# 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.

- 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/Etrainquandt17/Whippy>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy/blob/2abb43f36085f6aa8c1447774d8eed3a1732d38d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/whippy-kirby-return-to-dream-land-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy/blob/2abb43f36085f6aa8c1447774d8eed3a1732d38d/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/Etrainquandt17/Whippy/blob/2abb43f36085f6aa8c1447774d8eed3a1732d38d/docs/code_merging.md>

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