Case study

SwitchWakerHD: a Nintendo Switch port of the Wind Waker HD recompilation

Ports the ZeldaWWHDRecomp static recompilation of The Wind Waker HD to the Nintendo Switch as homebrew, adding a libnx platform layer and a renderer that draws the game’s GX2 graphics with deko3d, with translated shaders compiled on the console by uam. Game code is recompiled locally from the user’s own Wii U dump, so no Switch binaries are released. README reports the game playable handheld and docked at stock clocks, at 26–30 fps in its own measurements, and states that nearly all of the Switch work was written by Claude Code under human direction and hardware testing.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-10-19
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 247
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++
License (GitHub): MPL-2.0

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

Requires the user’s own Wii U dump of the USA or European release, version 0 without the update. Disc extraction needs the disc key and Wii U common key; the runtime checks code/cking.rpx. NRO files and shader caches built from the dump contain game content and must not be shared.
Builds need Python 3 with pycryptodome and devkitpro/devkita64 in Docker or Podman, or native devkitPro on Windows. The game runs on a Switch with Atmosphère and Homebrew Menu, launched in title mode for sufficient memory. Generated code needs substantial memory per compiled file.
The project reports handheld and docked play at stock clocks, around 26–30 fps in its measurements, with sound, saves, save states and mods. Testing focused on the opening island, Dragon Roost and surrounding sea; known issues are in docs/switch-port.md. CI tests desktop and Android runtimes with placeholder guest code; the Switch NRO is built and tested on hardware.
This fork retains ZeldaWWHDRecomp desktop and Android targets while adding a Switch platform layer and renderer. The author reports that Claude Code wrote nearly all Switch work under human direction and hardware testing.
Code is MPL-2.0. Vendored Cemu, uam, {fmt}, Dear ImGui, xxHash and metal-cpp retain their licenses; game content retains its owner’s rights.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{switchwakerhd-switch-port-case,
  title = {{SwitchWakerHD: a Nintendo Switch port of the Wind Waker HD recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/centollOS/SwitchWakerHD}},
  url = {https://github.com/centollOS/SwitchWakerHD},
  urldate = {2026-10-19},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/switchwakerhd-switch-port-case/}}
}

Plain text

SwitchWakerHD: a Nintendo Switch port of the Wind Waker HD recompilation. https://github.com/centollOS/SwitchWakerHD (accessed 2026-10-19). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/switchwakerhd-switch-port-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
INSTALL.md GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
docs/switch-port.md GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
THIRD_PARTY.md GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
.gitmodules GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
.github/workflows/release.yml GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
.github/workflows/linux.yml GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
LICENSE GitHub · centollOS/SwitchWakerHD · Revision 093c96c
https://github.com/centollOS/SwitchWakerHD/releases/tag/v0.4.7