Start Running
General Route Options & IL Differences
Any%
- Great Cave Offensive
- Great Cave Offensive
- Dyna Blade
- Gourmet Race
- Revenge of Meta Knight
- Milky Way Wishes]
- Revenge of the King
- Revenge of the King
100%
RTA
Technical Information
Speedrun Rules
Main Categories & Rules
100%
Timing starts at selecting "1-P Adventure" and ends when the 100% cutscene begins
100% in-game definition:
press both buttons in Dyna Blade get all 60 treasures in Great Cave Offensive get all 19 deluxe abilities in Milky Way Wishes finish Helper to Hero with at least 1 helper finish all main game modes (not mini-games)
Meta Knightmare Ultra (IGT)
Complete Meta Knightmare Ultra, single segment Measured by In-Game Time Times below 30 minutes require video proof, Any other times require picture proof of the final screen.
Beat RotK
Timing starts at selecting "1-P Adventure" and ends at final hit on Masked Dedede Times below 1:05 require video proof. Time is rounded down to the nearest second
Other Category & Rules
The Arena
Video proof is required for 1st place time. Picture proof of the final screen is required for all other times.
The True Arena
RNG manipulation is possible in The Arena, with most setups for manipulation being done before the run starts.
The True Arena (1p2c)
Video proof is required for 1st place time. Picture proof of the final screen is required for all other times.
Gourmet Race (IGT)
Play through Gourmet Race, Single segment, "story mode"
Individual Level Speedruns
Good for practicing the skills needed to put together a full game run, more optimized then full game runs, mostly due to the addition of candy mixes. cutscene loads have also been found to have faster loading then when done from a clean file.
General Rules
Game Resets
In full-game speedruns, there are some points in the game where performing a soft reset can skip cutscenes to save time (such as after defeating Dyna Blade, or during the credits in 100%).
For categories Measured by IGT (i.e. all Arenas,MKU, and Gourmet Race), all emulators are allowed. For runs measured by real time, Official hardware or MelonDS must be used <find exact version list>