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  "added_at": "2026-11-09",
  "additional_evidence_urls": [
    "https://github.com/Yotona/twewy/blob/3f916f1a2d31f29bd7ec6fd89f3a87b696e79b9b/docs/asset-format-analysis.md"
  ],
  "category": "reconstruction-cases",
  "class": "game",
  "description_en": "The World Ends With You reconstructs the Nintendo DS game's code for its US and Japanese releases. The project builds from user-supplied ROMs and documents asset formats including PACK archives, graphics, text, fonts and tables.",
  "description_zh": "该项目重建 Nintendo DS 游戏 The World Ends With You 的美版和日版代码。构建依赖用户自备 ROM，并记录 PACK 归档、图形、文本、字体和表格等资源格式。",
  "entry_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case/",
  "entry_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case/",
  "evidence_class": 2,
  "evidence_status": "observed",
  "evidence_url": "https://github.com/Yotona/twewy/blob/3f916f1a2d31f29bd7ec6fd89f3a87b696e79b9b/README.md",
  "group": "cases",
  "id": "the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case",
  "json_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case/record.json",
  "kind": "case-study",
  "markdown_url": "https://awesomerea.org/resources/the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case/index.md",
  "markdown_url_zh": "https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/the-world-ends-with-you-ds-case/index.md",
  "name": "The World Ends With You: reconstructing the Nintendo DS codebase",
  "name_zh": "The World Ends With You：重建 Nintendo DS 游戏代码",
  "reconstruction_method": "decompilation",
  "record_type": "resource",
  "relationship": "independent-reconstruction",
  "requirement_facets": [
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "prerequisites",
    "license"
  ],
  "requirements": [
    "A legitimately obtained US or Japanese .nds ROM is required for its corresponding build.",
    "Windows or Linux, Python 3.11+, GCC 9+ and Ninja are required.",
    "A byte-matching build also requires an ARM7 BIOS copy.",
    "CC0-1.0 license applies to repository code."
  ],
  "requirements_zh": [
    "构建对应版本需提供合法取得的美版或日版 .nds ROM。",
    "需要 Windows 或 Linux、Python 3.11+、GCC 9+ 和 Ninja。",
    "逐字节匹配的构建还需 ARM7 BIOS 副本。",
    "仓库代码采用 CC0-1.0 许可证。"
  ],
  "scope": "unknown",
  "targets": [
    "game"
  ],
  "url": "https://github.com/Yotona/twewy",
  "verification": "source-reviewed",
  "verified_at": "2026-11-06"
}