Case study

SMG-3DS: an unfinished Super Mario Galaxy port to New 3DS

SMG-3DS ports Super Mario Galaxy to New 3DS by compiling Petari's decompiled game code and implementing the Wii interfaces it calls. The port translates GX graphics to PICA200 and runs the Wii audio DSP in software. The author reports playable but slow hardware performance, and the project is archived.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 5
Last commit: 2026-10-19
Language: C++
License (GitHub): GPL-3.0
Status: Archived

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Use a New 3DS or New 2DS and provide a USA RMGE01 disc image on the SD card.
Prerequisites: Build with the documented devkitARM toolchain and Petari submodule.
Limits: The project is archived and unfinished; hardware graphics and performance issues remain.
License: GPL-3.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{smg-new-3ds-native-port-case,
  title = {{SMG-3DS: an unfinished Super Mario Galaxy port to New 3DS}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/cmyksoda/SMG-3DS}},
  url = {https://github.com/cmyksoda/SMG-3DS},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/smg-new-3ds-native-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

SMG-3DS: an unfinished Super Mario Galaxy port to New 3DS. https://github.com/cmyksoda/SMG-3DS (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/smg-new-3ds-native-port-case/

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README.md GitHub · cmyksoda/SMG-3DS · Revision 0842a2f
docs/HANDOFF.md GitHub · cmyksoda/SMG-3DS · Revision 0842a2f