There's now a Zelda: Breath of the Wild native PC port, and early reports suggest it runs surprisingly well

Published Oct 23, 2026, 1:10 PM EDT Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his career, he worked as the technology editor at the Financial Post and Postmedia. He's based in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, he's written thousands of articles. Patrick has also interviewed dozens of tech industry executives and covered GDC, E3, Gamescom, WWDC, Apple keynotes, Samsung Unpacked events and more. Patrick has a BA in journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Summary A nearly entirely AI-made Zelda: Breath of the Wild PC port has arrived. The PC port was created nearly entirely with Claude Code, but the code was reviewed and tested by humans. Quality-of-life features include DLSS, FSR3, VRR, and 30-120fps. We've seen the fast-growing, AI-assisted retro and modern video game port scene expand rapidly over the past few days, with even Switch titles like The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening and Pokémon Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee getting static recompilations. Now, a more high-profile Nintendo title has been given the static recompilation treatment: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The team behind the project says that Savage Wind Recomp is based on LASRecomp, the Link's Awakening recomp that recently dropped. As expected, there's a note right at the top of the Savage Wind Recomp GitHub page stating that "nearly all of the code, tooling, and reverse engineering and documentation" in the project is written with Claude Code, though the project was "directed, tested and reviewed by a human." The game is described as "playable," including the Shrine of Resurrection and The Great Plateau, but it's unclear if there are any game-breaking bugs that pop up at some point. It reportedly runs at 60fps with sound, voice, the HUD, and saving and loading on moderately powerful hardware. Key quality of life features include DLSS, FSR3, and VRR The port requires you to dump your Zelda: Breath of the Wild Switch cartridge As is the case with all the recently released PC port recompilations, Savage Wind Recomp requires that you own a copy of the game that you've dumped from your own Switch cartridge (it needs to be version 1.8.2). Of course, this file can also be acquired elsewhere, but that's not something I condone and is illegal. Like LASRecomp, the Savage Wind Recomp requires an extracted Switch .NSP file. Quality of life features include support for higher and lower framerates, including 30fps, 60fps, 90fps, and 120fps. There are also PC-specific features like DLSS, FSR3, and VRR. Early impressions on Reddit from users are pretty positive, with a few stating that they were able to get the game running relatively smoothly at 60-70fps on high-end hardware. The project is still in a very early state, but it's interesting to see a more high-profile Switch title get a PC port. I haven't tried Savage Wind Recomp myself yet, but I hope to take it for a spin this weekend. One thing is for sure, Nintendo likely isn't happy about how quickly these ports are being pushed out. It's worth noting that The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild already runs pretty solidly through various Switch emulators, and that there are several mods available for the Wii U version of the game through Cemu. Still, a native PC port could open up the door for more comprehensive mods and lower overall hardware overhead if it eventually gets more optimized.