Hi all! I plan to start running Super Mario 64 in the near future and I am currently wondering what version is fastest for each category.
I know NTSC-J is fastest for 120 star, due to a star in JRB not being in a box in NTSC-J, as opposed to NTSC-U and I know NTSC-U is fastest for 70 star (I believe due to faster text?)
However, I cannot find clear sources on the fastest versions for 16 star, 1 star and 0 star. I believe I heard once that NTSC-U is (very slightly) faster than NTSC-J for 0 star due to faster text as well. Yet most 0 star runs seem to be ran on NTSC-J instead.
Also, what about 1 star and 16 star? Shouldn't NTSC-U technically be slightly faster because of faster text? Why are these categories ran on NTSC-J mainly?
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