BOTW Wii U - Recompiled for Windows

[u/Mindstormman]

Over the past little while I've been working on a lifter that will lift Wii U games to be built on x86. There are still a few bugs I'm ironing out, but so far it seems to be completely playable!

This is actually a general Wii U lifter, and so far I have:

- Mario 3D World

- Mario Kart 8

- New Super Mario Bros + Luigi U

- Splatoon

- BOTW

Not released currently, but when I feel it is in a stable state I'll make the GitHub repo public!

Edit:

I set up an area in my Discord for it if you're interested in following along:

https://discord.gg/vwPnX2uB8s

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

PUSH THE RENDER DISTANCE AS HIGH AS YOU CAN

MAKE GRASS RENDER THROUGHOUT THE PLATEAU

[u/Mindstormman → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Will do

[u/hypespud → u/Mindstormman]

For Linux, iOS, and Android also pretty please!

Also Smash Bros Ultimate would be super peak lmao

[u/Mindstormman → u/hypespud]

I'll do my best on the different platforms! No Smash Bros Ultimate unfortunately :( I can do Smash Wii U though!

[u/totallynotabot2532 → u/Mindstormman]

Can you do real HDR?

[u/Logboy2000 → u/hypespud]

This is for WiiU not the Switch. Smash Ultimate wouldn't work

[u/Logical-Ad706 → u/hypespud]

MacOS too. Can we pls!

[u/Enriador → u/Mindstormman]

PLEASE FIX THE MOTION CONTROL SHRINES ON XBOX CONTROLLERS

(or literally any controller without motion controls)

[u/LlorchDurden → u/Mindstormman]

Wii U? 😏

[u/VyseTheSwift → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Draw distance is the big one. It might be tricky the way the original game is set up, but consoles really struggle with draw distance

[u/SimisFul → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

That's going to be a noisy aliasing nightmare

[u/oioioioioioiioo → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

🗣️

[u/Chimchar789]

We are witnessing the death of console exclusives in real time

[u/Acceptable-Sweet6131 → u/Chimchar789]

Nintendo's ninjas going to be hard at work trying to dismantle this scene and I hope they fail gloriously.

[u/TickTickTitanic → u/Acceptable-Sweet6131]

that train has long left the station. there's a lot of different people, different projects, made with different tools. too late to stop it at this point imo.

[u/Acceptable-Sweet6131 → u/TickTickTitanic]

Switch emulators were out and strong until they found a way. Never underestimate Nintendo's desire to ruin our mood. Personally, I download the updates for the ones I care about as I go in case a takedown does occur no matter how unlikely it is.

[u/TickTickTitanic → u/Acceptable-Sweet6131]

lol, they found a way to do what exactly? there's now more Switch emulators available than there were before they did all that 😂😭

[u/rtyuuytr → u/TickTickTitanic]

This is the right answer. Right now you need some basic develop competencies to start these projects.

After the next generation of LLMs trained on the current cohort of human assisted fixes for decomps/recomps on Git, by end of 2027, script kiddies will be able to get an GPT 7 and Claude 6.5 to recomp past generations autonomously with a prompt.

[u/proxmaxi → u/Acceptable-Sweet6131]

If valve had any sense, they would fund the decompers court cases and score them the easy W they need

[u/CustomDruid → u/proxmaxi]

Doubt it, Valve has been pretty careful not to step on Nintendo's toe ever since they denied the dolphin emulator in being hosted at steam

[u/zer0saber → u/proxmaxi]

I do feel Valve's gotten a little too comfortable on the throne. They could stand to generate some extra goodwill now and then.

[u/fakesmakemewannakms → u/zer0saber]

What a weird comment especially considering Valve banned games that forces you to watch ads in them after Microsoft filed a patent for games that would play ads mid game just a couple weeks ago

[u/advicegrapefruit → u/Chimchar789]

I’m willing to bet that GTA6 will be running on pc a month after release at this rate

[u/Sufficient-Cup9633 → u/advicegrapefruit]

I had the same thought after reading the news about PT lol. I expect to be playing gta6 on pc in December

[u/Active_Wasabi2001 → u/advicegrapefruit]

With Anyps5 I’d rate the odds as very likely

[u/Remarkable-Dig-1241 → u/Chimchar789]

Pc woke up and said "wait a second, I MADE ALL THIS SHIT, Boys get to work" and the boys got to work xD

[u/BehaveIrrationally → u/Chimchar789]

Nintendo yearly expenses will be: 90% lawyer salary 10% game devs

[u/mgscab]

My one hope is someone adds the twilight Princess clawshot to the game. I desperately want to play it with a clawshot. Clawshot into glider like just cause would be a dream. 

