Hi, i'm unsure what's the guideline for adding a porting to a game. What's the rule of thumb to consider it a indipendent game entry. More specifically I was asked by a runner to add a Game Gear category for the Road Rash Genesis game entry (which I am the moderator of). The porting is the "same game" (besides the technical downgrade of it being a handheld porting) but the gameplay feeling and the times are not comparable. Should I ask him to request it as a new game of the series?
(the series mod is not reachable. I noticed one of the games in the series used variable subcategories to handle multiple consoles, but I'm not sure it's the generally advised way to do it)
Please read this from https://www.speedrun.com/gamerequestrules under "Naming and Multiple Consoles"
Games existing on multiple consoles may or may not have multiple boards. In general, if the versions and ports of a game are comparable by some metric, they are generally contained in the same board. If they are not very comparable due to significant differences, then the game may be given multiple boards, grouping comparable versions and ports appropriately. Common examples of comparable versions are SNES/Genesis, and PS2/Xbox/GC. Comparing a SNES game and a GBC game in the same board is probably not useful due to the engines running much differently.