OoT 3D: load times difference (Physical vs eShop version)

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Channel: Madao Joestar (Piccolo) · 2014 · Gaming

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since no one seened to do this test to find out which version was faster for speedrunning, i went and did it. i used the patented Cosmo testing method.
turns out the Physical version is faster overall. speedrunners of this version should be happy since the majority had the physical release.

for the eshop version, i used the best possible conditions i could have. i used a Sandisk 16GB SD card that is class 10 and is formatted to 32k clusters. i also ran a comparison with a different card that was 32GB and it was even slower than this one. it seems the 3DS's SD reader's top speed isn't that good since it can't match or exceed cart speeds.

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