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MKW-THWOMP

Static recompilation of Mario Kart World (Switch 2) to native Windows with Vulkan. The Intro renders , graphical issues still ; not playable yet. No game files included.

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GITHUB · launched Nov 9, 2026 · 129 upvotes (top 35%) · 0 views

Niche: game decompilation and recompilation tools · 196 launches, 19 in the last 7 days ▼ -5% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags
  • Media & entertainment
  • Dev tools
  • Prosumer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project

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Could you build this?

No Static recompilation of a Switch 2 game with a working renderer requires deep reverse-engineering and graphics expertise that vibe coding cannot substitute for, and the project is not yet playable.

What it would actually take: A real version needs disassembly and lifting of ARM64 binaries into C or C++, reimplementation of the Switch 2 OS and GPU APIs, and translation of NVIDIA shaders and command streams to Vulkan. It also needs a large body of debugging against the original hardware behavior. This is a multi-year effort for a team of reverse-engineering and graphics specialists, and it depends on game assets the user supplies.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 853 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #304 of 854 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 349 days after the earliest competitor.

  • mkw-recomp · github · 2026-11-09 · 665 upvotes · similarity 0.75
  • dkb-pc-recomp · github · 2026-11-01 · 211 upvotes · similarity 0.65
  • kartnative · github · 2026-11-01 · 54 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • BotW-Native · github · 2026-10-23 · 255 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • Switch2RECOMP · github · 2026-11-10 · 112 upvotes · similarity 0.63
  • mkwii-ps5 · github · 2026-09-21 · 48 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • totk-pc-recomp · github · 2026-10-29 · 3835 upvotes · similarity 0.60
  • xc2-recomp · github · 2026-11-02 · 156 upvotes · similarity 0.59

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