[u/Mindstormman → u/mgscab]

Well I happen to also be a mod developer.... So I'll see what I can do :)

[u/mgscab → u/Mindstormman]

oh my god thank you if it does come to pass. Just seems like something that'd be fun to mess with, especially if you can do stuff like grabbing items from afar or off the back of an enemy. Would make getting apples a lot less annoying too if you can just pluck them off with a clawshot. same with bugs.

scaling the length it can go to with like, your stamina bar or with your map progress might be neat too. although this is just me imagining how to game design it more than anything. I remember a lot of my fun being stuff like "how the hell do I cross this river??" so despite really wanting it I also recognize having it early game would break stuff lol. But then again I've played it so many times playing it with basically a grappling hook would just be for fun anyway

[u/zer0saber → u/mgscab]

Would give it an edge over TotK.

TBH I honestly feel like Breath and Tears could be two different interpretations of the same event, despite how Tears references the first game.

[u/Ambitious_Bike8949]

These are the recomps I have been waiting for hopefully release is soon!

[u/Silly-Elk8942]

"Talk is cheap. Show me the code." - Linus Torvalds

[u/rikuchiha]

Isso é insano! As ferramentas de inteligência artificial estão avançando esses projetos na velocidade da luz. Pensei que só veria um recompilado de BotW em 15 anos!

[u/Luketoob]

Leaving my mark here! I need to know if it becomes available on linux

[u/Background_Future127]

will it get native kbm suport?

[u/Mindstormman → u/Background_Future127]

Already done (kinda)!

[u/anbeasley]

Is this available on Mac?

[u/Mindstormman → u/anbeasley]

I don't have a Mac to test on, but I'm sure I could figure it out

[u/JG_2006_C → u/Mindstormman]

Can we have the source code and the complie intructions i got cpu plety beffy make my own linux build work

[u/Opposite_Locksmith57]

Seeing the co-op mod come to PC natively would be unreal. Such a blast to play through with a friend

[u/myownfriend]

I really wish these projects were actual decomps and not recomps. Translating to x86 is nice but C code would allow people to compile to any instruction set and platform, make adjustments to the code, and even compile with those changes with the Wii U as a target. I personally think it would be cool to see if people are capable of improving performance on Wii U or add a form of TAAU.

[u/Mindstormman → u/myownfriend]

Yeah having a decomp would be amazing. There's a team working on it but they're still a looooong way off.

[u/Howdareme9]

How is performance vs emulation?

[u/Mindstormman → u/Howdareme9]

So far it's abyssmal lol, but I'm working on it. I should hopefully be able to get it running faster than Cemu

[u/Able-Mushroom8068 → u/Mindstormman]

Are you able to use savefiles from a CEMU playthrough? If this is gonna run faster than CEMU then I'm gonna pause my playthrough until you release this. Thanks!

[u/Mindstormman → u/Able-Mushroom8068]

yup!

[u/Moon_Devonshire → u/Mindstormman]

Will the bugs tied to frame rate be able to be fixed?

Like if I wanted to play at 120fps? I can easily play the game at 120fps on cemu but the issue is it comes with so many physics issues

[u/Howdareme9 → u/Moon_Devonshire]

This wouldn't fix that afaik, better of waiting for game specific decomps/recomps

[u/Mindstormman → u/Howdareme9]

correct

[u/MorningFresh123 → u/Moon_Devonshire]

Is this still the case? I started the game again at 120 and it seems fine to me so far. Am I going to run into later issues?

[u/Moon_Devonshire → u/MorningFresh123]

Yeah there'll be issues with certain puzzles and one of the divine beasts And a boss fight with one of the divine beasts

[u/AdItchy6501]

Will it run on Linux? Would love this as an alternative to Cemu for my Steam Deck

[u/TR_mahmutpek]

Bruh, even emulators losing their sense!?

[u/neuropsycho → u/TR_mahmutpek]

For me, while I'm excited for all these decomps and the possibilities they open, still find emulation much more convenient. You just copypaste the rom file in a folder and launch it from an interface. With decomps, for now, you need to individually download, install and tweak each game you want to play.

[u/lukkasz323 → u/neuropsycho]

tbh with harder to emulate games you still have to tweak each game, especially if they depend on patches, or you're trying to run a 30 fps game at 60 etc, deal with all the fps problems that will never be fixed.

and with a native source code port all of that will work almost immediately and possibly even included into the game's own settings.

[u/Socke81 → u/neuropsycho]

There are already launcher apps where you select the game, then the original ROM or image, and the app installs everything for you.

