# Kirby Air Ride: a three-region GameCube decompilation

> KAR reconstructs Kirby Air Ride code for the USA, Japan and Europe GameCube releases using decomp-toolkit and CodeWarrior build settings. It keeps source, symbols and split metadata for comparison with the user's extracted discs; data-split notes describe source ownership inferred from strings, cross-references and layout.

- 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/wowjinxy/KAR>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/wowjinxy/KAR/blob/cb94b157612a1d8d187f0bd6ecb5c02aa4c77b57/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kar-kirby-air-ride-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/kar-kirby-air-ride-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/kar-kirby-air-ride-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide an extracted game disc with sys/main.dol under orig/<GAMEID>.
- **Prerequisites:** CodeWarrior for GameCube 2.4.2 build 81 is the documented game-code baseline.
- **Limits:** The decompilation is in progress; some small-data and BSS ownership remains provisional.
- **License:** CC0-1.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/wowjinxy/KAR/blob/cb94b157612a1d8d187f0bd6ecb5c02aa4c77b57/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/wowjinxy/KAR/blob/cb94b157612a1d8d187f0bd6ecb5c02aa4c77b57/docs/kar_data_split_notes.md>

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