# DriftDroid: an Android port of statically recompiled Mario Kart Wii

> DriftDroid adapts WiiCompiled's static recompilation of Mario Kart Wii into a native Android app. It adds touch and motion controls, Vulkan and OpenGL ES rendering paths, and disc import for game data from the user's PAL RMCP01 copy; a separate builder handles Switch builds and optional Android game packs.

- 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/dorPXP/driftdroid>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/dorPXP/driftdroid/blob/9684e3a099827d7659fd2fe17c18b6fc238f8116/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/driftdroid-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/driftdroid-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/driftdroid-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-supplied clean PAL RMCP01 Mario Kart Wii disc image.
- **Scope:** Android for the APK; the separate DriftDroid Builder runs on Windows and Linux.
- **Limits:** The author describes the port as an active personal fork with device-dependent performance.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/dorPXP/driftdroid/blob/9684e3a099827d7659fd2fe17c18b6fc238f8116/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/dorPXP/driftdroid/blob/9684e3a099827d7659fd2fe17c18b6fc238f8116/translator/README.md>

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