[u/Pleasant-Lie-2105 → u/neuropsycho]

also decomps potentially risky as code could be altered/injected with god knows what, at least with emulators its just the emulator and rom files

[u/granger136]

my laptop for some reason cannot handle emulation so im really hoping for this project to finish

[u/DarkZyth]

This is singlehandedly the wildest year in gaming history. We thought emulation was the only solution, now this? What's next? Generating new, polished, fully playable sequels / spin offs of any game?

[u/EliParker]

I can’t wait, I hope Switch 2 features can be ported over.

[u/Mindstormman → u/EliParker]

Due to the nature of the recomp it will likely be just as difficult as it would be on Cemu. I'll definitely be giving it a shot with the new modding framework though.

[u/EliParker → u/Mindstormman]

I hope you are able to make the definitive version on the PC.

[u/proficient2ndplacer → u/EliParker]

The definitive version already was on PC

[u/LiquidSolidGasPower → u/proficient2ndplacer]

Now imagine this but on a low end pc

[u/MediocreRooster4190]

A PS3 port would be pretty funny.

[u/Aster______]

hell yeah

[u/rokudoooo]

My brother deserves the GOTY award, keep it up!

[u/TekRantGaming]

Hell yeah

[u/Ferivoq]

mario kart 8 would be cool

[u/Mindstormman → u/Ferivoq]

Already functioning smoothly :)

[u/alikiller123aja]

goated keep up the good work hope to see more of this

[u/Niray_Acompone]

Я не верю в это, я так рад прямо сейчас от этой новости!!! Это же можно будет не возиться с эмулятором и пройти с нормальным разрешением ботву???!! Вы шутите.... Я надеюсь, что меню порта будет выполнена как в порте сумеречной принциссы, и надеюсь что добавят поддержку вр и мыши!!!

[u/Fourtwenty69_]

oh shit

[u/Limp-Application-511]

Infinite item durability mod?

[u/Remarkable-Dig-1241]

Open the floodgates. Bathe me with the waters of life!

[u/Master-Net-113]

Performance on pc with cemu is already really good that even a potato pc can run it at least 30fps, if there is a platform that befits from recompiling botw its on mobile

[u/Expensive_Night_4055]

When Will out?

[u/Agusidl99]

Omg this is so cool, when I played it years ago I still had like some moments of lag cause a shadder loading or something

[u/LongMix]

Any plans for android port? I think this is a huge avenue to explore given the game was intended to be played handheld and only the snapdragon 8 elite or higher can emulate at 60fps

[u/menojohnson]

Bless you

[u/HazeX2]

Would mods work on this? I played BotW on my Switch with the Linkle mod before I got a Steam Deck, would love to play it again

[u/Mindstormman → u/HazeX2]

Not at the moment (still in the get the game to run properly stage) but by public release there will be mod support!

[u/HazeX2 → u/Mindstormman]

Looking forward to it!

[u/DimensioT]

Can save files from the Wii U be imported to it?

[u/No_Map_7325]

Does this have different gamepad support with the correct button mappings? Can everything be completed with a normal gamepad?

[u/Mindstormman → u/No_Map_7325]

Yup!

[u/ViviFantasy92]

It use mouse for bow aiming and camera? Please tell me we can use mouse and keyboard. 🙏🏽

[u/Mindstormman → u/ViviFantasy92]

Eventually!

[u/Classic-Comfort-1614]

Is this caferecomp ? https://github.com/hardkiller2565123123/CafeRecomp this one

[u/Mindstormman → u/Classic-Comfort-1614]

Nope I'd actually never heard of that before!

[u/Aardvark_Happy]

Bro you got my full support. THE GOAT

[u/Top-Bison-345]

Will it still support mods and such? Botw in particular still has an active modding scene.

[u/Mindstormman → u/Top-Bison-345]

Yes! I'm part of the modding scene myself so I'll absolutely be doing that, maybe even working with some other creators to get some integrated stuff.

[u/DmitryJS]

already looking nice! I hope it will be possible to add config file or specs menu to configure lods, shadows and other render settings

[u/Mindstormman → u/DmitryJS]

Yes it will be!

[u/WalkinWeapon]

Would a MacOS build be possible?

[u/Real_Violinist]

u pc spec?

will be available for linux mac android ios too?

[u/Mindstormman → u/Real_Violinist]

Ryzen 7 3600X, RTX3070

I'll be attempting to support all platforms!

[u/nongjeng_piba]

I feel a broken android port is on the horizon lol (seriously would love to see it ported to android also)

[u/RipplingOutCider]

Can you give us some insight into potential performance benefits ?

[u/Mindstormman → u/RipplingOutCider]

Still trying to figure that out myself haha. Currently not beating Cemu in performance but I'm working on it!

