# 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.

- 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/hax0kartik/ikachan>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan/blob/4f74198f78cabaa76a0fb537205a61818294caaa/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ikachan3-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ikachan3-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ikachan3-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan/blob/4f74198f78cabaa76a0fb537205a61818294caaa/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/hax0kartik/ikachan/blob/4f74198f78cabaa76a0fb537205a61818294caaa/CMakeLists.txt>

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