# New Super Mario Bros. U: a native Wii U recompilation

> nsmbu-recomp builds a native New Super Mario Bros. U program from a user's Wii U game copy through its installer and runtime. It supports Windows, macOS, Linux, Android and iOS, with course and world-map save states and up to four controllers. The project documents supported USA and European revisions and experimental wider display and higher frame rates.

- 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/nsmbu-recomp/nsmbu-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/nsmbu-recomp/nsmbu-recomp/blob/e11d228bdcfe271e673eb08bacd286b83440f010/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nsmbu-recomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/nsmbu-recomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/nsmbu-recomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide your own supported New Super Mario Bros. U disc image, Cemu archive or extracted game folder.
- **Prerequisites:** Disc images require the disc key and Wii U common key.
- **Limits:** Japanese releases are not supported; combo packs have partial support.
- **License:** MPL-2.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/nsmbu-recomp/nsmbu-recomp/blob/e11d228bdcfe271e673eb08bacd286b83440f010/README.md>

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