Case study

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: matching DS decompilation

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time is a work-in-progress C and C++ decompilation of the European Nintendo DS release, generated with AI under human direction and supervision. The author reports a byte-for-byte ROM rebuild; matching source is gradually replacing assembly, with emulator checks used to confirm game behavior.

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

Stars: 3
Last commit: 2026-10-29
Language: C

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Use Windows, Python 3.11 or newer, Ninja and a compatible Metrowerks ARM toolchain.
Supply your own decrypted European ROM.
High-level source is still replacing remaining assembly; field and battle scripts remain major tasks.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{mario-luigi-partners-in-time-decomp-case,
  title = {{Mario \& Luigi: Partners in Time: matching DS decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/aricloverEXTRA/PartnersInTimeDECOMP}},
  url = {https://github.com/aricloverEXTRA/PartnersInTimeDECOMP},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-luigi-partners-in-time-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time: matching DS decompilation. https://github.com/aricloverEXTRA/PartnersInTimeDECOMP (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/mario-luigi-partners-in-time-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · aricloverEXTRA/PartnersInTimeDECOMP · Revision c763ff6
docs/PROGRESS.md GitHub · aricloverEXTRA/PartnersInTimeDECOMP · Revision c763ff6