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Build apps from your own supported Switch game files on a Mac, for iPhone, iPad or Apple silicon Mac. Compatibility depends on the game profile and build.
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Before you start
- Platform
- iPhone / iPad · iOS / iPadOS 26+; Apple silicon Mac · local build
- How to start
- Build required
- Game files
- Bring game files
File requirements
Supply NSP files from your own game, required updates/DLC and your own prod.keys. Build locally on a Mac with Xcode and Homebrew. The iPhone/iPad route produces an unsigned IPA for separate signing and sideloading; Apple silicon Mac uses the Mac app route. Generated packages contain game-derived code and resources for personal use, not redistribution. No commercial games, keys or ready-to-install game packages are supplied here; check your rights to your files.
Based on public documentation; full builds and playthroughs have not been tested. Project documentation 
What it recreates
Runs supported Switch game code on Apple chips while replacing the platform services and graphics calls it expects. It started from generic components of d2r-mobile by joe jiang (@happyjoejiang), which the project credits as its upstream foundation.
What’s different
Adds switchable 2D/3D touch layouts and physical controller input. Saves and logs are accessible in Files. Graphics are cached after first use, so entering a new scene can briefly stutter; this is not a new version of the original games. Online features and amiibo are not supported.
What you can use today
Check the author’s current game-status table and each game profile before building. Tears of the Kingdom is now reported playable on iPhone; its 60 fps option requires update 1.4.3 and does not guarantee that rate on every device. The Mac app route uses --platform mac-app and opens from Finder on Apple silicon. An iPhone report does not establish Mac compatibility.
Sources & notesSources checked:
Checked the author’s README, Mac development guide and Tears of the Kingdom profile at commit ec4ea16 on 25 October 2026. Compatibility and performance are author reports; RemakeList has not built, installed, played or independently verified them.
Source Project documentation Mac app build instructions · Upstream d2r-mobile · joe jiang (@happyjoejiang) · Third-party components and license notices Sources checked: 2026-10-25 · Based on public documentation; full builds and playthroughs have not been tested.