Hello! I hope your day is going well. I'm wanting to start running Mario 64, but I need some advice on where to start. As far as versions of the game, I have the Japanese version on original hardware, and the North American version on Wii Virtual Console. For controllers, on N64 I have an original, and a Superpad 64. For VC I have a GameCube controller. I was thinking about starting with a 16 star run. Which version of the game should I start running? And what would be some good guides to start with?

Hello! I'm extremely new to the speedrunning community... as in, I've never done a speedrun in my life. I want to start, and I've kind of started with Super Mario Sunshine, but, that one might be a beast for a later day. I'm looking for something small, and, for the lack of a better word, "easy". The systems I have are NES, SEGA Genesis, SNES, N64, PS1, SEGA Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube, GBA, and Wii. And, hopefully, soon I'll have an original Xbox. I understand that speedruns take a lot of time, energy, and work, so I'm looking for a game that will help me prepare for that sort of thing. What would be a good game for me to start speedrunning that's not too intimidating, and I can pick up somewhat quickly? Thank you, and have a good day.

Hello! I am extremely new to the speedrunning community... in that, I've literally never done one in my life. But, I would like to start with Super Mario Sunshine. I am curious in how I would begin this process, as I'm not 100% sure on what to do. Like I said, I'm a complete scrub, so, if anyone would be willing to help, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, and have a good day!

So, the other day, I was playing SADX (casually. I'm not much of a speedrunner myself. Mostly due to lack of time). I was in Knuckles' story, in Lost World. The emerald piece was at the top of the big room with the gravity panels, so I climbed up to the ceiling. The piece was on the other side of the room, though, so I went to glide, and I sort of just, rocketed towards the other side. I did it again, and it happened again. What happens is, the collision detection isn't the greatest on the ceiling, so Knuckles passes through for a split second, but is still gliding, so, he stays at the top, and doesn't descend. You need to be going in sort of a straight line for it to work. Could this be a possible speedrunning strat, or just another silly glitch?