There are multiple reasons why emulators, ESPECIALLY Citra, aren't allowed. This has already been answered multiple times (https://www.speedrun.com/nsmb2/thread/wma6n, https://www.speedrun.com/nsmb2/thread/wqjbx ), but I'll explain anyway.
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The Loading times. They are very inconsistent, and while I do think that having a separate category/leaderboard for emulator is nice, even THAT comes with it's own problems.
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The PC required to even RUN Citra properly. I'm using an M1 Mac for crying out loud, and Citra STILL doesn't run properly at the lowest resolution. Even if you do somehow manage to get a PC powerful enough to run Citra, the leaderboard would be very unfair because people could get better times, but still get worse on the leaderboard due to lag.
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Frame Advancing, Save Stating, Changing Emulation/ CPU Clock speed, etc. All of these can be used to cheat in a run very easily. You're probably wondering, "Super Mario Bros. has strict rules on emulators, why not this game?" Well The Super Mario Bros. leaderboard has 20 Mods. TWENTY. This leaderboard has three. Even assuming that they accept emulators to a strict extent, why would they go out of their way to check the emulator games when the ALREADY crack down on the "Official Release" Runs?
I'm sure many have heard the news that Twitch is cracking down on users that have more than 100 hours of uploaded content on Twitch. This affects plenty of speedrunners who might have used Twitch for submissions or simply to store runs. If this change actually comes into effect (April 19th is judgme
