Hope this hasn’t been asked before. I couldn’t find an answered this in the forums already, but I may have just missed the thread. I’m a bit new to speedrunning, so forgive me if I don’t know a lot.

My question: What is the ruling on switching who is player 1 and 2 when doing a 2P run? For example, if I did it with a friend who is really good at being Mario in Bowser’s Kingdom, while I’m better in Luncheon, could we trade controllers between kingdoms? Or do we each have to stick to an assigned character (Cappy or Mario)?

I’m pretty sure it doesn’t matter. I think you’re free to switch.

as long as you follow all the rules you can change controllers whenever you want

I agree with what has been said above, I think you are free to switch BUT if you want to be 100% sure and not take any risks, you should still ask a moderator about it

The rules dont say its forbidden so i think its allowed

Yes, that is allowed.