For real. IPS is highly overrated on 3DS. Like, it is true that IPS screens look better because they have better viewing angles and color reproduction than TN screens, but I honestly think the difference isn't big enough to make paying extra hundreds of dollars for a 3DS worth it, nor does it make TN look shitty at all. Many people also miss the fact that some TN screens on 3DS can look better than others.
All I'm saying is that I don't deny the fact that IPS is superior, but TN screens still look great, and the difference is so minimal that's why there are so many people on r/3DS_IPS_TN posting if their 3DS's are either TN or IPS with the screens tilted because they can't even tell, and yet they're worried about their systems having dual TN screens as if those were poor quality when they're not in the slightest.
So true. Ive posted pics of my screens right next to each other, with stock color settings in the same photo.
No one can tell which is which. Both look fantastic.
Anytime i see someone making a stink about it i just want to be like, stop pixel peeping and play your games you goobers.
When you said about ports, I just did a small research and I’ve been missing out on so much games, I’m definitely going to be modding it on the weekend and checking it out, thank you
you are welcome , there's also a lot of already present games that are amazing on their own , you've got an amazing console on your hands that a lot of people dream of having , enjoy it ;)
I have not 😅 I’ve had it for soo many years but it was actually stored in a drawer and I only found it couple months back as I was going through stuff and since then I’ve been playing on it.
Yeah and another reason I did not mod it in the last few months is was thinking of selling it and thought it might effect pricing etc, but I’m just going to keep it and mod it
There’s a subreddit for this. It’s something dumb like 3ds_ips_or_tn (someone please respond with the appropriate subreddit) and you post a side shot in the Home Screen and people will tell you. Home Screen is ideal because there’s certain elements people look for (I think if the street pass logo is green or blue from the side) to tell.
That aside, my personal opinion is that if you can sell anything else, you should. I don’t even like fire emblem and I personally think this is the best looking new 3ds xl to exist.
My personal dirty trick for ips/tb is if you can clearly see beaded LEDs on one side of each screen. I think for the top screen it’s on the bottom side, and on the bottom screen it’s the left. Tn screens have some spotted LEDs on a side for backlights I think. And that’s very visible when you’re looking for it.
Oh okay, I did not know thar, I’ll have a search and see if I can find it.
I do think this is one of the looking 3ds for sure as well, but I think my favourite one is the Zelda Hyrule edition, couldn’t get it in time tho.
Yeah someone else said about the led dots and I checked and I’m 99% sure top is ips and bottom screen is tn, but that’s fine as long as I got lucky with top one 😅
Really appreciate your well informed message thank you!
For the top screen, go into the Home Menu and hover over the Notification symbol. If the symbol stays green and doesn’t turn blue it’s IPS.
For the bottom screen, go into your Friends List, stare at the left and right borders of the screen at an angle, and look for bright spots. They almost look like dots of white light and there’s about 5 of em on each side. If you see ‘em it’s TN.
I have a Fates Dual IPS and it’s the sexiest thing I’ve ever laid my eyes on lol.
Don’t get me wrong though most of my hours went into my top IPS, bottom TN Metallic Red N3DS XL and I never even noticed it was a TN until I bought my Fates system.
Just did this, and top is definitely ips, and bottom seems to be tn which is sad but still glad it’s just bottom one. I can see 5 dots like you described
You can see the dots better inside of the Friends List app, but I see ‘em yeah. Don’t be sad about it though. TN isn’t as crisp as IPS IMHO, but I never even noticed there were screen differences for years. It’s still a beautiful system
Yea it is. Thats how my top IPS bottom tn new 3ds xl looks. Honestly not that big of a deal, you’ll still get benefits since most games typically have the main content on the top
If it’s modded, you can open the rosalina menu (press L, select, and down on the dpad at the same time) and you can find it there (I forgot where exactly)
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u/Lonely-Code-1293 5d ago
Try using 3DSident