Hey there Mario fans! I am very new to the speedrun community, long time SM64 player. I know the leaderboard for 16-star is all played on N64, and I do love the feel of playing on the OG console. However, I have been practicing my 16-star on Nintendo Switch Online as this is not the shindou version allowing me to finally hit a sub-30 minute run. My question is - if I were to record a run for the leaderboard, 16-star with No LBLJ ran on NSO, what tab/category would I be looking at posting into? If this isn't an option, I have no problem getting good on the N64. Thank you, and see y'all in Bob-Omb Battlefield

you would submit your run as VC and platform would be switch. Personally i'd do what I felt comfortable with then you can always switch to n64 when you want to :)

yeah the N64 tab is obviously for N64, the EMU tab is for an emulator, and pretty much every other console would go under the VC tab

The leaderboard for 16 Star (and all other categories) is not solely played on N64. As the two previous responses pointed out, you can submit your NSO runs as VC (Virtual Console) Switch runs. You can either submit your 16 Star runs to the main 16 Star category or the 16 Star No LBLJ category extension (or even both). If submitting to the main 16 Star category, there are two "Platform" fields, the first of which you'd select "VC" and then select "Switch" in the second field.

It's pretty straightforward, but if it helps, here's a written guide on submitting runs: https://ukikipedia.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=RTA_Guide/Submitting_Runs_to_Speedrun.com&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop

Good luck!