# Pokopia Native: native builds of Pokémon Pokopia from a user dump

> Pokopia Native builds native Mac, iPhone and Windows versions of the Switch 2 game Pokémon Pokopia from the user's own dump. Its Windows path recompiles the game's arm64 code through LLVM for a native runtime and Vulkan renderer, while the Apple builds run the game's code on Apple silicon with Metal graphics.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/xFractals/pokopia-native>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/xFractals/pokopia-native/blob/afebabff64651e8365af2bb35e21f0d7af5076e5/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokopia-native-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokopia-native-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pokopia-native-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Requires the user's own Pokémon Pokopia dump with a supported update: 1.0.5 or 2.0.1.
- **Prerequisites:** Mac builds require Apple silicon, Xcode 27, Python 3.12 or newer and the .NET 10 runtime; Windows can build Windows and iPhone versions.
- **License:** MIT License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/xFractals/pokopia-native/blob/afebabff64651e8365af2bb35e21f0d7af5076e5/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/xFractals/pokopia-native/blob/afebabff64651e8365af2bb35e21f0d7af5076e5/docs/RELEASE-NOTES-1.1.0.md>

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