So I want to know what people's thoughts are on ACE if it is determined that it cannot be done on console or on virtual console. So far I have attempted to recreate the credits warp or any warp at all for that matter on versions 1.0 and 1.1 gameboy color carts with no success. I believe there to now be a consistent way of checking on console with a method I will post below:
The only other platform I haven't tested is the 3DS Virtual Console as I don't have a JP system to try it out. If anyone has or knows of anyone who has one that could test this, we could know whether it is emulator exclusive or not. Perhaps I am also being dumb and not doing it right on console and someone could try it out now for themselves too to see :)
Personally if ACE is EMU only then I believe it should be added as a MISC category with a write up in the rules saying which EMUs and ROMs this is possible on. It's a fun category and people do like running it.
if ACE is emu only(and i got told that it could be done on console), then it is banned, we dont need a category for Emu only.
"[ACE is] a fun category and people do like running it.", all three runners? :P
I believe that there is considerable consensus that if something is EMU only, it can't be an "official" category. The bigger issue is that we need someone to test out the console versions of the game... Which might take a while.
So... get on that testing!
(Unproductive post to feel important).
I have been attempting the ACE on my LADX v1.0 cart as well with no success. I really don't understand why ACE would exclusively work on emulators, especially when ACE works perfectly fine for LA running on console. I also noticed there're are some small differences between the doghouse world in emulators and consoles with sprites, though I have no idea if this actually effects the ACE.
Regardless I agree ACE should be banned from Any%, atleast until there is proof that ACE can be preformed on console or a new console viable ACE technique is found. Fingers crossed :]
Alright thanks for testing that Yippyo :) I have done some more testing in regards to the 3DS VC version of the game which I have been pretty unsure about. I discovered that even on a 1.2 US Rom with any filename (on emulator) you can still warp to the opening of the game from the chest so I decided to try it out on my 3DS to see if I could do it on that as well.
Thankfully 3DS VC has a save state feature built in so I could do many attempts without any backtracking. Every time it would instantly crash and there were no graphical changes on the screen or any kind of warps to the opening or anywhere else. I know this isn't JP 3DS but I feel like it's a close enough test since it works on emulator for US 1.2 to get to the opening.
I don't run any%, but I believe ACE should be banned and assumed emulator only, until such a time where it can be proved with video evidence that it can be done on console.
I don't know why we have ace allowed in the first place :( For speedruns, tricks should have to be proved doable on console first :/
