chrominance
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So? This isn't a thread about DS games on it's original hardware; it's about emulation at higher resolutions and with filtering added. And besides, better knowledge of graphics and modern techniques allow developers to get better visuals on hardware that is not as powerful.
Yes, but the games themselves would've been designed for the original hardware. Sometimes games include much higher quality assets despite the platform not being able to take advantage of them, which is why sometimes you get miracles like Final Fantasy Type-0 and Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep on PSP looking way better in emulators. But most of the time, the assets are going to be downsized only to what's necessary to make the game work. At some point, it doesn't matter how much processing power you throw at a game, the source assets will be the limiting factor. The more advanced the original platform, the better the assets will be on average and the higher the ceiling will be for image/rendering quality in future emulators.