Case study

Ikachan3: decompiling the Nintendo 3DS release

Ikachan3 decompiles the Nintendo 3DS version of Ikachan into game source organized by subsystem. Its build uses the armcc compiler, and a user-provided original code.bin enables binary comparison. The repository includes source for player, map, sound and other game components.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 9
Last commit: 2026-10-24
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: armcc compiler version 973 is required in the Compilers directory.
Prerequisites: An original code.bin in orig/ is required for diffing.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{ikachan3-case,
  title = {{Ikachan3: decompiling the Nintendo 3DS release}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan}},
  url = {https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/ikachan3-case/}}
}

Plain text

Ikachan3: decompiling the Nintendo 3DS release. https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/ikachan3-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · hax0kartik/ikachan · Revision 4f74198
CMakeLists.txt GitHub · hax0kartik/ikachan · Revision 4f74198