# Pokopia Recomp: recompiling Pokémon Pokopia for Windows

> Pokopia Recomp rebuilds Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2, version 2.0.1a, as a native Windows program. PokopiaLauncher.exe takes an extracted dump, or NSP and XCI files with the owner's key files, compiles the game, and then builds a shader cache. Windows 10 or 11 x64, Vulkan 1.3, and 16 GB of RAM are required. A source build copies exefs into game/dump/exefs and runs recomp/scripts/build_game.cmd pkp, then game-build/scripts/build.ps1. The toolchain is Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools, LLVM, CMake, Ninja, Python 3.13, the .NET 8 SDK, vcpkg, Rust, and Node.js.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Source status: Unavailable · HTTP 404 on 2026-11-09
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/drakolordx7/switch2-recomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/drakolordx7/switch2-recomp/blob/5339bf85b05e84c34a7f18d8a43db1de1f1692b2/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokopia-recomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pokopia-recomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pokopia-recomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- A personal copy of Pokémon Pokopia 2.0.1a. NSP or XCI input also needs that console's key files.
- License: GPL-3.0. Third-party terms are in runtime/THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md and recomp/THIRD_PARTY.md.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/drakolordx7/switch2-recomp/blob/5339bf85b05e84c34a7f18d8a43db1de1f1692b2/README.md>

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