Case study

Forecast Channel: decompiling the Wii weather app

This decompiles the Wii Forecast Channel, version HAFE v7, USA/NTSC. The WAD is copied to orig/HAFE. python configure.py accepts --version for a version other than HAFE. ninja builds the project, and objdiff.json is written after the first successful build. Linux and macOS download wibo.

Targets: Binary
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07

Stars: 24
Last commit: 2026-11-01
Language: C
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

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Requirements & limits

Python 3 and Ninja. Copy the HAFE WAD to orig/HAFE, run python configure.py, then ninja.
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BibTeX

@misc{forecast-channel,
  title = {{Forecast Channel: decompiling the Wii weather app}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/doldecomp/forecast}},
  url = {https://github.com/doldecomp/forecast},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/forecast-channel/}}
}

Plain text

Forecast Channel: decompiling the Wii weather app. https://github.com/doldecomp/forecast (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/forecast-channel/

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README.md GitHub · doldecomp/forecast · Revision 92a5782