Case study

Tekken 5 × Tekken 3 Merge: Tekken 3 characters reconstructed in Tekken 5

Tekken 5 × Tekken 3 Merge adds five Tekken 3 characters to a statically recompiled Tekken 5. Its tools extract programs from the user’s discs, analyse them with Ghidra, generate Rust code from instruction sheets, and convert models, movesets, animations, and portraits for the expanded roster. The project documents patches and character-specific findings in its merge plan.

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: 0
Last commit: 2026-10-27
Language: Rust

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Provide your own Tekken 5 (USA, SLUS-21059) and Tekken 3 disc images to generate the game code and converted character data.
Prerequisites: Install Python 3, a Rust toolchain, Ghidra 12.1.4 with ghidra-emotionengine-reloaded 2.1.38, and ghidra-cli.
Limits: Character-data conversion has no one-command pipeline yet; some helper scripts retain developer paths as defaults.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{tekken5-t3-merge-case,
  title = {{Tekken 5 × Tekken 3 Merge: Tekken 3 characters reconstructed in Tekken 5}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-t3-merge}},
  url = {https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-t3-merge},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tekken5-t3-merge-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tekken 5 × Tekken 3 Merge: Tekken 3 characters reconstructed in Tekken 5. https://github.com/MrPrinceYL/tekken5-t3-merge (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tekken5-t3-merge-case/

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README.md GitHub · MrPrinceYL/tekken5-t3-merge · Revision 7ae82b9
merge/PLAN.md GitHub · MrPrinceYL/tekken5-t3-merge · Revision 7ae82b9