Case study

Tomodachi Life: an early 3DS decompilation

Tomodachi Life is the target of an early 3DS decompilation with C++ source, symbol splits, and a build pipeline. The setup uses the USA Rev 1 code.bin and exheader together with armcc; the source tree currently contains only a small amount of reconstructed code.

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: 2026-06-17
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Supply Tomodachi Life USA Rev 1 code.bin and exheader; the README gives the code.bin SHA-256.
Prerequisites: A copy of armcc is required.
Limits: The decompilation is a work in progress with only a small source scaffold.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case,
  title = {{Tomodachi Life: an early 3DS decompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl}},
  url = {https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Tomodachi Life: an early 3DS decompilation. https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · akiramusic000/tl · Revision b6d9e12