Case study

DKB Recomp: static recompilation of Donkey Kong Bananza

DKB Recomp statically translates Donkey Kong Bananza's Switch 2 ARM64 code to C and builds a native Windows x86-64 application. A Horizon host, NVN 2 implementation, shader translation, and Vulkan renderer handle game services and graphics. The author reports title-screen and tutorial rendering, with crashes and missing effects.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 644
Last commit: 2026-11-10
Language: C
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0

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Evidence

Demo available · no screenshot

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-dumped base 1.0.0 ExeFS and RomFS are required; game files are not included.
Prerequisites: The build uses MSYS2 UCRT64 Clang, Ninja, Python 3.12, and a .NET SDK; the source states 16 GB RAM minimum.
Limits: The game is not yet playable and may crash during the tutorial.
License: GPL-3.0-or-later applies to the project; reused TotK Recomp files retain MIT terms.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{dkb-recomp-case,
  title = {{DKB Recomp: static recompilation of Donkey Kong Bananza}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/dkb-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

DKB Recomp: static recompilation of Donkey Kong Bananza. https://github.com/Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/dkb-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp · Revision c5d5e7c
docs/installer.md GitHub · Lucas-blip-png/dkb-pc-recomp · Revision c5d5e7c