# Pokémon Rumble: an early Wii decompilation

> The Pokémon Rumble project reconstructs C and C++ source for the Wii game, targeting USA revision WPSE01_01. Its workflow extracts main.dol from the owner's WAD, builds with Ninja and uses objdiff to compare changed objects; the author describes the work as very early.

- 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/KooShnoo/pokemon-rumble>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/KooShnoo/pokemon-rumble/blob/11c112f7548b26ab2cecfcf52e201b8d3b76120f/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-rumble-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokemon-rumble-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pokemon-rumble-decomp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires an existing copy of Pokémon Rumble, revision WPSE01_01, to extract main.dol.
- **Prerequisites:** Build uses decomp-toolkit, Python and Ninja.
- **Limits:** Documentation is sparse and the project is in very early stages.
- **License:** Licensing varies by file; bundled libs include material under MIT.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/KooShnoo/pokemon-rumble/blob/11c112f7548b26ab2cecfcf52e201b8d3b76120f/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/KooShnoo/pokemon-rumble/blob/11c112f7548b26ab2cecfcf52e201b8d3b76120f/LICENSE>

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