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12CAudience · developerComplexity · 4/5LicenseSetup · hard

In one sentence

A homebrew wrapper that runs the original Angry Birds Classic game on a Nintendo Switch, using files from your own legally owned copy.

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    What it does
      Loads native game library
      Fakes Android JNI layer
      No game code included
    Tech stack
      C language
      devkitPro toolchain
      Switch homebrew
    Use cases
      Play owned game on Switch
      Motion and mouse controls
      Multi language support
    Audience
      Switch homebrew developers
      Owners of the original game
    Requirements
      Your own APK files
      64 bit library only

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Run your own legally owned copy of Angry Birds Classic on a homebrew-enabled Switch.

USE CASE 2

Play the game with Switch controls, motion aiming, or a USB mouse.

USE CASE 3

Switch the game's UI language using the built-in configuration file.

USE CASE 4

Build the wrapper from source using devkitPro's Switch development tools.

What is it built with?

CdevkitProSwitch homebrew

How does it compare?

chanseyisthebest/angrybirdsclassic_nx0xhossam/uncannyalexanderpach/low-latency-audio-pipeline
Stars121212
LanguageCCC
Setup difficultyhardhardmoderate
Complexity4/55/54/5
Audiencedeveloperresearcherdeveloper

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · hard Time to first run · 1h+

Requires extracting the 64-bit game library and assets from your own legally owned APK copy.

So what is it?

This project is a native wrapper that lets the original Angry Birds Classic game run on a Nintendo Switch through homebrew software. It is important to understand what it actually contains: no game code and no game assets. Instead, it loads the game's own native library file and rebuilds, in native code, the small layer of Android system calls the game normally expects to find, things like a fake Java environment, graphics context, audio device, and input handling. You have to supply the actual game library and asset files yourself, taken from a copy of Angry Birds Classic that you legally own. To use it, you copy the wrapper's .nro file onto your Switch's SD card, then place the game's library file and its full assets folder in that same location, both extracted from your own copy of the Android APK. There is a specific folder layout the README lays out, and it notes the 64-bit version of the library is required, the older 32-bit version will not work. Once running, the game can be controlled with the Switch's joysticks, buttons, motion controls for aiming, or even a USB mouse in handheld or docked mode, with sensitivity settings that get remembered automatically. The wrapper also supports several UI languages, either following the Switch's system language automatically or set manually through a configuration file, covering languages such as French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and both simplified and traditional Chinese. Building it from source requires devkitPro with its Switch development tools and several supporting libraries. The project credits its underlying loader infrastructure to an earlier open-source Switch port of a different game, all under the MIT license, and it separately bundles two small public-domain libraries for compression and encryption used by an optional language patching feature.

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Prompt 1
Walk me through the folder layout needed to run this wrapper with my own game files.
Prompt 2
Explain what a native JNI wrapper like this actually does versus containing game code.
Prompt 3
Help me set up devkitPro and the switch-dev packages to build this project.
Prompt 4
How do I change the in-game language using the config.txt file this project creates?

Frequently asked questions

What is angrybirdsclassic_nx?

A homebrew wrapper that runs the original Angry Birds Classic game on a Nintendo Switch, using files from your own legally owned copy.

What language is angrybirdsclassic_nx written in?

Mainly C. The stack also includes C, devkitPro, Switch homebrew.

How hard is angrybirdsclassic_nx to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated hard, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is angrybirdsclassic_nx for?

Mainly developer.

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