# Animal Crossing gcNX: a native Switch port of the GameCube decompilation

> Animal Crossing gcNX ports the decompiled GameCube game to Nintendo Switch by compiling its code for ARM and translating GX graphics to OpenGL ES. It reads game resources from the user's USA disc image; the repository also documents an Android port built on the same decompilation.

- 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/digdat0/ACGC-Switch-Port>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/digdat0/ACGC-Switch-Port/blob/45cdd19c9051b0b1403f3b53e5393ecb661d2b25/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/animal-crossing-gcnx-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/animal-crossing-gcnx-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/animal-crossing-gcnx-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A Switch running Atmosphère and a personal Animal Crossing USA GAFE01 disc image in ISO, GCM or CISO format are required for the Switch port.
- **Limits:** The Switch port is described as beta.
- **License:** The licence file identifies CC0 for upstream decompilation code and MIT for the PC port layer; other components have their own terms.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/digdat0/ACGC-Switch-Port/blob/45cdd19c9051b0b1403f3b53e5393ecb661d2b25/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/digdat0/ACGC-Switch-Port/blob/45cdd19c9051b0b1403f3b53e5393ecb661d2b25/README.android.md>
3. <https://github.com/digdat0/ACGC-Switch-Port/blob/45cdd19c9051b0b1403f3b53e5393ecb661d2b25/LICENSE>

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