diff --git a/WIDESCREEN.md b/WIDESCREEN.md
index 11b13f9a..f87b9b91 100644
--- a/WIDESCREEN.md
+++ b/WIDESCREEN.md
@@ -228,3 +228,36 @@ F:/Projects/psxrecomp/psxrecomp/recompiler/build/psxrecomp-game.exe --config gam
 ```
 `build-stable` is RelWithDebInfo + debug tools (TCP port 4470) + launcher ON.
 Always `taskkill /F /IM psx-runtime.exe` before relaunching.
+
+## Native-wide 16:9 (shipped) and 21:9 (stubbed, hidden)
+
+The shipped enhancement is **native-wide 16:9**, exposed as the launcher's
+experimental Widescreen On/Off toggle (software renderer only; hidden on
+OpenGL). It is off by default (`game.toml [video] aspect_ratio = "4:3"`), so the
+default build is byte-identical to faithful. On = `16:9`. The dominant fix is
+`[widescreen.cull] auto_screen_x` — the recompiler auto-detects the GTE
+render-funnel screen-extent reject (`sltiu …,0x140` width paired with
+`sltiu …,0xE0` height) and widens every width compare through
+`psx_ws_x_margin()`, sign-extended so both margins reveal. Full-screen 2D
+overlays (pause dim, load fade) are extended across the wide compositor surface.
+
+**21:9 is intentionally stubbed and hidden.** Everything numeric is
+aspect-derived (`ws_nw_offset` etc.), so `aspect_ratio = "21:9"` already widens
+the cull, compositor, and present correctly — the **3D world and foreground fill
+21:9 for free**. It is *not* offered in the UI because two layers don't reach
+21:9:
+- **Background** — the parallax + far-backdrop pipeline only *generates* ~16:9
+  of coverage (per-layer spawn windows in the `FUN_80027600` builders +
+  `FUN_801216BC`-family overlay handlers). The per-prim cull already widens past
+  this; the tiles simply aren't produced, so 21:9 voids the far background. This
+  is the 8C generation work, and may hit the game's *authored* coverage limit
+  (beyond which only tile/stretch/void remain) — which is what caps clean
+  widescreen at 16:9.
+- **Foreground edge tips** — the cull widens exactly to the display surface
+  edge; fixable by over-rendering (decouple the render aspect from the display
+  aspect) — low effort, but pointless until the background is solved.
+
+To enable 21:9 later: widen the backdrop generation, then promote the launcher's
+2-state toggle to a 3-way Off / 16:9 / 21:9 (the `cycle_aspect` callback already
+cycles `aspect_index` 0/1/2 and is the scaffold). Full feasibility analysis in
+the session memory `native_wide_fov_autocull.md`.
diff --git a/runtime/launcher/launcher.cpp b/runtime/launcher/launcher.cpp
index 6405b329..a232ca63 100644
--- a/runtime/launcher/launcher.cpp
+++ b/runtime/launcher/launcher.cpp
@@ -728,8 +728,15 @@ Result run(SDL_Window* window, void* gl_context,
             handle.DirtyVariable("winsize_label");  /* height follows aspect */
         });
     // EXPERIMENTAL widescreen On/Off (software renderer only). On => 16:9 native-
-    // wide (aspect_index 1), Off => 4:3. The toggle is hidden when ws_eligible is
-    // false (non-software renderer), so this is a no-op there as a safety net.
+    // wide (aspect_index 1), Off => 4:3 (aspect_index 0). Hidden when ws_eligible
+    // is false (non-software renderer), so this is a no-op there as a safety net.
+    //
+    // 21:9 (kAspects[2]) is STUBBED but intentionally hidden: the engine handles
+    // it (offset / cull / compositor are all aspect-derived), but the parallax +
+    // far-backdrop pipeline only generates ~16:9 of coverage, so 21:9 voids the
+    // far background. When that pipeline is widened, promote this 2-state toggle
+    // to a 3-way Off / 16:9 / 21:9 — the existing cycle_aspect callback already
+    // cycles aspect_index 0/1/2 and is the scaffold for it.
     c.BindEventCallback("toggle_widescreen",
         [&m, handle](Rml::DataModelHandle, Rml::Event&, const Rml::VariantList&) mutable {
             if (m.renderer != 0) return;                       // SW-only