2012-09-18-438-20thAnniversary.jpg" alt="Here's to 20 more years of unexpectedly horrifying imagery!">
HDTVs are getting cheaper and cheaper. Pretty soon you should go ahead and get the upgrade. It's pretty much past the point where game developers have any real obligation to support 4:3 for anything other than ports of classic games these days. I mean you can keep the old set around for games of Duck Hunt as I do.
Oh yes, since you use 4:3 you may not know of this annoyance. Most Virtual Console games ignore the Wii's wide screen setting entirely. So it displays all stretched out on a wide screen set no matter what that setting is set to. In order to get around this, I'm forced to set my TV's setting to 4:3 mode instead. My HDTV is CRT, but on an LCD screen forcing it into true upscaled 4:3 is the only way to avoid all manner of pixellation originating from a forced fit that doesn't quite work, such as "stretch to fit" or other ungodly modes that artifact the hell out of otherwise perfectly clear images.
<img src="http://cdn.brawlinthefamily.keenspot.com/comics/2012-09-18-438-20thAnniversary.jpg" alt="Here's to 20 more years of unexpectedly horrifying imagery!">
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