Hi there, I just have a quick and hopefully simple question. I'm very interested in trying out this speedrun, and I've watched the recent developments go wild. However, I don't have a NES that I can play this on. I bought the game on Wii VC but I noticed that NES is the only available console option (and I'd rather not play on emulator). If I did runs on the Wii, which is the same game as on the NES, would my runs be accepted?

The Wii is emulated so it's not the same as the NES unfortunately. Additionally I don't know if the starting encounter values would be the same. If you have some time hit me up on discord, if you can get me some video of your first encounters after power on I may be able to work out what's happening. If it looks like things are going to work for it I can speak with the other admins about getting that option added to the leader boards.