Case study

XC2 Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles 2

XC2 Recomp statically translates the Nintendo Switch game Xenoblade Chronicles 2 into a native x86-64 application for Windows and Linux. Its setup extracts the user's game and update files, lifts ARM64 code, and builds a runtime with Vulkan rendering. The author reports that the early build reaches the title screen and runs through the opening battle into Goldmouth.

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: 278
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

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Evidence

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

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: A user-supplied Xenoblade Chronicles 2 base game, final update, and console prod.keys are required.
Prerequisites: Windows 10 or newer, or Linux 6.7 or newer with glibc 2.34; an AVX2 CPU, Vulkan 1.3 GPU with VK_EXT_external_memory_host, and about 25 GiB of setup space are required.
Limits: The project is in early development; custom aspect ratios and VRR are planned.
License: MIT licence for the project's own code.

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BibTeX

@misc{xc2-recomp-case,
  title = {{XC2 Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles 2}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

XC2 Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles 2. https://github.com/AksharDP/xc2-recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xc2-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · AksharDP/xc2-recomp · Revision 17682a2
docs/installer.md GitHub · AksharDP/xc2-recomp · Revision 17682a2