BARSReaderGUI

Basic program for reading and exporting data from Nintendo's BARS file format.

Usage

Select "File" at the top, then "Open..." then select the BARS you wish to read. image

You can extract the sound or meta with the two buttons on the bottom right after selecting an asset from the list on the left.

Compatibility

This has been tested with:

  • Super Mario Bros. Wonder
  • The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
  • Splatoon 3
  • Animal Crossing New Horizons
  • Splatoon 2
  • Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

The above games definitely work, but any little endian BARS file of version 1.1 or 1.2 should work just fine as well.

Credits

NativeReader class from FrostyToolSuite

Zstd compressed files support provided by ZstdNet

Lastly, the awesome Nintendo-File-Formats wiki for it's documentation on the BARS and AMTA formats