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Hyrule Warriors arrived on Nintendo 3DS this week, around 18 months after its Wii debut - and it's something of a rare breed of title. It's one of the few 3DS titles that exercises the additional power of the New 3DS, which in turn represents something in the way of unfinished business for Digital Foundry. We know that Nintendo's refreshed handheld boasts a significant increase in power compared to the launch model, but just how much more capable is it?Getting a firm idea of the performance differential between the two handhelds has been something we've been eager to test for a long time now, and while we have access to an older 3DS 'Nitro' kit, which allows for capture, we don't have a New 3DS equivalent. However, capture kits and hardware mods are available to get the job done, using the same core technology found in our modified PlayStation Vita. YouTuber Tilmendomination owns such a device, and provided the captures that made this article possible.
But first, let's talk core specifications. It's safe to say that the 3DS isn't exactly the most powerful piece of gaming hardware on the block. Based on specs found on 3DBrew, derived from hacking and reverse-engineering the hardware, the initial iteration of the 3DS featured a dual-core ARM11 CPU clocked at 268MHz, along with a second ARM core running at 134MHz.
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