After a couple discussions within the discord server over the last few years, the Brawl speedrunning community have come across a temporary test for emulation on this leaderboard. It will be permanent if enough interest is shown throughout set periods of time.

On July 30, 2021, a new emulator subcategory for Subspace Emissary (Any% EMU) will be created. This subcategory will be reassessed after 2 months on September 30, 2021, for a possible 3 month extension up to the end of 2021 if new runner activity (not just runs) meets the criteria that will be set by the Brawl speedrunning community.

*Edit 9/30/21: Although there have only been a few runs submitted, there has been some activity of interest from runners to learn the game through EMU and submit to the subcategory. Because of this, as well as the tournament that SpeedGaming will host this November, the Subspace Emissary Any% EMU subcategory will remain and another reevaluation will take place first thing in 2022.

If this new emulator subcategory succeeds by the start of 2022, it will be permanent and other subcategories (NG+ EMU, 100% EMU, EMU subcategories for other gamemodes) will be created if not already from a possible demand. We hope this temporary (and optimistically permanent) addition for more accessibility on this leaderboard encourages people to run Brawl.

*Edit 1/1/22: It has been decided that Emulation will be allowed permanently, as there is a slow yet increasing amount of emulator runs being submitted. If emulator for any other real-time category begins to have demand and runs, they will also obtain EMU subcategories. Categories that use In-game time allow EMU runs and will not have a separate place on the leaderboards.

Cool

I'll post a run whenever I return from my vacation

Just bumping the thread, the Subspace Emissary Any% EMU subcategory will undergo an extension and be reevaluated at the start of 2022.

Bumping again, emulation is permanently allowed on this leaderboard. There are no restrictions regarding specific dolphin builds, but if any issues surface in the future then discussion in the discord server will be had.

Is emulator allowed on classic mode board or no?

Any category that does not have an In-game timer present will not be combined with EMU times, so currently no. However, if there is enough people that would want its own EMU category, a couple runs from different runners is necessary to show that it is wanted.

It would be awesome to allow emulator in every category imo, the only thing that stops me from playing is having to setup my wii, capture card, laptop and go to another room to play on my CRT. I know you guys have probably discussed this a million times but yeah...