What is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an open-source decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported. The original game ran on Wii.

Do I need the original game files to run The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?

Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy. An existing copy of the game is required to extract assets from.

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

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Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported.

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About

The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is a 2011 action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Wii, chronologically the first game in the series' internal timeline. This is a work-in-progress decompilation of Skyward Sword for Wii, currently supporting only the NTSC-U 1.0 (USA) release. It contains no game assets or assembly code; building it requires extracting the game's data partition from your own disc image using the Dolphin emulator, then compiling with Python and ninja.

Known issues & limitations

platform: Currently only the NTSC-U 1.0 version (USA) is supported.

What you need to run it

Original game files required. The project ships code only; you provide your own copy of the game (Wii version). An existing copy of the game is required to extract assets from.

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FAQ

What is The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?: The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is an open-source decompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. Source code reconstructed from the original game's compiled binary, so the game can be understood, rebuilt and ported. The original game ran on Wii.
Do I need the original game files to run The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword?: Yes. The project does not include the original game's assets, so you need your own copy. An existing copy of the game is required to extract assets from.