Case study

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: matching decompilation of the Switch executable

xc2-decomp reconstructs Xenoblade Chronicles 2 version 1.0.0 C++ for Nintendo Switch and checks functions against the original AArch64 executable. Its Nix environment provides Clang 3.9.1 and analysis tools; check compiles reconstructed functions and reports byte differences. The author reports 37,087 of 48,739 named functions matched.

Targets: Binary · Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 10
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C++

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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

Requires a user-supplied Xenoblade Chronicles 2 version 1.0.0 XCI dump and matching console prod.keys.
Requires Nix with flakes enabled; the development shell supplies the compiler and analysis tools.
The author reports 37,087 of 48,739 named functions matched.

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BibTeX

@misc{xc2-decomp-case,
  title = {{Xenoblade Chronicles 2: matching decompilation of the Switch executable}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/KevinBonnoron/xc2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/KevinBonnoron/xc2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-decomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: matching decompilation of the Switch executable. https://github.com/KevinBonnoron/xc2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-decomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · KevinBonnoron/xc2-decomp · Revision 0386b12
AGENTS.md GitHub · KevinBonnoron/xc2-decomp · Revision 0386b12