Case study

acnlwa-decomp: an Animal Crossing: New Leaf decompilation

acnlwa-decomp is an in-progress C and C++ reconstruction of Animal Crossing: New Leaf. Its provenance notes track symbol names from ARM ELF mapping symbols, RTTI, Ghidra labels and manual code analysis, distinguishing provisional names from lasting ones.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 6
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Limits: The decompilation is a work in progress.
Limits: Some symbol names are placeholders pending stronger identification.
License: CC0-1.0 licence.

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BibTeX

@misc{acnlwa-decomp-case,
  title = {{acnlwa-decomp: an Animal Crossing: New Leaf decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/acnlwa-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

acnlwa-decomp: an Animal Crossing: New Leaf decompilation. https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/acnlwa-decomp-case/

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provenance/README.md GitHub · AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp · Revision d2eecd7
README.md GitHub · AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp · Revision d2eecd7