I'm not sure if it's a thing, just a guess. You could try reinstalling the game to see if that fixes it

That could be it - although I'm not really sure. When did you get your Wii U? It could be an older Wii U and that's why it loads slower. For reference, I got mine in 2015 I think

As far as I know, WIIU VC is the fastest way to load the game - that's how I've pretty much always played.

I used to use this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N2YT0QT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The buttons weren't amazing but the d-pad was good enough for me

I believe it would be faster! I will update the guide - good find!

so fishing for ideal boards at the very beginning is allowed? Like someone could constantly reset until they found a board they liked and run with it? Also, any game over, even if accidental, causes the run to be considered manipulated?

Would it even be considered a glitch or manipulation? From the little testing I did, it appeared that the levels are generated based on the frame, (from power on) when you start the first level. If you don't reset the console between levels then the next level you play will always be consistent, assuming you always start on the same frame. Starting on the same frame isn't terribly difficult since you can just mash start when you power on the NES.

neat! good find - I also believe that Bowser Junior can bean the Kritters which would also help for those missions

If you do a mock run and send it in to me, Ill take a look at it and talk with the other mods to see their thoughts on it. Personally I'm not sold on it, just because the requirements for some of the shops is super minimal( Wario City is one mission) but I'm open to convincing

RGC I usually check for runs daily or every other day. If its a longer run like all characters, then I may not get to it immediately, but I'm normally good at getting things verified quickly.

OddPandemonium, when you submit a run choose the selection "Wii U Virtual Console" under the platform selection box.

Id be down for some races sometime - shoot me a dm or something and we can plan something out

I agree - there is no easy way to track times for individual levels, so there is little to no point of having them. Maybe adding sections of 0-5, 0-10, 0-15, 0-20 if we wanted more categories

You can filter runs by platform to only look at runs that were played on the Wii or WiiU

I think itd be neat personally - i would definitely grind levels

I say create a new sub-category for this. It doesn't encourage gameplay imo and is different than a regular 0-20. Just my two cents though

all star captains would be the same as all captains but forcing the lineup to have all the captains - all star characters would take a while but would be very fun in my opinion since you have to use so many different lineups against bowser

you can game over or reset the console without being penalized - you can also change speeds mid run

i thought some triple moons werent required - maybe im remembering wrong but if so, then it would be any% + the triple moons that you go out of the way for. All the bosses are not required as far as i know so any% and all bosses are different categories. I would personally like different categories for all the crazy cap stuff because it would make things a tad more interesting, everything from CC would require all regional coins so not all 3.

a few ive been thinking of are All moons All special coins All bosses All Outfits? All triple moons All enemy captures All souvenirs