Basically you have to beat the game with using cappy as little as possible. This includes even throwing him. I know it probably is a bad idea but I think it sounds cool and challenging.

I know min cap throws is a thing in low%, but iirc the general consensus is that there's not much interest in doing it as a speedrun.

This just seems like a more annoying mincaps, so even more of a challenge run over speedrun category. In 1p this would basically mean doing as much possible capless besides skipping unnecessary captures which need the use of cappy, and being forced to first try anything involving cappy which just seems like an absolute pain to try. In 2p the limit is 0 capthrows bc you can get cappy off mario's head without throwing him, but still it's annoying to have to do that every single time a capthrow wants to be performed. Sure it's interesting, but I doubt anyone would find enjoyment in running the category with fast as possible in mind.

this was runned by Fir in both 1p and 2p ways (or even mixed, not sure what he did) i dont think there was a lot more of interest tho beside him btw https://www.speedrun.com/smoce/thread/ze0h9 that

yeah this is basically just min caps but worse and i don't think people would enjoy running it

Yea, I’m pretty confident this is min caps but slightly harder. But I also think that was be as challenging as like Superstar Mode. So… It COULD be a decent category.