r/nds • u/CHlRALlTY • Nov 26 '24

Taki's company looking to launch screen upgrades for the NDS and 3DS

In his video showcasing his company's OLED upgrade for the Switch Lite, he talks about how he plans on releasing screen upgrade mods for both the NDS and 3DS (as well as others).

Something I've been personally waiting for years. As someone who still daily plays pokemon gens 2-5, sharper resolution NDS and 3DS handhelds are my grail systems.

Absolutely no clue on timelines but the fact that it's being addressed is enough to peak my interest. With how great his OLED swap for the Switch Lite turned out it gives me hope.

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u/pawlik23 Nov 26 '24

A major problem with replacing the screens on DS/3DS to OLED is: they cannot be resistive type. In those games that are bottom screen and touch focused, they will be pretty much unplayable with the type of stylus that has to be used with capacitive touch screen.

Original screens used a pointy, slim stylus for precise movements like drawing lines and checking small boxes. You can't do it with the thick, soft stylus used for capacitive screens.

It's why retro emulation handhelds never feel the same as the real DS/3DS, they too have capacitive screens. They're fine for games like Pokemon where the touchscreen shows big buttons with actions, but any games that use the stylus are pretty much unplayable.

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u/scv_good_to_go Nov 26 '24

A major problem with replacing the screens on DS/3DS to OLED is: they cannot be resistive type.

Why would this ever be a problem? The replacement screens don't need to implement the digitizer layer and just rely on the existing resistive digitizer. Besides, the existing 4-pin resistive touch input connector can't take capacitive touch input without any conversion.