Minish Cap runs at exactly 60hz on Switch (it should be 59.7275...)

Описание к видео Minish Cap runs at exactly 60hz on Switch (it should be 59.7275...)

It has been suspected that the Switch version of Minish Cap runs faster than GBA hardware, which has a framerate of 59.7275...
I perform a Test by running the Switch version of the game next to the GBA emulator version for approximately 10 minutes on the title screen, there are no loads here so the game is running at a fixed speed without lag.
When starting the test I had to time the resets to be as close as possible, the Switch version is reset 10 frames slower than the GBA emulator which is factored into the end calculations.

Timing of the raw video reveals that after about 10 minutes there is ~3s difference between the video, checking the frame counter on the emulator vs the frame count of the raw recording confirms the emulator is running at 59.7275hz (as well as can be measured from only 10 minutes of footage).

The time difference between the versions is calculated at the end from the raw video, this gives us a scaling factor for how much faster switch is which is ~0.456%, when we apply this to the known framerate of the GBA we get the speed that switch is running at.

The faster frame rate causes switch to be this much faster at the following time values:
- 10mins = 2.725s
- 30m = 8.175s
- 1hr = 16.35s
- 1:30:00 = 24.525s
- 2:00:00 = 32.7s
- 2:30:00 = 40.875
- 4:00:00 = 1:05.4
(note this timesave is purely from the game speed and does not account for the ~2.5s faster saves the Switch version has)

Raw video used:    • Minish Cap Switch vs GBA raw video  

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