Zelda: The Wind Waker HD native port (Wii U recompilation)

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What it is

The Wind Waker HD is Nintendo’s 2013 Wii U remaster of the GameCube classic. Until now the only way to play it on PC was the Cemu emulator.

ZeldaWWHDRecomp, started on 1 October 2026, is “a static recompilation of the Wii U version (USA or European) that runs natively on macOS (Apple Silicon), Linux, Windows and Android”. Its README explains the approach: “The game’s PowerPC code is translated to C ahead of time, the Cafe OS libraries the game uses are reimplemented natively, and GX2 graphics are implemented directly on Metal (macOS) or Vulkan (all platforms), with no Cemu runtime and no GPU command emulation.”

The project has three parts: the port itself; a decompilation of the game’s code into readable C++, which the port can already run in an experimental “decomp build”; and a mods catalogue installed from inside the game.

Current status

• Status: Working, developing very fast. The repository was updated on 3 November 2026, with development builds almost daily.
• Latest release: 0.5.0, 29 October 2026, for Windows, macOS, Linux (x86-64 and aarch64) and Android (arm64 and x86_64). It moved settings into the game’s own pause menu, added floating touch sticks, an item wheel and a handheld mode, improved bloom, textures and frame interpolation, and added HDR on Linux and a Meta Quest theatre mode.
• Switch: the SwitchWakerHD fork, v1.1.0 on 2 November 2026, which builds the homebrew on your computer from your dump.
• Android extras: the ZeldaWWHDRecompAndroid fork (v0.9.8, 26 October 2026) with touch layout editing, an item ring, Picto Box and song helpers, and Lossless Scaling frame generation.

What you need

• A dump of your own Wii U copy of The Wind Waker HD, USA or European (the Android fork also takes Japanese), as a disc image (.wud or .wux) with its keys, or a Cemu .wua archive. The README is explicit: the repository “contains no game code, no game assets and no keys”.
• A computer: Windows or Linux (x86-64 or arm64) with Vulkan, or an Apple silicon Mac.
• Or an arm64 Android phone; the setup app extracts the game and builds its code on the device (once, taking a few minutes).

We do not link, host or explain how to get game files or keys.

How setup works (overview)

Wind Waker HD versus the GameCube port

There are two different Wind Waker ports. This one is the HD remaster (2013, Wii U). The original GameCube Wind Waker (2002) has a separate PC port built on its decompilation: see Wind Waker PC. Pick the version you own and prefer.

Common problems

• Dump rejected: use the USA or European Wii U release; the Switch fork also needs version 0 without the update.
• Shader stutter: 0.5.0 reduced it; it fades once shaders are built.
• Mac support: Apple silicon only; Intel Macs are not supported.

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