Hey all, I know it has been awhile. First off, I want to say that after testing load times between Gamecube, Dolphin, and the Wii (both with Progressive Scan Mode on and off) offline for awhile now and talking it over with the other mods for awhile we are allowing Emulator runs to be on the leader board by default.

But it comes with a caveat though, while I was testing out the load times, there was a small, but distinguishable time save for Emulator which is constant compared to consoles. Its nothing spectacular by itself but it does add up. The loads going into areas, out of areas, fade in and out of menus and into and out of battles, Summed up on average a run will save roughly 55 seconds compared to the Wii or GC

The GC is almost like Dolphin but still has fluctuating time saves compared to emulator which can be more steady in the double battles, Also the Wii may be the consistently slowest overall with progressive scan mode turned on causing loading times to increase

So, if we will state right now that emulator runs will be allowed on the leader board, but any run under 2:05 will have to be done on console either Wii or Gamecube, a ~50 second time save at that point is a lot to compete against at with that range, so please be aware of this. This shouldn't be too much of a issue right away, but I want this to be addressed from the get go and not sprung up on people when they run this game. As of posting this, no Emulator run has gone below sub 2:09.

We didn't feel like we should just add X time to Emulator runs since the times are still unknown based on computers and performances, just as of right now we do know that the load times between Emulator and Wii and GC are different enough where we are comfortable to allow them on the Leaderboard by default, but we feel this is a good compromise to help new runners get on the Leaderboard.

If there are any questions be sure to let me know, I'll be working in the background for awhile getting things updated resources/guides wise and what not for the Speedrun page, as well the Custom Robo Speedrunning discord, which should now be linked on the page. (:

I can only really post from the runners side of things due to me being quite busy during the actual event.

But yourself and the staff seemed to be on top of things (from the discord messages and what not) and set up was quite easy for streaming and it was a really chill setting to be in. The chat seemed really nice and the event was a great watch. as a runner I would definitely want to submit games to you guys again in the future.

Also as Wafu pointed out, you advertising in other discords helped spread the marathon (and even reminded me that I had a race coming up) So thanks for that.

Best of luck with future events. (:

Sure thing. 100% is getting all the monsters seen in Koh Sister's book, Getting all 7 girlfriends, building and doing all town buildings and events and then finishing by getting to the top of the tower and grabbing the Ultimate egg. Bookless takes out the book part, so you don't need to get a snowman, clown, Flame, Block etc.. to evolve them to fill out the book.

the RNG is already super heavy, finding and duping Roche fruits to grab eggs(or finding the eggs in the tower) and raise the monsters to level 20 is a bit of a hassle. So bookless takes out that. which reduces the potential time for a run considerably. I hope that explains it. (:

Hiya!~ The run is way to dangerous for marathons. When I was at RPGLB last year, I asked a few people about it and its way to random to be in a marathon for any current category.

but I am doing a few attempts now and then but I'm still routing on my off time the 100% Monsterless route.But I'd be really open to doing 10f 20f and 30f and full tower runs, since those ones are much nicer to do runs with.

Cheers. (:

Good to hear. (: best of luck to you!

Heya,

I took a look around the forums and didn't see a thread about this. Since the switch has now paid online, the "Nintendo Entertainment System - Nintendo Switch online" collection of NES games were launched I've been playing Donkey Kong NES on and off. I was wondering if the switch was a valid platform for speedrunning Donkey Kong. And if it is, could it be added to the platform list?

cheers. (:

Same here, been wanting to run it since it was announced, but I have to wait till Friday to pick it up. ): But I have no problem in helping if you need extra help (:

I can't believe its been so long since I made this versus making a forum post. Awhile ago, I made a walkthrough for new runners interested in seeing what this game is like as a speedrun and what goes into each day. I divided it up mostly by the days in the game.

If you have any questions, or requests for further videos or follow ups please ask and i'll do my best to fulfill those requests.

Here is the link to the playlist. (: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLraTclMiZq5dAOvDZVxqTkrMQkFPBqs3S

So I tested it on my ps3 today, and it does work on console. I recorded my entire test of what you commented on in your post, and this is a excerpt from the description of the video.

Brief rundown of this video. o - You CAN use this clip to enter the tower without triggering the initial KEWNE conversation. o - You can bring in more than 5 items at once into the tower, but ONLY when you do talk to KEWNE. Otherwise it will not let you through with more than 5 items. Also once you talk to KEWNE his prompt is gone and you don't need to do the glitch anymore to enter the tower. o - You can skip the tutorial of the game for the the tower on the first floor since there is no dialogue on future visits. o - If you can use this during a speed run, there would be time saved, but not having a monster would be troublesome for the initial and potential only climb of the tower. o - Placing a egg in KEWNE's slot in the Monster hut will give him the sprite of KEWNE but the stats and the like of the monster placed there.

Thing I want to test later. o - What happens if you have 20 items in your inventory and KEWNE joins you? o - What happens if you beat the game without ever talking to KEWNE? o - Is there a warp somewhere else in town which can be used for something else?