# Pokémon XD: matching GameCube decompilation

> This repository is a decompilation of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for GameCube. The goal is a matching retail binary. Supported versions are GXXE01, USA revision 0, and NXXJ01, the Japanese demo disc revision 0.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/TeamOrre/xd-decomp>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/TeamOrre/xd-decomp/blob/be1a9c54bdd24f3d2b37681f7c9ef0a76aa4a374/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xd-decomp/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/xd-decomp/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/xd-decomp/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- Copy the disc image to orig/GXXE01. Accepted formats include ISO, RVZ, WIA, WBFS, CISO, NFS, GCZ, and TGC. Then run python configure.py and ninja. Another version is selected with --version.
- The README names no license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/TeamOrre/xd-decomp/blob/be1a9c54bdd24f3d2b37681f7c9ef0a76aa4a374/README.md>

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