# WiiCompiled: a Mario Kart Wii static recompilation port for Xbox UWP

> WiiCompiled's Xbox UWP port builds the static recompilation of Mario Kart Wii as a packaged application for Xbox Series consoles. It adds fixes for MSVC compilation and AppContainer startup, Direct3D 12 rendering through aurora and Dawn, memory use, and controller mapping; the author reports play on an Xbox Series S in Developer Mode.

- 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/itzjuan612/WiiCompiled-Xbox-UWP>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/itzjuan612/WiiCompiled-Xbox-UWP/blob/a33d500aed620ba8351bfccd7701098d637cfc88/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wiicompiled-xbox-uwp-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/wiicompiled-xbox-uwp-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/wiicompiled-xbox-uwp-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Supply your own legally dumped PAL RMCP01 Mario Kart Wii disc image.
- **Prerequisites:** Xbox deployment requires Developer Mode, a signed UWP package and game data on external USB storage.
- **Prerequisites:** The UWP application must be registered as a Game for the documented memory budget.
- **License:** GPL-3.0 License.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/itzjuan612/WiiCompiled-Xbox-UWP/blob/a33d500aed620ba8351bfccd7701098d637cfc88/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/itzjuan612/WiiCompiled-Xbox-UWP/blob/a33d500aed620ba8351bfccd7701098d637cfc88/LICENSE>

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