# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl/blob/b6d9e12b045e0ee921758651229cf4381552f92b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/tomodachi-life-3ds-decomp-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/akiramusic000/tl/blob/b6d9e12b045e0ee921758651229cf4381552f92b/README.md>

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