# Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree — an in-progress matching decompilation

> Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree is a work-in-progress Wii decompilation with C and C++ source for EGG, nw4r, and SDK components. Its build configuration records matching status per object and checks the rebuilt RYWE01 main.dol against a SHA-1 target.

- 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/vabold/bba-wd>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/vabold/bba-wd/blob/6dc6fd2e04684c5ac2bef5cf4b39655f8032d153/configure.py>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/big-brain-academy-wii-degree-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/big-brain-academy-wii-degree-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/big-brain-academy-wii-degree-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** The RYWE01 original main.dol is the configured target input.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is in progress; some configured objects are nonmatching.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/vabold/bba-wd/blob/6dc6fd2e04684c5ac2bef5cf4b39655f8032d153/configure.py>
2. <https://github.com/vabold/bba-wd/blob/6dc6fd2e04684c5ac2bef5cf4b39655f8032d153/README.md>
3. <https://github.com/vabold/bba-wd/blob/6dc6fd2e04684c5ac2bef5cf4b39655f8032d153/config/RYWE01/build.sha1>
4. <https://github.com/vabold/bba-wd/blob/6dc6fd2e04684c5ac2bef5cf4b39655f8032d153/config/RYWE01/config.yml>

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