Recomp / RE tooling / Nintendo Switch
SwitchRecomp
MZ Labs' static recompiler for Switch games: a Python tool translates the ExeFS from ARM64 to C and builds a native module, and a C runtime emulates Horizon OS services and the Maxwell GPU with an OpenGL renderer and optional Vulkan one. It is the runtime that the Metroid Dread and Metroid Prime 4 ports are built on.
Tool Not stated releasedFacts
- Original
- Nintendo Switch ARM64 games
- Platform
- Nintendo Switch
- Method
- Tool
- Provenance
- Not stated what this means
- Status
- released
- Licence
- AGPL-3.0
- Team
- MZ Labs
- Started
- 2026-11
- First release
- 2026-11
- Runs on
- Windows, Linux
- 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 you own. Recomp never links to ROMs, discs or game data.
This project was rebuilt by MZ Labs. Facts last checked 2026-11-11. Suggest a correction
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