Case study

Let's Go Recomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Let's Go for Windows

Let's Go Recomp ports the Nintendo Switch games Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee! and Let's Go, Pikachu! to Windows through static recompilation. It translates their ARM64 code to C and provides a runtime for Switch services, NVN graphics through Vulkan, audio and controllers. The build uses the player's extracted game files.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C1 partial scope or analysis entry

Stars: 285
Last commit: 2026-11-07
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Demo screenshot from the project's public documentation

Observed: Download and demo observed; the case covers part of the target software.
Scope: Partial
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10 or 11, x86-64 CPU with SSE4.2, Vulkan 1.3 GPU, about 4 GB of RAM while playing and about 6 GB of free disk space.
Prerequisites: An owned copy of either game with extracted exefs and romfs folders.
Limits: Work in progress; the author has not played the port from start to finish, and online features, Poké Ball Plus and a second player are unsupported.
License: MIT license for repository code; third-party components retain their own licenses.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{lets-go-recomp-case,
  title = {{Let's Go Recomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Let's Go for Windows}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/raulzrrs/letsgo-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/raulzrrs/letsgo-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/lets-go-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Let's Go Recomp: statically recompiling Pokémon Let's Go for Windows. https://github.com/raulzrrs/letsgo-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/lets-go-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · raulzrrs/letsgo-recomp · Revision 1a70f77
Makefile GitHub · raulzrrs/letsgo-recomp · Revision 1a70f77