# Garigari: matching decompilation of Super Mario Galaxy 2

> Garigari reconstructs the USA Wii release SB4E01 Rev 0 of Super Mario Galaxy 2 as C and C++ source. Contributors build against main.dol extracted from their own game and use objdiff to compare compiled objects and functions with the original binary.

- 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/SMGCommunity/Garigari>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/SMGCommunity/Garigari/blob/d969f2ca7f0c296574c53c0c6d6b64efcf86e647/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/garigari-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/garigari-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/garigari-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A copy of Super Mario Galaxy 2 SB4E01 Rev 0 and its extracted sys/main.dol are required.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and Ninja are required for configuration and building; objdiff is used for comparison.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is in progress.
- **License:** CC0-1.0.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/SMGCommunity/Garigari/blob/d969f2ca7f0c296574c53c0c6d6b64efcf86e647/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/SMGCommunity/Garigari/blob/d969f2ca7f0c296574c53c0c6d6b64efcf86e647/CONTRIBUTING.md>

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