Case study

Whippy: matching decompilation of Kirby's Return to Dream Land

Whippy reconstructs Kirby's Return to Dream Land source for the USA and Korean Wii releases, comparing rebuilt main.dol files byte for byte with the originals. Its documentation covers the game's MetaFortress checks, linker code merging, object splits and matching workflow.

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: 1
Last commit: 2026-10-21
Language: C++
License (GitHub): CC0-1.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Requires the user's own copy of SUKE01 Rev 0 or SUKK01 Rev 0 game data.
Prerequisites: Requires Python and ninja; the first build obtains the toolchain.
Limits: Decompilation is in progress; compiler settings for library code remain estimates.
License: CC0-1.0 license.

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BibTeX

@misc{whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case,
  title = {{Whippy: matching decompilation of Kirby's Return to Dream Land}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy}},
  url = {https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case/}}
}

Plain text

Whippy: matching decompilation of Kirby's Return to Dream Land. https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case/

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Primary sources

README.md GitHub · Etrainquandt17/Whippy · Revision 2abb43f
docs/code_merging.md GitHub · Etrainquandt17/Whippy · Revision 2abb43f