Great run! I can really see all the improvements you've been making all come together.

Ok! I went through the Story Mode category with a big overhaul. I updated the rules, I updated all the runs to their IGT using the new rules.

I couldn't update Valyssa's VH run or Kevinherofree's run on Normal because both videos seem to be down on twitch. RIP I also had to download E-Dragon's Run on normal because it seems to be glitched out or something on Youtube and wouldn't show me the full video.

In terms of rankings, nothing really changes on the Very Hard side. But we got some doozies on the Any Difficulty side.

• CGN is back on top.
• Valyssa shoots back up to 3rd and Medzy falls down to 5th place. Despite Medzy's run being faster than E-Dragons by 36 seconds in Real time, the run itself is actually only faster by just under 1 In-Game second.
• Aeri and FalcoGX swap places.
• In my Very Hard, First Person, under the influence run I reset 25 times including having to redo Chapter 1 for skipping a cutscene. Figuring out the IGT for that was neat.

But there you have it! Any questions or concerns, I'm all ears.

I could help chip in, and I'm glad this topic is being brought up again!

Yeah it would definitely be a hassle to record IGT for Japanese runs but if the timer has a consistent time it goes up by the frame after crossing the finish line then we could definitely use that.

20 seconds for retries should be fine. Its really only there as a failsafe for ch.2 or 9. Any serious attempts would be going for no retries anyways.

I would like to add however that I am adamant about the run starting at ch.1, and then having them be done in order. It just makes sense, its the story mode after all. Plus it would just be lame to grind out World Record Attempts on ch.9 and then have that become a story mode speedrun when you clear the most difficult chapter. Plus it pretty much invalidates all the other runs that had ch.9 done last.

I think switching to IGT is definitely the way to go. As for penalties, I think restarting a chapter should give a flat rate of 30 seconds added to your IGT.

The biggest issue is absolutely the JP version not showing the mission clear time which is a shame. And also a really weird version difference??? Theoretically, I think it should be possible for a modded Japanese wii to use either a USA/PAL version of the disc or iso. Its just a shame we would have to resort to that. If it isn't possible then having split categories would be the way to go.

I would ask Zeroken his opinions on the matter seeing as he is currently the only JP runner for story mode at the moment.