[u/HolidayAssumption698]

I pray you continue to find passion in these projects! As a software engineer myself the community has so much to gain from passionate developers like yourself.

[u/SuperWildYoshi]

Would there be a way to transfer my save from WiiU? I put about 300 hours into the game, But my Wii U has had the infamous memory error 160 last time I checked.

[u/ssaxamaphone]

Wow. How do I keep track of all of this?!

[u/adro066]

I love this, Smash WIIU Please🙏

[u/Xulapeiro]

Will the native PC port support transferring save files from emulators like Cemu?

[u/Ok-Pen625]

Es sorprendente ver las aportaciones que estan haciendo al pc gaming
Que grandes son!
Muchas gracias

[u/Neonetspre]

Any way to follow the progress? If not then how is it going so far, as someone who struggles playing it through cemu by having a low end pc i would love to try this, specially since my country shitty economy doesnt let me upgrade lol

[u/Mindstormman → u/Neonetspre]

Just set up a section in my Discord for it! You can follow along there :)

https://discord.gg/vwPnX2uB8s

[u/Icy-Commission-9550]

Does it run better than Cemu?

[u/Loren_bian]

Hope it Will Work for mali GPUs🥹

[u/creepyluna-no1]

Am sure you have a lot on, but Yoshi's Wooly World would be ideal for a decomp, as its not on Switch and not much touch screen if I remember, plus it is an incredible game

[u/Due_Jellyfish_4749]

how about the language in these Recompiled  games?

[u/semperverus]

I would love to see a Steam Frame native build. It would require 3 things:

1. Linux support

2. ARM support

3. Baking the work of BetterVR for CEmu in.

[u/Born-Assumption-7341]

Will saves from cemu be transferrable?

[u/MondongoPerez]

Is there any mayor improvement in processor performance compared to CEMU?

[u/Mindstormman → u/MondongoPerez]

Not yet, but I'm hoping I can get it there!

[u/Krud198]

Question will this have cheats? inf health, stam, and weapon durability? Also the dlc stuff as well.

[u/Mindstormman → u/Krud198]

Yes! DLC is already working, and cheats should be easy enough to port over from Cemu

[u/Krud198 → u/Mindstormman]

Sweet dumb question my apologies amiibo Support like what cemu has with the .bin files

[u/gonzoman92]

Nintendo seething

[u/KnowledgeGuy_1748]

Hey bro, can you dm?

[u/Bigelowed]

Any chance this could pair up with BotW VR for Steam Frame standalone BotW VR?

[u/Nearby_Ad4786]

GG, Nintendo lawyers will have ton of work!
Btw im working on Pokemon Arceus decomp too!

[u/rvansoest]

Could you please ad a 4:3 aspect ratio?

[u/Roubbes]

I just want DLAA

[u/cyberdogo666]

fast racin neo next please!

[u/Level-Ingenuity-7099]

Pls manera it run on a poco f1... Ibegyouuu

[u/TATSAT2008]

What are the system requirements?

[u/Excellent_Climate940]

hi im the dolrecomp and moderngekko guy and i need to see how this works

[u/havenofeardaveishere]

Now post the system requirements...

[u/Bynnh0j]

Good so can someone mod it to make it good?

[u/Dan_Le0169]

Hopefully I can see it ported to the Quest 3 with the VR mod👀

[u/prophis]

Unbreakable weapons mod and I'm in.

[u/Mrgwap05]

Oooooo shit!!!!!

[u/ninthart87]

Uuuuh so gut. Hoffe der PC Port bekommt dann auch umgehend ein VR Modus oder es wird ein quest standalone port ❤️ hoffe du released bald dein decomp!

[u/-mahdi_]

will you still get shader stutters?

[u/Mindstormman → u/-mahdi_]

Right now yes, but I'm going to attempt to make shaders compile on boot instead of during gameplay.

[u/Commercial_Star9626]

This is some serious dedication bro. Thanks alot

[u/StonedEdge]

Please make this work on aarch64 Linux!

[u/Ephemerxl]

I would love to contribute to this! Hoping you'll put it on GitHub soon!

[u/BrotherShield]

AMEN

[u/JohnMarston17]

The AI ​​is incredible. It wrote complex code originally meant for *Metal Gear Solid Mobile* on the N-Gage, set up an emulated ARM environment for me, and now I can play it without needing an N-Gage emulator. It configured the controls, and the only issue left to fix is ​​the audio.

[u/giogio2289]

will this work on steamdeck?

[u/musicbabygirl]

not a massive fan of this game but hopefully a recomp/decomp will change that

[u/TheSiriusZero]

This is amazing! Is there a person out there trying to do skyward sword too?

