Widescreen or 4:3?

[Sebovich]

Which is recommended that you play on?
Melee of course uses 4:3, but since Brawl came with Widescreen support, you should be able to play with that right?
All the streams I´m seeing are usually 4:3 (or att least look like it) and I´m wondering if there is any reason for that?
Like the gameplay is smoother or if the P:M team made any special adjustments to the engine to benefit 4:3 over 16:9?

 

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I think it`s that 4:3 works better for Youtube videos and Streaming.

 

[K.Louis]

People are experimenting with widescreen Melee streaming via Devolution, but people without widescreen TV's stream in 4:3 because widescreen mode would look normal on the stream but squished on their TV

 

[Doq]

Which is recommended that you play on?
Melee of course uses 4:3, but since Brawl came with Widescreen support, you should be able to play with that right?
All the streams I´m seeing are usually 4:3 (or att least look like it) and I´m wondering if there is any reason for that?
Like the gameplay is smoother or if the P:M team made any special adjustments to the engine to benefit 4:3 over 16:9?

It's because even though the display looks like 16/9, the actual display is still 640x480, so streams/recordings would be off aspect as elements would be squished in. Even then it depends on your TV.

 

[Sebovich]

It's because even though the display looks like 16/9, the actual display is still 640x480, so streams/recordings would be off aspect as elements would be squished in. Even then it depends on your TV.

So, If it´s still 640x480, wouldnt that mean that the picture would be distorted? So, If Im playing a match on a 16:9 screen I might get a different feeling when playing 4:3?
Im mainly interested in what effect the Widescreen vs 4:3 has on the game.

 

[Doq]

So, If it´s still 640x480, wouldnt that mean that the picture would be distorted? So, If Im playing a match on a 16:9 screen I might get a different feeling when playing 4:3?
Im mainly interested in what effect the Widescreen vs 4:3 has on the game.

[ripped straight from the old Brawl dojo]
16/9:

4/3:

Pick the one the size of your TV.

 

[Sebovich]

Looks to me like the only thing changed was the hud?
So, in any way, Im better off at setting my TV to 4:3, rather than widescreen mode to get optimal gameplay (in smash) since the game was designed in 4:3?
Sorry but this is all confusing, since I have my Wii set to widescreen mode but according to those pics, there are no differences other than the hud?

 

[Doq]

Looks to me like the only thing changed was the hud?
So, in any way, Im better off at setting my TV to 4:3, rather than widescreen mode to get optimal gameplay (in smash) since the game was designed in 4:3?
Sorry but this is all confusing, since I have my Wii set to widescreen mode but according to those pics, there are no differences other than the hud?

One's shorter than the other, that's why. There is a screen size difference between the two, one being a visual 640x480 and another being a visual 848x480 but both share the same input. There's a circle in the background of the screen ratio selector. Use that to figure out which screen ratio is best.

 

[Sebovich]

One's shorter than the other, that's why. There is a screen size difference between the two, one being a visual 640x480 and another being a visual 848x480 but both share the same input. There's a circle in the background of the screen ratio selector. Use that to figure out which screen ratio is best.

Thanks for pointing that out! I totally missed that the screen was cut at the end of the stage at one pic, I focused mostly on the obvious hud-change. Yeah, I´ve done that, thanks for the explanations!