I came up with an individual level to complete stage 1 as fast as possible. It would be easy to run, but hard to break the record.

The following is a timing plan. Timing: from the moment when "GO!" starts blinking to the moment when an attack that reduces the opponent's life to zero hits.

I am considering adding this to the leaderboard. Please let me know your opinion on this.

Thank you for your run.

If you want improve your record, I recommend you read guides(https://www.speedrun.com/twinkle_star_sprites/guides) and view the formation commentary articles for a better understanding of the game.

The formation explanations are listed below. Order: oldest first

•503. “攻略動画”. 金沢空攻技術開発. http://503sprites.sakura.ne.jp/7000/7200.html

•gonta STM. “TWINKLESTAR SPRITES (BEGINNER)”. YouTube. 2017. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCfZZ90kvRTFJrmyBxh-wbg/videos

•r_parenthesis. “ティンクルスタースプライツのパーフェクトの取り方動画集”. Twitter. 2018. https://twitter.com/i/events/1070322020582219778

•ZillionBrain. “Twinkle Star Sprites Formations Guide”. YouTube. 2020. (English only)

•r_parenthesis. “編隊について (工事中)”. GitHub. 2022 https://github.com/r-parenthesis/TSS/blob/main/formations/readme.md

At 7:35 the video skips over 3 seconds. In this case, I added that time and verified your record, but please keep in mind that depending on the category and where the video skips, runs may be rejected.

The old regulations did not include a run on ACA NeoGeo. Future changes in the regulations may result in the record being revised to 9:01.766.

現行のルールは古く、アケアカNEOGEO版での記録を想定していませんでした。今後のルール変更に伴って、記録が9分1秒766に修正される可能性があります。 (修正されない可能性もあります)

"NeoGeo Game" is considered as one of the PS2 ports of Twinkle Star Sprites. The runs in NeoGeo Game should be treated on the leaderboard of the original version.

I've made some changes to the categories.

The "Normal StoryMode PC" category should be merged into the "LEVEL4" category. Can a super moderator move the records from a category to another? If even a super moderator cannot do it, can I delete the "Normal StoryMode PC" category?

I have changed that setting. Can I make the changes described above after I become a moderator?

I plan to run Character Mode of Twinkle Star Sprites on Dreamcast. Could you please reorganize the categories accordingly? I think it's unreasonable to divide the categories by hardware. My research has revealed that the difficulties for the Steam version correspond to levels 1, 4, 6, and 8 respectively. I think it would make sense to combine both Story Mode and Character Mode together and divide them by difficulty level. In character mode, I think it would be good to start measuring the moment the player selects a character.

I'm not the moderator, but I can definitely say that the fast forward is allowed. R-Trigger is a mere shot button, and every version of Twinkle Star Sprites has the fast forward. Use it and run!