Yeah that would work. And I think that the rules should state that it has to be a star opponent

Yeah. how do you try to submit a category for a run?

How do you try to submit it as a category?

It's also something that you could do in a run of 79, 96, all episodes, NMS, or hoverless run, since the only requirement is that all three races happen only once and in a single run. We could also make it where you could do the gelato race after you finish an any%, provided you don't reset the game. It would be an annoying thing to really grind out, but since everyone has practice with Piantissimo, it won't take much more to optimize the run. I think enough people would do a run a day or something to fill the leaderboard and keep it competitive. If it really is competitive enough, then it will be worth it to grind it out going through Delfino or with practice codes.

It'd be something to figure out, which is why I think category has a lot of potential and a lot to optimize

I was thinking that a potential category could be an exhibition match. I was thinking an ace level star computer (your choice), and best of 3 sets (or best of 5 if enough people would run it). It would start when you select the court and end on game, set, and match. I think it could be a good category because it takes out a lot of RNG and requires you to actually be good at the game. Let me know what you guys think.

Yeah there is a lot you could do with the special games. Artist on the court and mecha-bowser have some good speedrun potential. An all special games would combine that and the ability to win at each event, because most of them are timed. All tournaments and All special games are pretty good categories, 100% would be a good but miserable category to run, so I don't know who would run that.

I was thinking that since the Piantissimo levels are pretty free (except in 120 shines), there could be a quick category where you do the 3 Piantissimo levels to get the quickest time to the flag. The rules would be that it has to all be in one run and only one try on each level. The timing would be easy since it gives you the time, and the run would take about 2 minutes. People could even use the time from an all level shine or hoverless run. I think that this could be a competitive category that is easy to do. Let me know what you guys think.