# Professor Layton: Pandora's Box HD: rehosting the Android game on Vita

> This Vita port runs Professor Layton: Pandora's Box HD by loading its Android ARMv7 executable, resolving imports with native functions, and applying compatibility patches. The loader uses game files supplied from an Android APK and OBB, with version 1.0.1 documented as tested.

- 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/Rinnegatamante/layton2-vita>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton2-vita/blob/b5bd7d3efc27695262ebf2c04e34c15bce2f1c27/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/professor-layton-pandoras-box-hd-vita-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/professor-layton-pandoras-box-hd-vita-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/professor-layton-pandoras-box-hd-vita-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Provide a legally obtained Android APK and OBB from a version that still uses OBB; version 1.0.1 is documented as tested.
- **Prerequisites:** PS Vita setup requires kubridge, FdFix or rePatch, and libshacccg.suprx.
- **Limits:** Some videos may fail to play and the post-puzzle animation can be slow.
- **License:** MIT licence.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Rinnegatamante/layton2-vita/blob/b5bd7d3efc27695262ebf2c04e34c15bce2f1c27/README.md>

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