Case study

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Switch source reconstruction

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 reconstructs C++ source for the Nintendo Switch game's version 2.1.0 ARM64 executable. The workflow uses Splat to divide the binary, Ghidra to inspect code and symbols, and objdiff to compare recompiled objects with the user's dumped executable.

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: 3
Last commit: 2026-09-26
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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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

Prerequisites: A legally owned game copy and a dump of the specified version 2.1.0 executable are required.
Prerequisites: The documented toolchain includes devkitA64 v16.1.0, Python 3, Splat, Ghidra and objdiff.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{xenoblade-chronicles-2-case,
  title = {{Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Switch source reconstruction}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/masterofshadow90/xenoblade2-decomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/masterofshadow90/xenoblade2-decomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/xenoblade-chronicles-2-case/}}
}

Plain text

Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Switch source reconstruction. https://github.com/masterofshadow90/xenoblade2-decomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/xenoblade-chronicles-2-case/

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README.md GitHub · masterofshadow90/xenoblade2-decomp · Revision 4803d39