Case study

XCX Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

XCX Recomp statically recompiles Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition for Nintendo Switch into a Windows x86-64 executable with a Vulkan renderer. It is a fork of TotK Recomp. The project page says a new game, cutscenes, and gameplay run at 60 FPS by default, with a settings range of 30 to 360. XCX-Setup.exe builds the game from the owner's base-game files, the 2.0.0 update, and a key file. Add-on content is optional. Play starts xcx.exe. F1 opens settings and F10 opens the performance overlay.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 276
Last commit: 2026-11-08
Language: C
License (GitHub): MIT

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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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

Windows 10 or later, an x86-64 CPU with AVX2, and a Vulkan 1.3 GPU with VK_EXT_external_memory_host. About 36 GiB free during setup. The owner's base game, 2.0.0 update, and key file.
License: MIT for this project's own code.

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BibTeX

@misc{xcx-recomp,
  title = {{XCX Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/jmars125/xcx-recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/jmars125/xcx-recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-07},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xcx-recomp/}}
}

Plain text

XCX Recomp: statically recompiling Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. https://github.com/jmars125/xcx-recomp (accessed 2026-11-07). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xcx-recomp/

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README.md GitHub · jmars125/xcx-recomp · Revision 7b2337a