I'm thinking about running this game, but I have the cartridge version, and not the digital one. Will I bet at a significant disadvantage?

Hey there, I run a Melee-dedicated Discord server at https://discord.gg/melee and I have a speedrunning channel.

I'm not aware of any other Melee speedrunning-dedicated Discord servers out there, so I figured linking to this one is better than nothing.

I'd like to stress test routes and stuff over voice chat with anyone who's willing, for example.

Would mods consider adding the Discord to Category Extensions and the main Melee Speedrun.com page?

Could there be a speedrun category for defeating all enemies or getting all Pikmin in the Pikmin demo?

The full disc has the demos of Melee and Pikmin on it.

"Dairantou Smash Brothers DX Jitsuen-you Demo"

I'd love to run this. Any chances of it? I know it's pretty obscure.

Hello! Who should I talk to about creating a new speedrun category? This wouldn't qualify as a category extension, since I'm using unmodified Melee on console. Basically the requirements are unlocking every character and stage in the game. The category rules are: 1. New save file required, 2. Run starts on the first black frame after the Melee intro screen, 3. Run ends either at the “Mushroom Kingdom II is open: it's the dream world, Subcon!” message or “You've cleared all 1-P Event Matches!” whichever one is later.

My full run which is under 9 hours can be seen here:

It should satisfy all of the requirements of the broader game rules, was single segment, all game audio is audible, no mods / cheating were used, and I didn't use the Master Hand glitch. I used a Melee 1.02 NTSC disc on Wii in progressive scan mode.

Thanks in advance!