Hi, i was just wondering where a good place to start speedrunning this game would be. My main questions would be:

1. Are there any must know strats, like ways to kill enemies really quickly or glitches that cut off a crapton of time
2. What difficulty do I play on?
3. I'm just starting out so I'll be using the english version, is it worth the investment to find a jpn version of the game online or will my time not be affected that much?

If theres anything else I should know before jumping into speedrunning let me know, This game has always had some of my favorite movement and combat of the pre-3D era and I wanted to give speedrunning a-go :).

1. there is a few skips you can learn, some easier than others(RRA base has a few easy one that skip fights), Pilaf's Castle has a semi hard one. Just a matter to learn. Another good strat is during the fights, in the tournaments it is best to push them in a corner so you can do an extended combo(watch a video for this), during normal boss fights, you can use an infinite combo strat that consist of doing a jump into a down kick into 2 neutral attacks and then repeating the jump part. Another trick is during the rock breaking minigame and the boss of the Muscle Tower, you can use the spin attack to break the wall and the rock falling from the sky faster than doing any combo.

2. lowest difficulty is fine

3. JP is better overall for textboxes, the time saved is minimal but if you can get one then why not.