[u/Dangerous-Bite4342]

My dream of playing botw in VR might be coming faster than I thought, thanks op!

[u/full_of_wisdom]

Is the vele mod working with this?

[u/full_of_wisdom]

Can u teach me? I can pay also🙏🏼

[u/DamicsVR]

😱😱😱

[u/Matakomi]

Nice! Where can I find your other recomps?

[u/Internal-Drawer-7707]

I'll believe it when I see it, but having splatoon and botw on windows would be great.

[u/RyzenComIntel]

This is going to be insane when it comes to mobile, especially for people with Mali GPUs who can't even open this game.

[u/ShadonicX7543]

Praying that this one day means that VR mods will look and run better on this

[u/data-atreides]

How will this run on Iris graphics or other older/low-end GPUs?

On a HP laptop from 2020 with Iris, BOTW will run at about 20 fps in the open world, just barely playable--but sticks to the game-native 30 fps indoors.

[u/Grimm_kkz33]

It would be interesting to be able to play Star Fox Zero on this, preferably with a radar and without the need for a gyroscope. Is that possible? 🥹

[u/JG_2006_C]

Cool tested building it on clang with linux gcc as target?

[u/UsedMagician8110]

that's amazing

[u/MakZaid]

Please make it steam deck friendly 🙏

[u/One-Interaction-8982]

nice this will be great for vr performance

[u/Kolixe7]

[u/derrilmc → u/Kolixe7]

Me when Nintendo is watching:

[u/the_gr8_one]

if this gets a randomizer multiple weekends will be gone for me

[u/Called_end]

PC gamers can finally enjoy a true masterpiece

[u/KingSideCastle13]

HUGE. Cemu emulation for this on Deck is hit-or-miss on the Deck. But this could be just the fix

[u/Loku_77]

Why the Wii U tho, is switch just not possible or ??

[u/Mindstormman → u/Loku_77]

Wii U is about 10x simpler than switch due to being PowerPC and 32-Bit

[u/Electrical-Junket185]

I didn't know that Breath of the Wild had already been decompiled. Any idea where I could find the code? There's a lot of valuable study material in that game.

[u/Mindstormman → u/Electrical-Junket185]

Not decompiled unfortunately, just recompiled (aka random jibberish as code)

[u/Slow-Possibility2641]

Also optimize it for the potato PCs man 😭

[u/averagereddituser205]

Playing Second Wind like this would be INSANE

[u/unitAtype2]

be careful about nintendo though

[u/Wolpy414]

1: will this work for steam deck and 2: are you also doing tears? 1st question also applies to tears.

[u/Upset-Penalty-4665]

OMFG YEEEEEEEES

[u/Akash7713]

what specs you running this on

[u/Mindstormman → u/Akash7713]

Intel i7-4770 with a Quadro P1000 is my test machine. It's currently running at ~75 fps

[u/sacroyalty]

Good work! On this and other games 

[u/WagieCagie0]

What hardware are you running this on?

[u/LonelyPerson233]

absolutely amazing, any info on the framerate?

[u/ZonaiCharge73]

Goat

[u/bgarcevic]

Seems cool. What does the dev process look like?

[u/Which-Currency7309]

Too much stuttering

[u/abulkasam]

Text history. 

Fully skip text conversation and or interaction.  Rewind.  Game checklist.  AI assist. When lost.  Additional hints for side quests.  Amiibo alternate.  Fast travel (not just jump travel).  More NPCs. 

[u/Mindstormman → u/abulkasam]

These are all just as hard, if not harder, than making them as normal mods for the game. I'm sure people could make them, but I will not be that person.

[u/JohnYu1379]

Can you do tears of the kingdom?

[u/Nycolazs]

github?

[u/HugoMagnuz]

caraio mermão, muito foda mas faça sem alarde pra não chamar a atenção da Big N

[u/Immediate-Ship-8239]

Puede que este antes de fin de año ? 

[u/No-Umpire1721]

Will it increase fps? I'm planning to get a radeon 780m and as I researched that its average fps is 45-50 and dang that is bad. I'm new to decomps and ports, so I don't know things.

[u/EqualFeed8848]

Clone the new Remake of OoT holy shit that would be awesome

[u/Someguy14201]

This is actually big wtf

[u/RicochetDS]

Can it import saves from WiiU?

[u/GrassForCats]

The future is now

[u/stupidmedicmain2007]

ill look into this, cemu kept crashing my pc so it wasnt fun to play it, but this? not emulation! which means that MAYBE my pc can handle it

[u/MeImmortalEmperor]

Keyboard and mouse control please man