Case study

New Play Control! Pikmin 2: a Wii decompilation

pik2wii reconstructs source for the USA Wii release of New Play Control! Pikmin 2. Its workflow extracts the user's game files, builds with Ninja, and uses objdiff to compare source objects; a separate nonmatching mode produces a modifiable DOL.

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

Stars: 22
Last commit: 2026-10-12
Language: C++
License (GitHub): Unlicense

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-provided USA retail disc is required; the build guide extracts its system files with Dolphin Emulator.
Prerequisites: Python and Ninja are used by the build workflow.
Limits: The project is a work in progress and labels setup as in progress.
License: Unlicense.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{pik2wii-case,
  title = {{New Play Control! Pikmin 2: a Wii decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii}},
  url = {https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/pik2wii-case/}}
}

Plain text

New Play Control! Pikmin 2: a Wii decompilation. https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/pik2wii-case/

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README.MD GitHub · projectPiki/pik2wii · Revision c337efc