Recomp / RE tooling / Nintendo Switch
NX (nxrecomp)
Shared recompiler, runtime and setup tools that turn Switch games into native x64 Windows programs, grown out of smo-recomp, with Metroid Prime Remastered 1.0.0 as the first released game (downloads still in the older MetroidPrimeRemasteredRecomp repo). The author's Pokopia port uses the same toolchain.
Tool Not stated releasedFacts
- Original
- Nintendo Switch ARM64 games (Metroid Prime Remastered)
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch
- Method
- Tool
- Provenance
- Not stated what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
- Team
- drakolordx7, w2c
- Started
- 2026-10
- First release
- 2026-10
- Runs on
- Windows
- Needs the original
- Yes: you supply your own legally obtained copy
How to get it legally
This project ships code only. Build or download it from the official repository, then supply data from a copy of Nintendo Switch ARM64 games (Metroid Prime Remastered) you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by drakolordx7, w2c. Facts last checked 2026-11-11. Suggest a correction
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