In my opinion, this category is needlessly strict and should be renamed to Perfect%. With the current 100% rules, it is impossible for Annalynn to not get a perfect score so I think the name makes sense. A new more forgiving 100% category should be added:

-Must start from a fresh save file

-The officially displayed time will be in real-time, due to the nature of this category.

-Using practice mode is allowed

-Timer starts when the intro cutscene ends, and time ends when Annalynn collects the last color palette

-More specifically, If you collect the last palette by getting a perfect score in practice mode, time stops upon collecting the last pellet. If you collect the last palette by completing the game without any continues, time stops when Annalynn lands the final hit on the boss.

-You must have a full video of your run in order to qualify. Screenshots of a final time will unfortunately not be accepted.

Extra rule?

• After the run is finished, you must show that you have collected all of the color palettes

This makes the category much easier, you could still go for a perfect% run but if you mess up and die or accidentally miss an enemy, you can re-do it in practice mode afterward. What do you all think about this?

You could always still add up the in-game time including the re-dos but it would probably be much easier to just run 100% normally instead of playing on Practice Mode

It could be timed like that, the only problem is that it would take a lot of adding up after the run is over. Let's say you start a run and complete 6 perfect levels and beat the boss without using any continues, then do the remaining 9 levels in practice mode. That would require you to add up 10 different IGT counters to get your final time.

These are great suggestions imo, the current rules were made rather quickly anyways. Cruise and I agreed on them about 30 minutes after the page was verified bahaha. Glad we've got you two to help. I like the idea of a 100% and a Perfect%. The only thing is the time, yeah. That may be a category that we have to time specifically in RTA. I'm only 3 days into this whole modding a Speedruns.com page, so I'll see if I can make a 100% with those rules that excludes the game time slot

Edited 100% rules. Lmk what y'all think