At least one company made a hardware mod to allow the 3DS to stream video over WIFI, but as far as I'm aware they're no longer made. The New 3DS can do it without additional hardware, but the console must be soft-modded. That's trivially easy on both models of the 3DS though.
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emotional_soup_88@programming.dev 2 days agoSweet! About ten years ago, I did want to mod my 3DS with an HDMI connector. Perhaps that being possible was just an urban legend? It would’ve been so cool to play Smash Bros 3DS on a big screen, back then.
Were there any performance benefits that came with modding Nintendo consoles or was it “just” region unlocking?
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cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
By modding I don’t mean hardware mods, I mean the ability to back up your games to the SD card so you don’t have to switch game carts. Also homebrew. The H-shop (Homebrew Shop) has a bunch of game mods. For example I’m playing Animal Crossing New Leaf, but it’s not Welcome Amiibo, it’s Welcome Luxury. Changes how some things look, and boosts what things sell for. I’m on day 2 and I’ve already got 100k in the bank and like 27k on my villager. I think they made fishing easier, too.
None of those games are sold new anymore, you’re either buying them from a collector/scalper or you’re downloading them. Nintendo isn’t making any money off these games anymore. I don’t endorse straight up stealing, but for what Nintendo charges and for how rare they run sales… and for how expensive they made the hardware these days… I think they’re doing just fine.
If you want performance gains on 3DS, use Citra or the like (an emulator) on your computer. Then, you can do a little more.