Hi! I've been considering picking up this game pretty soon, but I'm curious about a couple of things. Firstly, why is there a category for "RULES" when it can just be entered in the settings to appear on each level? And secondly, would it be possible to split each IL into Any% and All Star Coins? Thanks in advance.

This is a complicated issue. Using real time can and will be inconsistent because of loading times, but the alternatives aren't much better, if at all.

One option is to add up all the individual level times to get a final time, but this discounts time in orbit, the Tower, etc. All inventory management would have to be done during a level and the Tower would be banned (which really isn't helpful for new game runs).

Another option is to use real time, but then go back through and remove loading times. Not only would this be incredibly tedious, but how would we account for - as an example - inventory management during the flight sequence before a mission? Is that loading time then added back on?

I'm very much open to suggestions here.

For now, I think the best rule for Any% NG is to restrict the use of DLC weapons. It alters the early game way too much and certain weapons are exclusives that you can't get anymore. I'm happy to hear other opinions though.

So Any% Co-op: is it viable, and if so, how/where do we define the starting point of the run?