It was brought to the attention of the community that the menu after selecting New Game that asks if you want to enable or disable rumble can be skipped if you use a controller that does not support the rumble feature. The menu simply does not come up at all after selecting new game. In order to attempt to keep things fair between both, we have decided to remove that text option menu from timing. As such, the rule has been changed as follows: "The timer starts after the last text box on the menu that asks if you want to enable or disable rumble after you select new game from the title menu. Make the selection and start timer after clearing the final text box before the intro scene starts. If you use a controller that skips the rumble menu, then you simply start timer on selecting new game."

This rule change does not impact the current runs on the leader board as the time difference is negligible. Just keep it in mind for future runs. Now, please note the following: -There is a small loading difference in the opening cutscene starting between new game and clearing the final text box on the rumble menu. If this matters to you, I would suggest using a rumble controller because the loading is slightly faster from the rumble menu versus new game from the title menu. The reason for this is more than likely because the game has to unload more things from the title menu. -The differences have been looked at on GC and Wii courtesy of Pandora. It's less than a second of loading difference but results are below for those interested. In the end, it's been determined the loading difference is not significant enough to cause a problem because the game has too many RNG related factors for it to matter. If two runs happen to be close enough in time, they would certainly be looked at to determine if this loading made a difference. This would be on a case by case basis.

• On GC: last rumble text box loads 0.7 seconds faster than New game
• On Wii: last rumble text box loads 0.6 seconds faster than New game

If any questions regarding this rule change, you may ask in the Discord or respond to this forum post. Thank you for reading and your cooperation.

Up until this point there were no restrictions on which version of Dolphin could be used for runs. However, from this point forward Dolphin 5.0 stable is banned for all categories. No action is going to be taken against runs already on the leader board using this version. Just keep it in mind going forward.

You can use one of the beta versions of Dolphin. The most recent beta version has been a good suggested version to use. However, there are others that work. Version 5.0-11229 has been confirmed to work fine as well. If you're not sure please ask in the Discord. Also, if you're experiencing issues with lag or performance in general with another version please let us know so we can try to assist. The point of this rule change is to make things more fair between console and emulator so we want everyone to be competing on an even playing field. Thank you for your cooperation on this.

This is a disclaimer regarding the 100% category as an issue has been found after a runner was unable to obtain the three secrets. The issue is related to the four giant monster battles. They can re-spawn and the game may not count them as completed. Research is being conducted now to determine what is causing this as it has not impacted every single runner. At this point we believe it to be related to doing another trigger after beating the monster battle such as getting into an encounter or sleeping at an inn. Just be advised of this issue for now. More information to be posted later once we know for certain. You may also check the Discord as well for more info.

Update: The issue with the giant monsters is not yet entirely figured out. Specifically with the current route, Obispo has re-spawned for more than one runner now. We do not know why this is happening but are still researching it. Obispo is the last giant monster fought in the run. It would be in your best interest to save and reset after defeating him to confirm that he has not re-spawned or it's been suggested that entering and exiting the bridge of the Delphinus can also confirm this. If you have issues getting the three secrets to appear and you are sure you have done everything, please check Obispo first to make sure he has not re-spawned.