That's a thing, and even though it's a port, it does have enough differences to be its own thing. (for example, 1 difficulty, plus it has puzzle mode, which can be its own category) Plus, it's on the PS2 collection disc, so it's not too hard to get in multiple ways.

Hello! I am a speedrunner who owns Mean Bean (Game Gear) on both the Xbox collection and the 3DS Virtual Console. I personally prefer the Game Gear variant of the game, and wanted to see it get a category or board, so I did a few runs and got my pb so far uploaded to youtube. (It's slightly low quality, because external recording of a 3DS), but here it is

If a leaderboard or category gets made for the game I may do more runs to get the time lower, and I may do a Puzzle Mode run.

I'm not sure if [user deleted] actually ended up asking about this before being deleted, so I'm just going to ask again if a board or category for the Game Gear version of the game can be created (Scenario Mode and Puzzle Mode)

I would love to do speed runs of the Game Gear port. I love both versions equally.

Hello! I have sent a request to get a separate leaderboard for the Game Gear version of the game. I'll let you all know when I receive an answer of if the game request gets accepted or rejected.

Hello! We have currently made a board for Mean Bean on Game Gear and it's over here! https://www.speedrun.com/drmbm8bit

Thanks!!!