# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp/blob/d2eecd7f1fb0de509985a9cc67778d74ac435f94/provenance/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/acnlwa-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/acnlwa-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/acnlwa-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

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

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp/blob/d2eecd7f1fb0de509985a9cc67778d74ac435f94/provenance/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/AlgebraManiacABC/acnlwa-decomp/blob/d2eecd7f1fb0de509985a9cc67778d74ac435f94/README.md>

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