Gaming Zelda Minish Cap shimmering on DS lite.

[Nikorasu95]

Hello fellow GBATEMP Community. I just bought a brand new Nintendo DS lite Cobalt on Amazon along with Minish Cap (AGB-BZME-USA).
I'm having a very distracting/annoying issue when playing Minish Cap. Doesn't matter if I play on the Top Screen or Bottom Screen, I will get shimmering/jitter no matter what. It is really only noticeable when the screen is scrolling vertically. It's like the game isn't being scaled properly or something like it's not in perfect pixel mode. The shimmering/jitter is less apparent when rolling with R as Link. I don't have a Gameboy Advance original or SP to test with. I had a DS lite and Minish Cap years ago and I don't ever remember these weird shimmering/artifacts when playing games. I also notice some motion blur on regular DS games as well. I don't know if this is normal and is something I have to get used too as I'm a PC/PS4 PRO gamer and I'm used to a luxury experience such as 4K, HDR, and High Refresh rates. Can someone please test this game on there DS-Lite and tell me if this is normal, or is it just an issue with my system. Does the GBA SP and DS Phat also has shimmering with this game? Here is a video showing the issue.

 

[Nikorasu95]

BUMP!

 

[Chop1n]

It's been a long time, but the issue is normal--happens on the original reflective GBA display, too. It seems to be a result of the fact that GBA hardware draws its frames line-by-line, and the way the vertical scrolling is done in Minish Cap seems to be out of sync with the way the screen is drawn for whatever reason, possibly a non-pixel-integer scrolling speed. It's indeed pretty obnoxious.

 

[The Catboy]

It's been a long time, but the issue is normal--happens on the original reflective GBA display, too. It seems to be a result of the fact that GBA hardware draws its frames line-by-line, and the way the vertical scrolling is done in Minish Cap seems to be out of sync with the way the screen is drawn for whatever reason, possibly a non-pixel-integer scrolling speed. It's indeed pretty obnoxious.

Helpful! Really wish OP was still active to read this, ngl

 

[splaca]

It's been a long time, but the issue is normal--happens on the original reflective GBA display, too. It seems to be a result of the fact that GBA hardware draws its frames line-by-line, and the way the vertical scrolling is done in Minish Cap seems to be out of sync with the way the screen is drawn for whatever reason, possibly a non-pixel-integer scrolling speed. It's indeed pretty obnoxious.

Yup, also happens on a non reflective screen -- I've played it on an AGS 101 recently and it's pretty jarring sometimes.