So what would the rules be if this was a category? What items should we buy from each shop (The exclusive shops and normal shops)?

Normally if a game allows any kind of emulator it will say it if you click on the "rules" tab on the Leaderboard. You can also tell if next to the platform it says "emu" in Brackets.

In short, no

We have entire sites devoted to this already http://www.mariokart64.com/mkw/

Just to be a little more explicit with that... the rules say that ZSNES and Snes9x 1.43 are banned. Almost any other emulator will be legal, but the most common are higan, Snes9x 1.53 or greater, and Retroarch.

The top runners tend to play on original console to reduce input lag, but a ton of us in the community play on emulator, it's certainly not uncommon.

quadruple post, that's something new.

on topic: don't know any games that allow dolphin other than mario sunshine, but even there the runs get hidden by default.
conclusion: if you want to run something, get the console.

This is currently not a feature on srcom. RT and IGT are used universally for the whole board. That means that if I was to change it to IGT then that would affect Full-game categories, which currently take priority over ILs. Sorry.

Super Mario Bros.

Speedrunning

Mario Kart Wii

Overwatch

Super Metroid

Super Mario Odyssey Category Extensions

What emulators are allowed?

Level Leaderboard Bug?

Can I play the Mario All Stars Version on the Wii?

Can we get a level leaderboard for Time Trials?

New Category: Shop%

What Games Allow Dolphin Emu?

ControlPro

marcine

ABJEENZZ

Plune

Donkey Kong (NES)

Don't Shoot Mr Charles

Lichess

Europa Universalis IV

Seterra (Old Version)

Bee Movie Game (DS)

Minecraft (Classic)

Master of Orion (2016)

Ball 3D

Bingus Horror